Deaf People in the Workplace

Marion Hersh

Chapter 10 in Lessons on Profiting from Diversity, 2012, pp 213-238 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Most people probably consider deafness in purely audiological terms; that is, as a hearing impairment. However, there are alternative definitions based on culture, language use and community membership (Ladd, 2003; Lane, 2005; Obasi, 2008). The chapter will commence with a brief discussion of the different meanings of ‘deafness’ and some statistics. (As is frequent practice, ‘deaf’ with a small d will be used to indicate some degree of audiological deafness and Deaf with a capital D cultural and linguistic identification as Deaf and use of sign language.) However, the author is not deaf and therefore her perspective is that of an informed and sympathetic outsider.

Keywords: Hearing Impairment; Sign Language; Disable People; Assistive Technology; Deaf People (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230355057_10

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