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2Deaf, deafand deafness During the Deaf Awareness Training course, there will be references to deaf people that describe their cultural settings. Click the arrow to begin
2Deaf, deafand deafness “D”eaf “D”eaf people (capital “D”) are those who identify themselves as belonging to, and living in, the Deaf world, using British Sign Language (BSL) as their source of communication. Not all Deaf people benefit from wearing hearing aids. They can be from Deaf families. They often attend (or attended) Deaf schools and colleges. They usually socialise at Deaf events/clubs and generally grew up and remain in the Deaf world. Click the arrow to continue
2Deaf, deafand deafness “d”eaf On the other hand, “d”eaf people (lowercase “d”) are usually those who are hard of hearing, who benefit from wearing hearing aids, are often from an “oral” upbringing (can speak and understand speech), may attend or have attended mainstream schools, their friends and families are hearing and socialise within the hearing world. However, some deaf people learn BSL and can integrate in the Deaf world, enjoying the best of both worlds.
2Deaf, deafand deafness “Deaf”or“deaf”? For ease of referencing during this course, whenever you read “deaf” people, this will be referred to as both Deaf and deaf people, collectively, for they both share the everyday difficulties or experiences explained, whereas, “Deaf” people will be specific to people in the Deaf world.
2Deaf, deafand deafness Deafness There are many variations, or levels, of deafness ranging from severe hearing loss, partial hearing loss and profound deafness, to mention a few. Measuring and identifying said levels of deafness are done by audiogram tests at hospitals.
2Deaf, deafand deafness However, the level of hearing loss is often not the only factor of why a person is deaf. There are varieties of further contributing factors to deafness (e.g., damage to cochlear hairs or undeveloped auditory nerves) that affects the quality of sound that eventually gets delivered to and processed by the brain. Therefore, a deaf person may be able to “hear” speech or sounds but not necessarily understand them. This is why it would not help the deaf person by “shouting” at them as the lack of clarity still remains.
2Deaf, deafand deafness Deaf Identity and Characteristics Deaf people together are able to show ample of empathy, use of language, behaviour and ways of socialising. “D”eaf people would consider themselves with a Deaf Identity being in the Deaf World, whereas “d”eaf people would consider themselves having a hearing identity being more involved in the hearing world.
2Deaf, deafand deafness Deaf peoples’ behaviour is usually down to those who are from a strong Deaf educational background or even from a predominantly Deaf family. They can be fairly confident and able to be blunt when talking to hearing or Deaf people. Deaf people would be more likely to “take it on the chin” due to empathy. However, hearing people may find comments quite rude and too forward for their liking.
2Deaf, deafand deafness A common directness Deaf people may say compared to the hearing approach: “You have put on a lot of weight!” (Deaf) “You look well!”. (Hearing) “Rubbish! Not good enough.” (Deaf) “That could be better, may need to be improved” (Hearing)
2Deaf, deafand deafness A typical behaviour of Deaf people, for example, would be they are the first to queue for a food buffet at an event. They would fill their plates so high to avoid queuing again for seconds. Whereas hearing people would hold back before joining the queue, take little, then return for seconds if any food is left.
2Deaf, deafand deafness Finished! That's the end of this session. Now you know the difference between deaf, Deaf and deafness, let's look at ways of recognising deafness. Tiip:clickthebiggreenNextbuttontogotothenextsession
