Deafness

In medical contexts, the meaning of deafness is hearing loss that precludes a person from understanding spoken language, an audiological condition.

In a medical context, deafness is defined as a degree of hearing difference such that a person is unable to understand speech, even in the presence of amplification.

This study showed their age, what made them lose their hearing, which ear was affected, and how long it has been since they had their Cochlear Implant activated.

[11] Merv Hyde, Renee Punch, and Linda Komesaroff completed a study that says that parents have difficulties with making the decision to use Cochlear Implants for their child.

It includes the set of social beliefs, behaviors, art, literary traditions, history, values, and shared institutions of communities that are influenced by deafness and which use sign languages as the main means of communication.

Different non-governmental organizations around the world have created programs towards closing the gap between deaf and non-disabled people in developing countries.

The Sounds Seekers British organization also provided support by offering audiology maintenance technology, to better assist those who are deaf in hard-to-reach places.

When more people understand how to leverage their privilege for the marginalized groups in the community, then we can build a more inclusive and tolerant environment for the generations that are yet to come.

In a dialogue on the "correctness of names", Socrates says, "Suppose that we had no voice or tongue, and wanted to communicate with one another, should we not, like the deaf and dumb, make signs with the hands and head and the rest of the body?

This pronouncement would reverberate through the ages and it was not until the 17th century when manual alphabets began to emerge, as did various treatises on deaf education, such as Reducción de las letras y arte para enseñar a hablar a los mudos ('Reduction of letters and art for teaching mute people to speak'), written by Juan Pablo Bonet in Madrid in 1620, and Didascalocophus, or, The deaf and dumb mans tutor, written by George Dalgarno in 1680.

In 1760, French philanthropic educator Charles-Michel de l'Épée opened the world's first free school for the deaf.

The school won approval for government funding in 1791 and became known as the "Institution Nationale des Sourds-Muets à Paris".

Nicole M. Stephens and Jill Duncan say that parents often encounter difficulties when it comes time for them to choose an educational setting for their child.