Herbert L. Breiner

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Herbert Ludwig Breiner (* 1929 in Bobenthal, southern Palatinate ) worked as a teacher for the deaf and dumb during his professional activity in Frankenthal (Palatinate) . He developed there, the Palatine school for the deaf , the Palatinate Institute for Hörsprachbehinderte (PIH) and was its director from 1969 to 1993. For his services he received high awards from the Federal Republic of Germany and the State of Rhineland-Palatinate .

Life

family

Breiner comes from a rural southern Palatinate family. He has four children with his wife.

education

After attending grammar schools in Wissembourg in northern Alsace and Landau in Palatinate , Breiner studied pedagogy and in 1951 passed the state examination for teaching at elementary schools. After training, he completed the state examination for the teaching profession at the Deaf, Schwerhörigen- and speech therapy schools in 1955, 1959, followed by graduate -Hauptprüfung of psychology at the University of Heidelberg . In 1965 he was at the Faculty of Heidelberg University majoring in psychology with "summa cum laude" Doctor of Philosophy PhD .

job

From 1951, Breiner taught at the Palatine School for the Deaf in Frankenthal, which was founded in 1825 by the deaf and dumb teacher Augustin Violet . As a project manager, he took on a research assignment from the German Research Foundation for sound analysis and electrocutaneous sound transmission. The project ultimately led to the development of the cochlear implant . His in-depth knowledge of the French language enabled Breiner to work at the German Institute for International Educational Research in Frankfurt am Main .

At his main place of work, Frankenthal, he developed the Palatinate School for the Deaf into the Palatinate Institute for the Hearing Language Disabled and in 1969 became its director. He headed the institute until 1993 when he retired. Associated with his management are the exemplary establishment of counseling, home language education, a special kindergarten, the differentiated all-day school up to the technical diploma, the provision of boarding places, vocational training with workshops and after-school care. His ideas were implemented throughout the then Rheinhessen-Pfalz administrative region . On behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Breiner was also head of the multi-year research project "Speech-language support for the deaf, including pre- and post-school time". During his activity in Frankenthal he was also a lecturer at the universities of Heidelberg and Mainz .

Breiner acquired patents for the method of mechanocutaneous transmission of sound through the skin (MKS), the laws of spoken language articulation, and methods of spoken language gestures and facial expressions (SGM). He developed the concept of preventive integration, introduced the mediator model and became the founding president of the Federal Association of Speech Language and Integration for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. V.

retirement

After his retirement, Breiner devoted himself to historical and cultural activities and also made sculptures as an artist. In the mid-1990s he restored his parents' house in Bobenthal, which was built in 1733, true to the original. At that time he also founded the action group Bobenthal-St. Germanshof e. V. , of which he has been chairman since then. It deals with the historical legacy of the Franco-German border region and has a. a. the twelve "Apostlewege" created, which were included in the South Palatinate hiking trail concept in 2010.

Works

In addition to numerous brochures and monographs, Breiner has published 17 books alone, and he was co-author of another. Two are listed here, the full list can be found on the website.

  • For the possibility of electrocutaneous sound transmission . Inaugural dissertation, Heidelberg 1964.
  • Speech communication and its impairments - practice of listening and speaking skills for the deaf and hard of hearing . Silanus Verlag, Frankenthal 2000, ISBN 3-00-004596-1 .

Honors

For his services, Breiner received the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon and the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Frankenthaler - Das Stadtmagazin, No. 1/2011, p. 11
personal data
SURNAME Breiner, Herbert L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Breiner, Herbert Ludwig (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German deaf-mute teacher
DATE OF BIRTH 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Bobenthal