What Caused Thomas Edison To Become Deaf

“His job on the train caused Edison to become deaf. One morning, he tried to climb the first step but was not able to keep his balance. A railroad worker grabbed him by the ears and hauled him up. Edison felt something snap inside his head, which started his deafness, and got worse throughout his life,” (Thomas Alva Edison). Edison’s deafness allowed him to focus on his work and not be distracted by outside noises and people. He was able to focus on his own thoughts and not hear the others who didn't believe in what he was capable of doing. This immense amount of focus allowed him to invent magnificent tools and inventions that the modern world uses today. Society looks up to people like Edison, who invented the bases of what the world now …show more content…
Almost every year he was releasing a new tool for the world to see. “In 1888 he announced that he was working on ‘an instrument which does for the eye what the phonograph does for the ear.’ Within a few years, he and his associates had developed a movie camera, known as the kinetograph, and a device for watching films, the kinetoscope” (Corliss). Modern life would be a very slower and duller place if it wasn’t for Edison. Due to his willful power to do great things for all, he was able to take things from people's imagination and make it a reality. Even creations people could imagine, Edison help build that. Inventions that were some way before their time were tested and tried by Edison. “In 1867, the New York Stock Exchange began using Edison's stock ticker machine… Edison's stock ticker used less electricity and extended battery life” (Crepeau). The United States economy pretty much depended on Thomas Edison. His inventions were fueling the power houses of the nation and were lighting the way for new bonds with other nations. The US was thriving under the wing of Edison. Great symbols of the nation were now greater than before with lights. His inventions weren’t only used with electricity, he was able to improve older ways of communication. He produced the automatic telegraph which could send multiple messages over one wire and other telegraph printers (Crepeau). Word could then spread faster than before and to more locations. This was important because you could tell more than one person at a time, you could send the same exact message, but only once to as many people as possible. This was the start of the mass communication system. In the year 1877, Edison created the carbon-button transmitter that was used in telephones and microphones. It produced the sound from the other end and is still used today (Crepeau). Edison was able to create something that would change