Deafness

language which uses manual communication and body language to convey meaning

form of hearing disorder

culture of deaf persons

Deaf-mute is a term which was used historically to identify a person who was either deaf and used sign language or both deaf and could not speak. The term continues to be used to refer to deaf people who cannot speak an oral language or have some degree of speaking ability, but choose not to speak because of the negative or unwanted attention atypical voices sometimes attract. Such people communicate using sign language. Some consider it to be a derogatory term if used outside its historical context; the preferred term today is simply deaf.

Presbycusis (also spelled presbyacusis, from Greek πρέσβυς presbys "old" + ἄκουσις akousis "hearing"), or age-related hearing loss, is the cumulative effect of aging on hearing. It is a progressive and irreversible bilateral symmetrical age-related sensorineural hearing loss resulting from degeneration of the cochlea or associated structures of the inner ear or auditory nerves. The hearing loss is most marked at higher frequencies. Hearing loss that accumulates with age but is caused by factors other than normal aging (nosocusis and sociocusis) is not presbycusis, although differentiating the

used to provide the text of a show's audio portion to those who may have trouble hearing it

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rare disease in which a human simultaneously has diabetes insipidus, diabetes, optic nerve atrophy and deafness syndrome

Audism as described by deaf activists is a form of discrimination directed against deaf people, which may include those diagnosed as deaf from birth, or otherwise. Tom L. Humphries coined the term in an unpublished manuscript in 1975, which he later reiterated in his doctoral project in 1977, but it did not start to catch on until Harlan Lane used it in his writing. Humphries originally applied audism to individual attitudes and practices; whereas Lane broadened the term to include oppression of deaf people.

person raised by one or more deaf people

genetic disorder

funnel-shaped device to improve hearing

miracle carried out by Jesus according to the Bible

a rare vasculitis of children and young adults characterized by nonsyphilitic interstitial keratitis of cornea, fever and fatigue.

featural phonetic representation script

visual system of communication used with and among deaf or hard-of-hearing people, it adds information about the phonology of the words that is not visible on the lips

electronic text communication device

English physician and early Baconian natural philosopher

1880 deaf educational congress in Milan, Italy

Disability rights and cultural diversity movement

operator service that allows people who are deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind, or have a speech disorder to place calls to standard telephone users via a keyboard or assistive device

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Electropalatography (EPG) is a technique used to monitor contacts between the tongue and hard palate, particularly during articulation and speech.

auditory system disease that is associated with permanent hearing loss caused by damage to structures in the inner ear and/or the middle ear, which is not associated with other signs and symptoms

hearing disease

video telecommunication service