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Who was the first Spaniard to document a method for communicating with deaf people?

Fray Melchor de Yebra - a monk of the sixteenth century.

What method was the first method used for communicating with deaf people?

A hand alphabet used by Catholic Brotherhoods sworn to vows of silence.

Who reproduced Fray Melchor de Yebra's fingerspelling chart into a book?

Juan Pablo Bonet in 1620, in a book called "Simplification of the Letters of the Alphabet and Method of Teaching Deaf-Mutes to Speak. It is the earliest volume about deaf eduation known to exist.

What was Juan Pablo Bonet's purpose in publishing the fingerspelling book?

The purpose of this volume was to demonstrate a methodology for teaching a deaf child language so that he could be successfully integrated with hearing society.

Did Juan Pablo Bonet support the oral method or signing?

The oral method. Pablo Bonet elaborated on the importance of forcing the deaf child to use spoken language to describe that with which he was most familiar, his own personal experiences.