Deafness
Deafness has varying definitions in cultural and medical contexts. In medical contexts, the meaning of deafness is hearing loss that precludes a person from understanding spoken language, an audiological condition. In this context it is written with a lower case d. It later came to be used in a cultural context to refer to those who primarily communicate through sign language regardless of hearing ability, often capitalized as Deaf and referred to as "big D Deaf" in speech and sign. The two definitions overlap but are not identical, as hearing loss includes cases that are not severe enough to impact …
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CASE: Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion · 13 November 2023
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Brookings Institution · 28 October 2023 English
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TCF: The Century Foundation · 25 October 2023 English
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NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 12 October 2023 English
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Saskatchewan School Boards Association · 25 September 2023 English
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FYSB: Family & Youth Services Bureau · 7 September 2023 English
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CIHI: Canadian Institute for Health Information · 24 August 2023 English
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BIT: The Behavioural Insights Team · 2 August 2023 English
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COSSA: Consortium of Social Science Associations · 1 August 2023 English
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