Brody, Lee [Irving Lee Brody]

Deafened at six months from illness; attended the Central Institute for the Deaf, then a public high school, then graduated from Rutgers University. Becoming aware of the need for deaf people to be able to telephone other people, in 1969 he began reconditioning old Teletype (TTY) machines and distributing them among other deaf people. Later, developed the first Braille TTY for deaf-blind persons.