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Decibels Video

• Not saying hearing impaired.

• Prefer hard of hearing or deaf.

• Hearing loss ranges from mild to profound.

• Decibels (dB) - Unit that measures sound.

• Audiogram - Graph that shows a person’s hearing level or range.

• The speech banana on an audiogram represents the area where most speech sounds occur.

🔹 Hearing aids and cochlear implants (CI):

• Hearing aids can help people amplify sounds, but may not help with understanding speech.

• Cochlear implants - A device that you can get surgery for, gets implanted in the cochlea.

• Need to be 1 year old (No younger).

• With cochlear implants, sounds can be described as more clear or “high-definition.”

🔹 Deaf identity:

• Some people identify as:

1️⃣ Deaf

2️⃣ Hard of hearing

3️⃣ Deaf with cochlear implant

• A person’s audiograph result may not always match their personal identity.

• Some people prefer to identify as Deaf even if they have some hearing ability.

⭐ Disabilities and Deafness:

• Many young people are more willing to accept the label “disabled.”

• Some people view deafness as a disability, while others do not.

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• The term “differently abled” is sometimes used by hearing people, but that does not always mean it is preferred by the deaf community.

🔹 Terminology:

• The term “hearing impaired” is often considered offensive because it implies being broken.

🔹 Preferred terms (key to use):

• Deaf

• Hard of hearing

• Deaf or hard of hearing

• Some suggested turning the tables by saying hearing people are “standing impaired.”

🔹 Key takeaways:

• People should be able to identify themselves however they want.

• Deafness is not always seen as a disability by those in the deaf community.

• The Deaf community is diverse, including people who use sign language, those who speak, and those who use cochlear implants.

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