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Articles on Deafness
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Some students with hearing difficulties feel lonely and excluded from daily campus life.
Although not a true sign language, the use of sign in Dune can still teach us a lesson about the value of sign language.
It is important that Deaf actors play Deaf characters in TV and film, so that audiences engage with authentic depictions of disability.
Discrimination, a lack of accessibility and isolation still prevent persons with hearing loss from experiencing equity and inclusion at work.
About 40 million Americans have hearing problems due to exposure to loud sounds.
Jessica Kirkman introduces readers to her Deaf grandparents’ experience – and to Deaf culture – in her memoir. And Sam Drummond recalls growing up with pseudoachondroplasia (a form of dwarfism) in his.
Dip hop artists move across the stage, hands flying through the air, as audiences pulse to the rhythm of a blasting bass beat.
Henry Lawson said deafness was ‘in a great measure responsible for my writing’. Wright said hers was ‘part of the conditions I live under’. Their disability was inherent to their creativity.
This is an opportunity for Deaf people to finally be properly educated in a language they understand.
Researchers are exploring different ways to improve how cochlear implant users perceive speech and music in noisy environments.
Some commercial wireless earphones could work as basic hearing aids, a new study claims.
They are cheaper to buy and don’t require a doctor’s prescription. But OTC hearing aids come with some limitations.
Strictly continues its work in busting norms in who can or should dance – and who they can dance with.
They are easy to get, and far less costly than prescription hearing aids. But over-the-counter devices are not the answer for everyone with hearing issues.
Deaf people from different parts of the world can have different accents, whether they speak, sign or both.
Families with deaf children often seek a lot of advice and help, but too rarely find the robust Deaf community in the US full of people with experience and expertise.
It’s refreshing to see disabled actors in disabled roles, but can’t the academy acknowledge films that highlight disability without falling into stereotypical representations?
As long as you don’t tune out the world and protect your hearing, it’s hard to overdo it.
The brain uses visual information and vibrations to substitute the missing sense of hearing.
Top contributors
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Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing and Literature, University of South Australia
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Assistant Clinical Professor of Audiology and Clinical Audiologist, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
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Associate Professor, Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, La Trobe University
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Director of Bruce Lefroy Centre for Genetic Health Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Research Group Leader, Hearing Loss Pathologies, Department of Otolaryngology, The University of Melbourne
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York Research Chair in Stigmatization & Social Identity, Associate Professor of Organization Studies, York University, Canada
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Head - Audiology Division, Department of Speech Pathology & Audiology School of Human and Community Development, University of the Witwatersrand
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Postdoctoral Scientist, Virology Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Developmental Psychology, City, University of London
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Professor of Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Portland State University
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Adjunct Fellow, Faculty of Human Sciences, Macquarie University
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Researcher, Senior lecturer, University of Nairobi
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Lecturer in Language and Communication Science, City, University of London
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Honorary Professor, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Computer Science and Informatics, University of East London
