Deaf Culture

definitions of deaf

'lacking the power of hearing or having impaired hearing' 

'partially or wholly lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing' 

medical model of deafness

focuses on the ear

undesirable and needs to be fixed- bcs people who lost hearing view it as negative

sociocultural model of deafness

a disability due to environmental factors

celebrated and positive

involves learning to navigate in a hearing world

importance of sign language over treatment

communication

bsl, lip reading are acquired at dif points in life

hard when people are reluctant to communicate without speaking e.g. covid masks

culture

shared beliefs values customs humour behaviours and artifacts that members use to cope with their world and one another and are transmitted between generations

children with hearing parents

use implants/speech therapy but may feel isolated and question personal identity

lip reading

no better skills than hearing but learn fast over time

correlates with language skills

differs in difficulty depending on speaker

deaf organisations

World Federation of the Deaf 

European Union of the Deaf 

Deaflympics 

British Deaf Association 

UKDeafSport 

sign languages benefit

helps child language skills and increases chance of speech

audism

belief that the ability to hear makes one superior to those with hearing loss

contribution of deaf

subtitles

entertainment e.g. charlie chaplin

linguistics research

phone invention inspired