This type of group they are referring to is the Deaf community and are united by the Deaf culture, a culture rich in heritage and traditions (Smith, 2007). ... Deaf means profound hearing loss and hard of hearing means hearing losses that impair understanding sounds and communication. ... Students that are the members of the Deaf community, use ASL as their primary language, and typically do not use oral language as their means of communication. ... Many parents fear that if their children learn ASL as their first language, they will be excluded from mainstream society, seek out the Deaf com...

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Members of the Deaf Community, and their supporters in the hearing community, have made significant strides in modifying the environment in order to make certain common activities more accessible and convenient for Deaf citizens. ... What seems like a simple task for most, used to be anything but for people who are Deaf or hard of hearing. ... Similar functionality is also available through several mobile apps, such as the Z5 Mobile app that allows Deaf and hard of hearing people to make and receive point-to-point calls to/from any videophone, as well as make and receive calls to hearing peo...

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" wrote by Simona Damian, it is says "just like spoken languages, sign languages are merged with the culture of the Deaf communities". ... And more than 90% of deaf children are born to hearing parents (Mitchell, Karchmer). ... This amazing statistics have a good impact in the deaf community. ... Hearing loss occurs worldwide to both genders of all ages and races. ... Both were curious about how people with hearing disease can comprehend language in the same way of the people who are capable of hearing understood it. ...

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One condition that has been looked into and researched is deafness or hearing loss. ... Others suggest that regaining hearing could be considered an enhancement, something that other members of the community don't have or an additional capability, gained by artificial means (Rosahl, 2007). ... Her parents' concerns, along with the concerns of many of the members of the deaf community, include their fear of losing the importance of deaf culture and losing their child to the hearing world. ... The father's hearing parents argue that they are preventing a cure for deafness and it i...

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It is dependent on community support to enable its education program to continue. ... The tingara centre in Newcastle provides a pre-school program for children with impaired hearing and/or vision under five years old. ... The RIDBC informs the community of its function by advertising on the television, the Internet with their own website. You can find brochures about the community at your local doctor and optometrist's. They also have fundraisers and charity days to inform the community. ...

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Forty years ago, it was first demonstrated that direct electrical stimulation of the cochlea could restore auditory sensations in people with profound sensorineural hearing loss. ... Cochlear implants (CIs) are prescribed only for people with severe to profound hearing impairments who cannot benefit at all from conventional hearing aids. ... Following implantation, successful CI users experience a change from total deafness to a level of restored hearing that allows them to talk on the telephone, attend movies and music concerts, and participate in community meetings and social gatherings. ...

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