Importance Of Deaf And Deaf

It is important that people feel able to express themselves and attain fluent, two way communication amongst the hearing as well as the non-hearing. Our customs and traditions have been passed down to us with our values and beliefs about the “Deaf and Dumb” to constitute our culture of the hearing impaired. I can only imagine how hopeless a deaf person must have felt without a language, a way to communicate on top of a community of people that thought they were dumb and insane. Formerly, “Deaf and Dumb” was a term used in referring to the deaf community that could not hear or speak. Originally the meaning of dumb meant silent, but today the word dumb’s more common meaning implies stupidity, which makes the phrase “Deaf and Dumb” offensive. …show more content…
Over 90% of deaf children are born to hearing parents and communicating is the key to their child’s advancements in life. They need to learn a visual or auditory language to communicate effectively, like sign language or spoken language. It is amazing in the you tube video how quickly a young toddler can pick up sign language. The 2 or 3 year old was kicking his dad’s seat and signing that there was an airplane outside and a helicopter, then he turns to his mother and signals he loves her, too cute! He also had a deaf friend in the booster seat next to him signing, which proves that sign language is just as much a language as English and …show more content…
Some people that are hard of hearing often refer to themselves as deaf, but they either lost some of their hearing later in life or simple don’t hear well. A deaf person is the correct medical term for an individual with the total inability to hear. Both groups can use hearing aids or cochlear implants to provide a sense of sound. My grandfather is hard of hearing and it is difficult for him to be in a restaurant with loud music and loud voices. He will shut his hearing aid off completely because it is irratating and he would rather sit in