deafness?
By cemille2
@cemille2 (97)
United States
January 28, 2007 12:22pm CST
Is there a difference between the terms "deaf" and "Deaf"? If so, what is it and how did it come to be? And what about "hard of hearing"? I'm very interested in this topic and want to know more.
1 response
@classy56 (2880)
• United States
28 Jan 07
deaf an Deaf" means you can not hear.an me myself i am hard of hearing.because i am Deaf in one ear.but i can hear with the other ear.i dont think there is a diffrence. an i hate it when people,{say! are you Deaf",no dummy just hard of hearing..lol
@cemille2 (97)
• United States
28 Jan 07
I take an asl class and we've been discussing stuff like that, some people can be rude, but then again its just that they don't know so unfortunelately you just have to make them aware and be the bigger person. Thanks for responding
@classy56 (2880)
• United States
29 Jan 07
i wish i knew asl that would help alot.but some people can still hear but still use asl..my nephew can do this an he is deaf in one ears .but will be completely deaf by the time he is 18.Deaf is deaf no matter whatway you look at it
@cemille2 (97)
• United States
29 Jan 07
yeah deaf in itself is the same but in some of my books it talks about "Deaf" in that sense as in their customs and culture and as a group and then i've seen "deaf" when its discussing the actual thing in itself. How is your newphew coping with this? Does he go to a deaf school?
