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right, a minor point, hearing-impaired is an ablist slang. Instead, go by hard-of-hearing, people with hearing loss or simply, Deaf. Also "deaf" is barely ok
by egberts1 3y ago
right, a minor point, hearing-impaired is an ablist slang.
Instead, go by hard-of-hearing, people with hearing loss or simply, Deaf.
Also "deaf" is barely ok when use alone for the above generalized replacement however "deaf" often poorly is refers to most severe of hearing-loss as determined by differing standards of hearing loss, but capitalized "D"eaf is a direct reference to those of actively using sign language and engage within deaf culture, whether it would be American Sign Language, British Sign Language, or some 40-odd variants and different nationalities.