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Question by STEK: Hard of Hearing OR Hearing Impaired … WHY?
Which term do you think is more appropriate: Hard of Hearing OR Hearing Impaired. Why must one with a loss of the sense of hearing be labeled “impaired”?

I posed this question in several forums cuz I am curious of people’s perceptions. I am Hard of Hearing, am a board member of a Deaf and Hard of Hearing service agency, and Managing Editor of a Deaf/HofH group at work.
I am severely (almost profound) Hard of Hearing and wear two very powerful HAs, so I even say I am Deaf, but aidable.
I absolutely detest “Hrg Impaired” however, some HofH people do not, and they use it to describe themselves. I think it has negative connotations cuz ppl associate “impairment” with something being wrong with you, including your mental capacity and intelligence.

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Answer by JOHN
The more appropriate term for me and many who I associate with is Hard of Hearing. I too feel that the term Hearing Impaired has negative implications to it. My mother is Deaf and for many years I’ve had to correct people when they would refer to her as deaf & dumb, no she’s not dumb, she can talk, she just has trouble hearing…that’s all!!

I think it’s the way people are raised and taught by educators and many of our Dr.s and people who claim to be doing “services” for the deaf communities, such as audiologists, speech pathologists, etc…they tend to believe more along the line of being deaf as a disability, the pathological view of what being deaf is all about. Mainly AUDIST views that have been around as long as Racism and Sexism.

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A video to raise awareness about the hearing impaired done by Club Farrago of the Welfare Services Club in Nanyang Technological University (Singapore).
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Video to help understand hearing loss and hearing impairment by explaining how hearing works. Cochlear implants can help children and adults with hearing loss
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Charles Bronson takes on a creep who forgot his hearing aid. This was also the original musical score until director Michael Winner told composer Jimmy Page, “Jim, either you tone it down with that synthesizer, or you’re off the project.” True story.
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Note: A transcript for the deaf and hard of hearing is available on our website at www.affwdc.org, above the YouTube Video. Introduction to the Deaf Family Literacy Academy, where we teach hearing parents how to read and communicate with their deaf and hard of hearing children. This early childhood educational program focuses on teaching parents American Sign Language and other strategies so their children can be successful in school and life, and they can become their child’s first teacher.

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Overview: Our ears play an important role in our lives, not just for hearing, but also for regulating our balance. This interview covers some major health issues involving our ears, including hearing loss and vertigo, as well as facial paralysis. Part One: How our ears work Causes of hearing loss Hearing tests Medications for hearing loss Hearing aids Cochlear implants Part Two: Vertigo Causes of vertigo Vestibular testing Bells palsy Guest: Dr. David Eisenman, an ear, nose and throat expert at the University of Maryland Medical Center and an assistant professor of otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Links: Hearing Loss/Vertigo (Part 1) www.youtube.com Hearing Loss/Vertigo (Part 2) www.youtube.com Maryland Hearing and Balance Center www.umm.edu Dr. David Eisenman www.umm.edu
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Serene Jumbo Key 55dB Amplified Phone for the Hearing Impaired

• Amplifies incoming sound up to 600 times over 55+ dB
• High Definition Sound Technology for unmatched clarity
• Jumbo keypad makes it easy to see and dial
• Dual Front and Side Visual Ring Flashers
• Hearing aid compatible handset 1 yr Warranty

The first jumbo-key amplified phone to offer High-Definition Sound Technology for un-matched voice clarity, making every word vividly sharp, clear and easy to understand, all virtually without any distortion, echo or squealing. It is also the first telephone to offer off-hook warnings to alert you that you’ve not reset the handset properly and thus are unknowingly blocking all incoming calls. It also features the advanced Digital Speech Enhancement that allows you to selectively amplify and en

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Transparent Braille Computer Keyboard Overlays Stickers (Lexan Material and 3M Adhesive Does Not Slip, Ooze, or Curl) for the Blind and Visually Impaired

• Transparent Braille stickers are a very economical option for creating a bilingual Braille keyboard.
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• The Braille stickers are printed on clear Lexan® so the original key legend shows through; this allows you to add Braille stickers to your existing keyboard so that it becomes a bilingual keyboard (Braille) and the original language of your keyboard.
• They will not ooze adhesive, dry out, or damage the original keyboard key.
• Transparent Braille Computer Keyboard Overlays Stickers (Lexan Material and 3M Adhesive Does Not Slip, Ooze, or Curl) for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Transparent Braille Computer Keyboard Overlays Stickers (Lexan Material and 3M Adhesive does Not Slip, Ooze, or Curl) for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
Transparent labels with raised braille characters that allow non sighted users to recognize keys while sighted users can still see keys. Extra labels with raised dots included for use as key locators.

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Brunton Visually Impaired Braille Field Compass

• Braille field compass designed for the visually impaired
• Raised dial graduations for easy touch orientation
• An arrow represents North, while dots denote intercardinal points
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Brunton Nexus Braille Visually Impaired 16BDesigned in cooperation with organizations for the blind in the U.S., Sweden, and Canada, this Braille field compass helps the visually impaired find directions. The card graduations are raised for touch orientation, with North represented by an arrow; East, South, and West by Braille letters; and intercardinal points by dots. The compass is easy to use: with the cover closed and the cord next to your body, simply hold the compass level for roughly 10 s

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Arizona Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired (ACBVI) has been providing services for individuals since 1947. ACBVI is committed to “enhancing the quality of life for people who are blind or otherwise visually impaired.” Our services are available to adults who are legally blind or visually impaired as well as those who have a degenerative eye condition which may eventually become a visual impairment. These services are offered separately or concurrently according to the individual needs of the qualifying client.

A blind man sings a song during a bus ride to earn some money.Blindness is the condition of lacking visual perception due to physiological or neurological factors.Various scales have been developed to describe the extent of vision loss and define blindness.[1] Total blindness is the complete lack of form and visual light perception and is clinically recorded as NLP, an abbreviation for “no light perception.”[1] Blindness is frequently used to describe severe visual impairment with residual vision. Those described as having only light perception have no more sight than the ability to tell light from dark and the general direction of a light source.In order to determine which people may need special assistance because of their visual disabilities, various governmental jurisdictions have formulated more complex definitions referred to as legal blindness.[2] In North America and most of Europe, legal blindness is defined as visual acuity (vision) of 20/200 (6/60) or less in the better eye with best correction possible. This means that a legally blind individual would have to stand 20 feet (6.1 m) from an object to see it—with corrective lenses—with the same degree of clarity as a normally sighted person could from 200 feet (61 m). In many areas, people with average acuity who nonetheless have a visual field of less than 20 degrees (the norm being 180 degrees) are also classified as being legally blind. Approximately ten percent of those deemed legally blind, by any measure …
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