I-Gallaudet ibhekisela kusibongo sika-Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, uthisha waseMelika owasungula isikole sokuqala sezithulu e-United States. Igama elithi "Gallaudet" lingase lisetshenziselwe ukubhekisela enyuvesi ebizwa ngegama lakhe, i-Gallaudet University, eyinyuvesi eqashelwe uhulumeni yokufundisa abantu abayizithulu nabangezwa kahle.
