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Deafness has varying definitions in cultural and medical contexts. In medical contexts, the meaning of deafness is hearing loss that precludes a person...

Songs for the Deaf is the third studio album by the American rock band Queens of the Stone Age, released on August 27, 2002, by Interscope Records. It...

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...

American actress. Deaf since she was 18 months old, Matlin is known for her portrayals of deaf women, and for her activism on behalf of deaf individuals in...

Deaf may refer to: Deafness, a term with varying meanings in cultural and medical contexts: Deaf culture, the set of beliefs and traditions of communities...

Deaf culture encompasses the social beliefs, behaviors, arts, traditions, history, values, and institutions of communities that are shaped by shared experiences...

Deaf Sentence (2008) is a novel by British author David Lodge. David Lodge's 'Deaf Sentence'. Review by Stephen Amidon, New York Times. v t e...

A child of deaf adult, often known by the acronym CODA, is a person who was raised by one or more deaf parents or legal guardians. Ninety percent of children...

primarily by deaf and hard of hearing people, it is also used by hearing individuals, such as those with deaf family members including children of deaf adults...

notes. Tone deaf, Tone Deaf, or Tone-Deaf may also refer to: "Tone Deaf", a song by Eminem on the album Music to Be Murdered By Tone-Deaf, a 2019 American...

The history of deaf people and deaf culture make up deaf history. The Deaf culture is a culture that is centered on sign language and relationships among...

have a tendency to congenital deafness. Some known chemicals and elements can also affect deafness in animals. Deafness can occur in almost any breed...

films that feature the deaf and hard of hearing. The Encyclopedia of Film Themes, Settings and Series wrote, "The world of the deaf has received little attention...

associated with work on elocution and speech, and both his mother and wife were deaf, profoundly influencing Bell's life's work. His research on hearing and speech...

The deafblind community has its own culture, comparable to those of the Deaf community. Some deafblind individuals view their condition as a part of their...

Deafness in Soviet Russia experienced a cultural transformation following the Russian Revolution. The Soviet's collectivist ideology, termed New Soviet...

In Ireland, 8% of adults are affected by deafness or severe hearing loss. In other words, 300,000 Irish require supports due to their hearing loss. In...

Deaf Havana are an English alternative rock band from Hunstanton and King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. The band was formed in 2005 at the King's Lynn campus...

Deaf (Spanish: Sorda) is a 2025 Spanish drama film written and directed by Eva Libertad, a continuation of the 2023 Goya Award-nominated short film of...

Deaf theology is a modern theological perspective that frames theological issues through a Deaf lens. The scope of Deaf theology is mostly Christian,...

Deaf and hard of hearing individuals with additional disabilities are referred to as "Deaf Plus" or "Deaf+". Deaf children with one or more co-occurring...

Deaf football is a form of para football played by athletes who are deaf or hard of hearing. It is governed internationally by the International Committee...

Deaf education is the education of students with any degree of hearing loss or deafness. This may involve, but does not always, individually-planned,...

Erastus "Deaf" Smith (April 19, 1787 – November 30, 1837), who earned his nickname due to hearing loss in childhood, was an American frontiersman noted...

Deaf climbers use alternative ways such as commands, hand tactics, and sometimes an Interpreter or hearing aid to assist them with their climb. They are...

Deaf School is an English art rock/new wave band, formed in Liverpool in January 1974. Between 1976 and 1978, the year in which they split up, Deaf School...

Deaf U is an American reality television program on Netflix that follows a group of deaf and hard of hearing college students who attend Gallaudet University...

The Deaf flag or Sign Union flag is a flag that symbolises the Deaf community (especially the signing Deaf community), and is used as a form of visibility...

Deaf hearing refers to a condition in which deaf individuals are able to react to an auditory stimulus, without actually being able to hear it. When patients...

Deaf cinema is a movement that includes all works produced and directed by deaf people or members of the deaf community and is led by deaf actors. All...

The Filipino Sign Language (FSL) is the official language of education for deaf Filipinos, which number around 1,165,000 as of 2025[update]. The first incidence...

Deaf Jam is a 2011 documentary film directed and produced by American filmmaker Judy Lieff. The film centers on the experience of Aneta Brodski, a deaf...

"Deaf Forever" is a song by the English heavy metal band Motörhead, released in 1986 in 7" and 12" vinyl pressings. It is covered with B-sides, "On the...

The Deaf community over time has worked to improve the educational system for those who are Deaf and hard of hearing. The history of Deaf education dates...

Prelingual deafness refers to deafness that occurs before learning speech or language. Speech and language typically begin to develop very early with...

sensorineural deafness occurs commonly in domestic cats with a white coat. It is a congenital deafness caused by a degeneration of the inner ear. Deafness is far...

Deaf is the first studio album by J. G. Thirlwell's You've Got Foetus on Your Breath, released in 1981 on Thirlwell's own Self Immolation Records label...

in the American deaf community. Literary genres initially developed in residential Deaf institutes, such as American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut...

Deaf basketball is basketball played by deaf people. Sign language is used to communicate whistle blows and communication between players. The game played...

Deafness in Cuba encompasses many different topics. There are approximately 109,000 deaf people in Cuba. Some Cuban deaf people learn Cuban Sign Language...

Deaf studies are academic disciplines concerned with the study of the deaf social life of human groups and individuals. These constitute an interdisciplinary...

loss is either a partial inability to hear, or a total inability termed deafness. Hearing loss may be present at birth or acquired at any time afterwards...

them, around 70,000 people are severely deaf. The European Union for the Deaf reports that the majority of the deaf people in Italy use Italian Sign Language...

India is home to approximately 63 million people of the deaf and hard of hearing community (DHH). It has been argued that while India's government has...

Amusia, also called being tone-deaf, is a musical disorder that appears mainly as a defect in processing pitch but also encompasses musical memory and...

among Deaf women. They often face an intersection of oppression, being Deaf and a woman. A few organizations have crept up that are led by Deaf women...

Washington, D.C., for the education of the deaf and hard of hearing. It was founded in 1864 as a grammar school for both deaf and blind children. It was the first...

Deaf Chonky (Hebrew: דף צ'ונקי) is an Israeli folk, garage, punk rock duo. The band members are Adi Bronicki, Tami Kaminsky and Tom Mckinna. The two members...

film La Famille Bélier, it stars Emilia Jones as Ruby Rossi, the child of deaf adults (CODA) and only hearing member of her family, who attempts to help...

The Deaf Club was a notable music venue located on Valencia Street in the Mission District of San Francisco, which remained open for an 18-month period...

in Westfield School in Mosborough, Sheffield. Elliott proposed the name "Deaf Leopard" which was originally a band name he thought of while designing band...

According to The Deaf Unit Cairo, approximately 1.2 million deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals in Egypt are five years and older. Deafness can be detected...

Deaf theatre is an alternative form of theatre which is a collaboration of deaf actors or actresses. Using open space, the performers use gesture, dance...

Millicent Simmonds (born March 6, 2003) is a deaf American actress who starred in the 2018 horror film A Quiet Place and its 2020 sequel A Quiet Place...

Deaf President Now (DPN) was a student protest in March 1988 at Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C. The protest began on March 6, 1988, when the Board...

Tone-Deaf is a 2019 American comedy horror film written and directed by Richard Bates Jr. and starring Robert Patrick and Amanda Crew with Ronnie Gene...

The first school for the deaf was established in France during the 18th century, in 1771 by Charles-Michel de l'Épée. L'Épée was the leader in establishing...

DeafSpace is an approach to architecture that is primarily informed by the unique ways in which deaf people live and inhabit space.  The design concept...

The three models of deafness are rooted in either social or biological sciences. These are the cultural model, the social model, and the medical (or infirmity)...

was used by both deaf and hearing people in the community; consequently, deafness was not a barrier to participation in public life. Deaf people who signed...

Deaf adder may refer to: Acanthopis, commonly known as death adders (and historically as deaf adders), a genus of highly venomous elapids found in Australia...

In the United States, deaf culture was born in Connecticut in 1817 at the American School for the Deaf, when a deaf teacher from France, Laurent Clerc...

Notable Deaf people are typically defined as those who have profound hearing loss in both ears as a result of either acquired or congenital hearing loss...

Deaf Education in Kenya is a constantly changing section of the Kenyan education system that is focused on educating deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing-impaired...

Deaf Wrestlefest is a professional wrestling supercard, produced annually in late April or early May by Lord Zoltan, a longtime wrestler and sports promoter...

There is limited information on the extent of Deafness in Haiti, due mainly to the lack of census data. Haiti's poor infrastructure makes it almost impossible...

Kata Kolok (lit. 'deaf talk'), also known as Bengkala Sign Language and Balinese Sign Language, is a village sign language which is indigenous to two neighbouring...

The deaf community in Australia is a diverse cultural and linguistic minority group. Deaf communities have many distinctive cultural characteristics,...

This is a list of schools for the deaf, organized by country. Humble Hearts School Kisii School for the Deaf Tabora Deaf-Mute Institute In the United States...

Deaf West Theatre is a non-profit arts organization based in Los Angeles, California, US. It is most well known for its Tony Award-nominated productions...

Pacific Deaf Games is a deaf multi-sport event established in 1984 which is held every 4 years in the Asia Pacific region by Asia Pacific Deaf Sports Confederation...

The American School for the Deaf (ASD), originally The Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons, is the oldest permanent...

to 1956, the only deaf schools in Africa were in Egypt and South Africa. Andrew Foster brought American Sign Language (ASL), and deaf schools to Africa...

Deaf Hill is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a short distance to the east of Trimdon Colliery. The origin of the name is not known...

British television personality and author. She was born in Thirsk and was deaf from birth. Having taken up ballet at the age of three, she became a commercial...

as Deaflympiad (previously called World Games for the Deaf, and International Games for the Deaf) are a periodic series of multi-sport events sanctioned...

Deafness in South Korea encompasses the linguistic, cultural, and social experiences of the D/deaf and hard-of-hearing community within the country. The...

statistics are not available, the Danish Deaf Association estimates that there are currently about 5,000 deaf users of Danish Sign Language, which is equivalent...

distinct from but influenced by the spoken Japanese language. There are 304,000 Deaf and Hard of Hearing people who are above age 18 in Japan (2008). However...

named Old Deaf School Park, as it was part of the campus of the Ohio Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, known today as the Ohio School for the Deaf. It is...

students who are Deaf to become familiar with the Deaf community and custom through Sign Language and literature. In Deaf schools, Deaf students would have...

an English actress, television presenter and writer of children's books. Deaf since birth, she is a British Sign Language user. Ayling-Ellis gained recognition...

The establishment of schools and institutions specializing in deaf education has a history spanning back across multiple centuries. They utilized a variety...

Deaf peddlers are people who sell to the wider public manual alphabet cards, keychains, nail clippers, pencils and pens, national flags, or receipts in...

international auxiliary language at meetings such as the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) congress, in some European Union settings, at some UN conferences,...

The deaf community of Taiwan is made up of an estimated 123,000 deaf individuals who share similar values, language and culture. There are federal laws...

nearly 57,000 native signers as their primary language. It is a convergent, Deaf community sign language developed in the late 19th century. Japanese Sign...

was a deaf school, based in the south of the Netherlands for children who are deaf, hard-of-hearing and deaf-blind. It is referred by the deaf community...

The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) is an organization for the promotion of the rights of deaf people in the United States. NAD was founded in...

Deafness in Thailand refers to the population and culture of Deaf and Hard of Hearing people in Thailand. Deafness in Thailand includes language emergence...

Country of the Deaf (Russian: Страна глухих, romanized: Strana glukhikh) is a 1998 Russian crime film directed by Valery Todorovsky, loosely based on Renata...

#DeafTalent is a hashtag used to highlight through social media the capabilities of the deaf and hard of hearing community. Prior to the hashtag's emergence...

A telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) is a teleprinter, an electronic device for text communication over a telephone line, that is designed for...

(川口 功人, Kawaguchi Kōto; born 1999) is a Japanese deaf table tennis player and actor. He competes in deaf table tennis for Toyota Motor Corporation and won...

Deafness in Bangladesh is a major health issue. About 9.6% of the population of Bangladesh (about 13.7 million people as estimated from the 2011 census)...

actually deaf. National sign languages usually emerge for the purpose of use by deaf individuals such as those attending schools specifically for the deaf. This...

The European Union of the Deaf (EUD) is a supraorganization comprising each respective National Association of the Deaf of the member states of the European...

Deafness in France covers the experiences, education, and community of deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) people in France. The history of deaf and hard of...

Captioned Media Program (DCMP), originally known as Captioned Films for the Deaf, Inc. in 1950, and later known as Captioned Films and Videos and the Captioned...

Language deprivation in deaf and hard-of-hearing children is a delay in language development that occurs when sufficient exposure to language, spoken or...

for the Deaf and Blind may refer to: Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind Florida School for the Deaf and Blind Hawaii School for the Deaf and the Blind...

Census, the British Deaf Association estimates there are 151,000 BSL users in the UK, of whom 87,000 are Deaf. People who are not deaf may also use BSL,...

A number of deaf people have competed in the modern Olympic Games, with the earliest known being Oskar Wetzell, a Finnish diver who competed in the 1908...

Poland has a recorded history of DHH (deaf or hard of hearing) people dating back to 1817. About 15.1% of Polish people in Poland say they have hearing...

Deaf Republic: Poems is a poetry book by Ilya Kaminsky which was published on June 18, 2019 by Faber and Faber. Will Brewbaker of Los Angeles Review of...

(/ˈroʊnɔːn ˈhɛʃən/ ROH-nawn HESH-ən; born 1975), also known as Mumblin' Deaf Ro, is a writer and Irish blues musician. He is also Assistant Secretary...

first deaf person in recorded history known by name. He is the first recorded deaf painter and his education is the first recorded education of a deaf child...

Deaf President Now! is a 2025 American documentary film, directed and produced by Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim. It follows the 1988 student protest...

Deafness in Portugal involves several elements such as the history, education, community, and medical treatment that must be understood to grasp the experiences...

The Deaf Mute is a 1913 American short war drama black and white film directed by Allen Ramsey, written by Rupert Hughes and produced by Thomas A. Edison...

Deaf Enabled Foundation (DEF) is a non-profit organization founded in 2009. DEF is based in India and operates in several states, including Telangana,...

Deaf Sam-yong may refer to: Deaf Sam-yong (1929 film), Korean film Deaf Sam-yong (1964 film), Korean film This disambiguation page lists articles associated...

protection and assistance of the Deaf (ENS) is the oldest and principal national association representing the deaf community in Italy. Founded in 1932...

California School for the Deaf is a school for Ethic deaf and hard of hearing children in Fremont, California. The school educates deaf children from all over...

of the John Tracy Clinic, a private, non-profit education center for the deaf that began in 1942. She was married to actor Spencer Tracy. Tracy was born...

audio, like music or sound effects. Captions are thus especially helpful to deaf or hard-of-hearing people. Subtitles may also add information that is not...

The Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind (FSDB) is a state-supported boarding school for deaf and blind children established in 1885, in St. Augustine...

Deafness in Ghana carries with it a large social stigma. Deafness in Ghana is also a variegated subject, in large part due to government policies, or...

The National Theatre of the Deaf (NTD) is an American theatre company founded in 1967 and based in Connecticut, United States. The company presents productions...

Delaware School for the Deaf (DSD) is a public K–12 school located on East Chestnut Hill Road in Brookside, Delaware, United States; It has a Newark postal...

The Deaf rights movement encompasses a series of social movements within the disability rights and cultural diversity movements that encourages deaf and...

Deaf philosophy is an emerging sub-field of philosophy covering bioethics, metaphysics, epistemology, while also including elements of linguistics and...

Deaf (WFD) is an international non-governmental organization that acts as a peak body for national associations of Deaf people, with a focus on deaf people...

that reflect the criteria of the Deaf cinema movement: written, produced or directed by deaf people with leading deaf actors. All these works have a tendency...

Deaf Dumb Blind is the debut studio album by Swedish rap metal band Clawfinger, released on 21 April 1993. Produced by the band and Jacob Hellner, the...

the deaf. Cogwell's daughter, Alice Cogswell, was deaf after the age of two, prompting Cogswell to jointly establish the American School for the Deaf in...

Donaldson's School is Scotland's national school for the deaf. Originally situated in Edinburgh, it moved to a new location in Linlithgow in 2008. It is...

The history of deafness in Iceland includes the history of Icelandic Sign Language (ISL) and its status as the first language of the Deaf, the history of...

The First Deaf Superheroes is a 2017 superhero film written, produced, directed and starred by Emilio Insolera. The story revolves around a deaf agent, Tom...

Deafness in Uzbekistan has cultural and medical implications. In 2019, the Society of the Deaf of Uzbekistan recorded that approximately 21,212 people...

depicts a world under attack by creatures who hunt by sound. Shipka plays a deaf teenager who seeks shelter with her family, and a cult tries to take advantage...

Deaffest is an annual deaf-led film and television festival, held in Wolverhampton, England. It specialises in the talents of deaf filmmakers and media...

In the Land of the Deaf (French title Le Pays Des Sourds) is a French documentary created and produced by Nicolas Philibert in 1992. The film is presented...

Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Gebaretaal) is the primary sign language used by deaf people in South Africa. The South African government added a National Language...

Deaf to Our Prayers is the fourth studio album by German melodic death metal band Heaven Shall Burn. The title was inspired by the famous poem "The Silesian...

for Deaf and Blind (AIDB) is the world’s most comprehensive education, rehabilitation and service program serving individuals of all ages who are deaf, blind...

The Maryland School for the Deaf (MSD) offers public education at no cost to deaf and hard-of-hearing Maryland residents between the ages of zero and...

The Pennsylvania School for the Deaf is the third-oldest school of its kind in the United States. Its founder, David G. Seixas (1788–1864), was a Philadelphia...

School for the Deaf is a provincial school in Belleville, Ontario with residential and day programs serving elementary and secondary deaf and hard-of-hearing...

Deaf Smith County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,583. The county seat is Hereford, which...

Texas School for the Deaf (TSD) is a state-operated primary and secondary school for deaf children in Austin, Texas. Opened in 1857 "in an old frame house...

The North Carolina School for the Deaf (NCSD) is a state-supported residential school for deaf children established in 1894, in Morganton, North Carolina...

Live at the Deaf Club is a live album released by the Dead Kennedys in 2004 and had a limited edition re-release 2013 in the UK on Let Them Eat Vinyl....

Pakistani). Deaf sign languages also arise outside educational institutions, especially in village communities with high levels of congenital deafness, but there...

Wisconsin School for the Deaf (WSD) is located in Delavan, Wisconsin. The school has been serving Wisconsin’s deaf and hard of hearing children since...

the Deaf (ISD) is a fully accredited school for the deaf and hard of hearing, located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. William Willard, a Deaf educator...

of the Deaf in Bulgaria (Съюз на глухите в България; abbreviated UDB or SGB) is a national, public-benefit non-governmental organisation of deaf and hard-of-hearing...

Deaf Records was a British record sublabel of Peaceville Records, located in Dewsbury and focused on heavy metal music. Accidental Suicide Agathocles At...

The Learning Center for the Deaf (TLC) is a Framingham, Massachusetts-based non-profit organization and school serving deaf and hard-of-hearing children...

grandchild of deaf adults. His maternal grandparents graduated from Gallaudet University, the first school for the advanced education of the deaf and hard...

Lutheran School For The Deaf (Chinese: 路德會啟聾學校; Cantonese Yale: Louhdāk'wúi káilùhng hohkhaauh) is a special school for the deaf in Hong Kong founded by...

Lexington School and Center for the Deaf comprises the Lexington School for the Deaf, the Lexington Hearing and Speech Center, Lexington Vocational Services...

The Washington School for the Deaf (WSD) is a school for deaf children located in Vancouver, Washington, in the United States. The school educates children...

Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary is a 2009 feature documentary produced and directed by Hilari Scarl. It focuses on the lives of deaf entertainers...

The National Black Deaf Advocates (NBDA) is an advocacy organization for Black deaf and hard of hearing people in the United States. NBDA serves as the...

Kentucky School for the Deaf (KSD), located in Danville, Kentucky, United States, is a school that provides education to deaf and hard-of-hearing children...

The Hungarian Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (Hungarian: Siketek és Nagyothallók Országos Szövetsége, SINOSZ) was founded in 1907. Its headquarters...

Congress on Education of the Deaf, commonly known as the Milan Conference or Milan Congress, was an international conference of deaf educators held in the Regio...

revolves around people who are deaf and hard of hearing and whose focus is on educating professionals working with deaf and hard of hearing populations...

The Deaf European records in swimming are the fastest recorded performances of deaf athletes, which are recognised and ratified by the International Committee...

The process of language acquisition is varied among deaf children. Deaf children born to deaf parents are typically exposed to a sign language at birth...

The American Annals of the Deaf is a peer-reviewed academic journal published quarterly with one annual reference issue. The journal is published by Gallaudet...

Walnut Creek, California, into an observant Jewish and fourth-generation deaf family, the daughter of Ron Stern and Hedy Marilyn Stern (née Udkovich),...

Nicaragua's total population is 6,000,000, but a reliable count of the number of deaf people in Nicaragua is difficult to obtain. In 2009, a law was passed in...

Year 6 and is the host campus of the Bendigo Deaf Facility, a regional specialist education program for deaf and hard of hearing students across central...

Neumi (Korean: 느미) also known as The Deaf Worker is a 1980 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-young. A melodrama about a mute woman who works at a brick...

Arkansas School for the Deaf (ASD) is a state-run public school in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, serving deaf and hard of hearing students through...

Iowa School for the Deaf is a pre-K to 12th grade school for deaf and hard-of-hearing students located in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States. It serves...

The Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (ASDB) is a state-operated institution for educational purposes in Arizona that provides specialized...

Deanne Bray (born May 14, 1971) is an American actress. Bray was born deaf and is multilingual in American Sign Language, British Sign Language, and English...

information surrounding Deafness in El Salvador remains limited, sources estimate that there are between 48 and 88 thousand deaf people in El Salvador.[citation...

Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (WVSDB) were established by an Act of the Legislature on March 3, 1870. The School for the Deaf and the School for...

The World Deaf Volleyball Championships is a quadrennial global competitions in the volleyball sport for deaf people. It is organized by the International...

Deaf world records in athletics are the best marks set in an event by a deaf person in the sport of athletics. The International Committee of Sports for...

Deaf cricket is a version of cricket which is adapted for the deaf. It is governed by the Deaf International Cricket Council (DICC). The first ever interstate...

romanized: Lughat al-Ishārah al-Imārātīyah is a unified sign language for the deaf community in the UAE. Emirati Sign Language has been developed by the Zayed...

The Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID), known as Action on Hearing Loss from 2011 to 2020, is a charitable organisation working on behalf...

Stern grew up in an exclusively deaf community and is fourth-generation deaf on her father's side, and third-generation deaf on her mother's side. She attended...

Karl the Deaf (Swedish: Karl Döve; died 1220) of the House of Bjälbo (Folkungaätten) was the jarl of Sweden from 1216 to 1220. His father was magnate Bengt...

The Cyprus Deaf Federation (Ομοσπονδία Κωφών Κύπρου; abbreviated CDF or Ο.Κ.Κ.) is the national federation of deaf people in Cyprus. It was established...

from oral languages used in proximity to them, and are employed mainly by deaf people in order to communicate. Many sign languages have developed independently...

from the countryside and deaf children meet other deaf people for the first time, even without attending a school for the deaf. These and more are all...

Social Cultural for the Deaf (QCSCD; Arabic: المركز القطري للثقافة الاجتماعية للصم) is the national organisation representing deaf people in Qatar. It is...

Beat deafness is a form of congenital amusia characterized by a person's inability to distinguish musical rhythm or move in time to it. Generally, humans...

(ASL) is a natural language that serves as the predominant sign language of deaf communities in the United States and most of Anglophone Canada. ASL is a...

The National Center on Deafness is an American educational institution aimed at facilitating the education of deaf students. The facilities of the National...

Deaf mental health care is the providing of counseling, therapy, and other psychiatric services to people who are deaf and hard of hearing in ways that...

Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering basic and applied research relating to individuals who are deaf, including...

of DeafVision, founder and executive director of Deaf Queer Resource Center (DQRC) and long-time resident of San Francisco. He spearheaded many DeafQueer...

for Deaf and hearing Children of Deaf Adults (CODAs), patterns of code-blending and code-switching, sociolinguistic experiences within the Deaf community...

theatre actress. She advocates for deaf actors to be cast on the same level as hearing actors. She is the only deaf actor (As of 26 June 2025[update])...

Oregon School for the Deaf (OSD) is a state-funded school in Salem, Oregon, United States. It serves deaf and hard of hearing students from kindergarten...

subtypes (I, II, and III) according to the genes responsible and the onset of deafness. All three subtypes are caused by mutations in genes involved in the function...

The National Deaf Federation Nepal (NDFN; Nepali: राष्ट्रिय बहिरा महासंघ नेपाल(ne)) is a non-governmental organization established and run as the umbrella...

Metro Deaf School (MDS) is a birth–12+ free charter school in St. Paul, Minnesota that serves Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and DeafBlind students throughout...

Children who are d/Deaf and hard of hearing, compared to their hearing peers, tend to face barriers in developing language. Consequently, deaf and hard of hearing...

The Ohio School for the Deaf is a school located in Columbus, Ohio. It is run by the Ohio Department of Education for deaf and hard-of-hearing students...

employees at a school for the deaf: a deaf custodian and a hearing speech teacher, whose conflicting ideologies on speech and deafness create tension and discord...

The Fall on Deaf Ears was a musical group from El Paso, Texas that featured guitarist Sarah Reiser, bassist Laura Beard, Cedric Bixler-Zavala of At the...

In 1984, the Deaf Facility was established at Heidelberg High School as a pilot project. It commenced in Term Two with Teachers of the Deaf, Interpreters...

Stone Deaf Forever! is a 5-CD box set collection by the band Motörhead, released in 2003. Stone Deaf Forever! is the first fully comprehensive box set...

Deaf culture in New Zealand is prevalent, and the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in December 2006 helped the deaf...

was originally published as the English Version for the Deaf (EVD) by BakerBooks. Some Deaf readers struggle with reading English because of their limited...

The exact number of the deaf population in Somalia is unknown, but it's estimated to be around 4,000 people. Somalia has been making steady progress in...

Michigan School for the Deaf is a public K–12 school for deaf children in Flint, Michigan. It is under the Michigan State Board of Education. The Michigan...

and commercial breakthrough in 1993 with the release of their debut album, Deaf Dumb Blind. The band's musical style is described as aggressive, melodic...

The World Deaf Football Championships is a quadrennial global competitions in the association football sport for deaf people. It is organised by the International...

Going Deaf for a Living is a 1980 album by Fischer-Z. This was the second album by Fischer-Z featuring the "classic line-up". The guitar on this album...

Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf (ENCSD) is a public school for the deaf in Wilson, North Carolina. Its service area is defined by the state...

A deaf-community or urban sign language is a sign language that emerges when deaf people who do not have a common language come together and form a community...

Sign Language) is the sign language used by the majority of the Australian Deaf community. Auslan is related to British Sign Language (BSL) and New Zealand...

The Louisiana School for the Deaf is a state school for deaf and hard-of-hearing students in Louisiana, located in Baton Rouge, the state capital. It...

Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) is the first and largest technological college in the world for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. As one...

invented spontaneously by a deaf child who lacks accessible linguistic input. Home sign systems often arise in families where a deaf child is raised by hearing...

national deaf cricket team represents India in international deaf cricket arena. The team consists of players who are having hearing problems (deaf). The...

Hearing Dogs for Deaf People is a UK charity which trains dogs to alert deaf people to a variety of sounds. The Charity's dogs provide emotional support...

Prefecture who falsely stated that he was totally deaf. He said throughout his career that he was deaf which led to foreign media dubbing him a "digital-age...

School for the Deaf is a provincial school in Milton, Ontario, Canada with residential and day programs serving elementary and secondary deaf and hard-of-hearing...

ghehveykhaneh), literally Coffee House Sign Language, is a deaf sign language of a few elderly members of the deaf community in Tehran. It has been in use since 1900...

The Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (HMS) is the oldest public day school for the Deaf and hard of hearing in the United States. Located...

disabling hearing loss Deaf adult characters are significantly underrepresented in children's books; even within books which do include a Deaf character. There...

Deaf, located in St. Louis, Missouri, is an American program specializing in listening and spoken language (LSL) education for children who are deaf or...

The history of deaf education in the United States began in the early 1800s when the Cobbs School of Virginia, an oral school, was established by William...

who were deaf and hard-of-hearing and all disabled people were considered a "social burden". Adolf Hitler and many others feared that deafness was a hereditary...

International Week of the Deaf (IWDeaf) is celebrated annually across the world during the last full week of September since 2009. In 2018, it was celebrated...

Beethoven Was Deaf is a live album by Morrissey, recorded around the time of the tour for Your Arsenal. It was the final release from His Master's Voice...

The California School for the Deaf, Riverside (CSD-R or CSDR) is a school for deaf children located in Riverside, California. The school educates children...

estimated to be 'deaf or hard of hearing' (DHH). Germany has a rich history regarding Deaf rights and education, with the first School for the Deaf founded in...

& Mister Deaf World (MMDW) is an international beauty pageant which crowns young deaf women "Miss Deaf World" and young deaf men "Mister Deaf World" every...

School for the Deaf (ISD), located in Jacksonville, Illinois, is a state-operated pre-kindergarten, elementary and high school for the deaf and hard-of-hearing...

The British Deaf Association (BDA) is a deaf-led British charity that campaigns and advocates for deaf people who use British Sign Language. It was preceded...

What the Deaf Man Heard is a 1997 American comedy-drama television film directed by John Kent Harrison, written by Robert W. Lenski, and starring Matthew...

Deaf (VCD), located on St Kilda Road in Melbourne, Australia, is Victoria's oldest deaf school, opening in 1860. The Victorian College for the Deaf is...

completely deaf and two were deaf in one ear. Of 48 single merles, one was deaf in one ear and none were completely deaf. In another study of 70 dogs...

The St Petersburg school for the Deaf (Санкт-Петербургское училище глухонемых) was a school for the deaf in Saint Petersburg in Russia between 1806 and...

starring Rose Ayling-Ellis, Andrew Buchan and Charlotte Ritchie about a deaf civilian volunteering to help police with her lip reading skills. It was...

of the Deaf may refer to: National Association of the Deaf (Italy) National Association of the Deaf (India) National Association of the Deaf (United...

Lagrendeur as Anna Perry, Nate and Claire’s six-year-old daughter. Anna is deaf and primarily communicates using American Sign Language. Isabella Astbury...

it difficult to educate deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) people in India for generations. There is a history of educating the deaf in India, however, there...

The Tennessee Schools for the Deaf (TSD) is a state-operated residential and day school for deaf and hard-of-hearing students who reside in the state of...

Deaf sports can refer to: Deaf Sports Australia Deaf Sports New Zealand Malaysian Deaf Sports Association South African Deaf Sports Federation Turkish...

The Nebraska School for the Deaf, or NSD, was a residential school for Deaf students in kindergarten through Grade Twelve at 3223 North 45th Street in...

California. Its campus is located next to the California School for the Deaf. The San Francisco area's education of blind children began in 1860 with...

(born December 15, 1953) is an American actor and director. Seago, who is deaf, was born in Tacoma, Washington. His father was hard of hearing, and that...

Shenton's own experiences as the child of a parent who became deaf. The film features profoundly deaf six-year-old first-time actor Maisie Sly as the titular...

the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, also known as AG Bell, is an organization that aims to promote listening and spoken language among people who are deaf and...

Deaf News is an important part of Deaf literature. It reflects the current events that are relevant to the Deaf community. In January 1969 the first newspaper...

Deaf View Image Art, abbreviated as De'VIA, is a genre of visual art that intentionally represents the Deaf experience and Deaf culture. Although De'VIA...

notable boarding schools in the United States. Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind Alabama School of Fine Arts (Birmingham) Alabama School of Math...

is an American actor and singer, known for his role as Melchior Gabor in Deaf West Theatre's 2015 Broadway revival of Spring Awakening. His performance...

February 1952) is an English deaf scholar, author, activist and researcher of deaf culture. He has been a core campaigner for Deaf rights since the 80s, and...

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Deaf Smith County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and...

child deprived at a young age is that of Isabelle. Confined to a room with a deaf and mute mother, she spent 6½ years in silence without any language stimulation...

Estimates of the deaf population in Tunisia range from 40,000 to 60,000 people. These estimates indicate that deaf people make up between 0.3% to 0.5%...

Language is the local deaf sign language of Fiji. In Fiji, at the 2 main schools for deaf children (Gospel School for the Deaf and Hilton Special school)...

"Models of deafness: cochlear implants in the Australian daily press". Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. 10 (4): 451–459. doi:10.1093/deafed/eni042...

Oralism, also known as the German method, is the education of deaf students through oral language by using lip reading, speech, and mimicking the mouth...

Since the 1920s, Deaf and hard of hearing people have participated in professional sports. The first known recognition of Deaf sports was in 1924 known...

language used by the deaf and hard of hearing in Singapore, developed over six decades since the setting up of the first school for the Deaf in 1954. Since...

The National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS) is a British charity dedicated to providing support, information and advice for deaf children and young people...

The Wyoming School for the Deaf was a school for deaf elementary students located in Casper, Wyoming, United States. The school was open from 1961 until...

Rhode Island School for the Deaf (RISD or RISDeaf) is a school for deaf students established in 1876 in the US state of Rhode Island. The school was founded...

The Oklahoma School for the Deaf (OSD) is a public residential school for the deaf and hard of hearing students ages 2 through 18. The school teaches K-12...

International Deaf Leather held contests for the titles International Ms. Deaf Leather, International Mr. Deaf Leather, and International Deaf Leather Boy...

director and television presenter, he has been deaf since birth, and is a presenter of the BBC deaf magazine programme See Hear. Julian Peedle-Calloo...

In Benin, deafness affects 12,500 people out of their total population of 10 million. Since the late 1900s, there has been a growing emergence of resources...

The Merseyside Centre for the Deaf, formerly the Adult Deaf and Dumb Institute, is an 1887 Grade II listed building on Princes Avenue in Liverpool, England...

Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, located in Staunton, Virginia, United States, is an institution for educating deaf and blind children, first...

the deaf community in Kafr Qasem began at the beginning of the 20th century, when a villager married a deaf woman from Mazraa. The couple had deaf children...

Africa. Morgan was crowned Miss Deaf South Africa 2004 at the Performer Theater in Pretoria. She was crowned Miss Deaf World in July of the same year in...

(nominally) signing hearing individuals in their interactions with signing deaf, or by deaf persons who for whatever reason acquired Nepali as their mother tongue...

The Deaf Theatre Network Europe is an open platform of professional deaf theatres. This network was established in 2001 in Vienna during the European Deaf...

connections and projections of neurons in deaf humans must block into two groups—congenitally deaf and deaf after birth. Structural brain imaging has...

the deaf in Indianapolis, Indiana, which later became the Indiana School for the Deaf. He was one of the most important deaf persons in the deaf community...

Bélier family, sixteen-year-old Paula is an indispensable interpreter for her deaf parents and brother on a daily basis, especially in the running of the family...

Language (French: langue des signes française, LSF) is the sign language of deaf and hard-of-hearing people in France and in French-speaking parts of Switzerland...

language of the deaf community of Malaysia. It is also the official sign language used by the Malaysian government to communicate with the deaf community and...

The Irish Deaf Society (IDS) is the national representative organisation of the Deaf community in Ireland. It upholds the status of Irish Sign Language...

Forever Deaf Fest is an American music festival held in Chicago during the wintertime, usually focusing on artists in the hardcore punk and extreme metal...

he co-founded the first permanent institution for the education of the deaf in North America, and he became its first principal. When opened on April...

Communication Service for the Deaf (CSD) is a global social impact organization founded in 1975 by Benjamin Soukup and based in Texas. CSD provides technologies...

Assistive Technology for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing is technology built to assist those who are deaf or have hearing loss. Examples of such technology...

the Deaf. In 1988, there were a total of 9 deaf institutions in the country and 46,800 deaf Bolivians. In 2002 there were approximately 25 deaf schools...

trained service dogs to people who have physical disabilities or who are deaf or hearing impaired; veterans with PTSD; and children with autism or other...

Communication Systems of the American Deaf". The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. 10 (1): 3–37. doi:10.1093/deafed/eni001. ISSN 1081-4159. PMID 15585746...

known as the Commonwealth Society for the Deaf) was a British charity which works to improve the lives of deaf children and children with ear diseases in...

Deafness in Iraq describes the social, educational, and healthcare realities faced by the deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) in Iraq. The main sign languages...

the Deaf and the Blind (ISDB) is a state-operated public school in Gooding, Idaho. It is part of the agency Idaho Educational Services for the Deaf and...

second Peel Session in January 1983, including a version of "Blind Dumb Deaf", was later included as bonus tracks on the cassette and CD releases of Garlands...

named the Centre for Deaf Studies, including: Centre for Deaf Studies, Dublin at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Centre for Deaf Studies, Bristol at the...

(Italian: Lingua dei segni italiana, LIS) is the visual language used by deaf people in Italy. Deep analysis of it began in the 1980s, along the lines...

romanized: P̣hās̄ʹā mụ̄x krungtheph kèā) is a deaf-community sign language of Thailand that arose among deaf people who migrated to Bangkok for work or family...

Japanese Federation of the Deaf (財団法人全日本ろうあ連盟, Zaidan hōjin zen-nihon rōa renmei) (JFD) is the national organization of the Deaf in Japan. JFD is also a...

Nicaragua) is a sign language developed by deaf children in several schools in Nicaragua. Before the 1970s, a deaf community largely socializing with and...

Deaf Forever: The Best of Motörhead is a compilation album by the band Motörhead, released on 8 August 2000 on Castle Select Records. The album was re-issued...

Hawaiʻi School for the Deaf and the Blind (HSDB) is a public school for deaf and blind children in Honolulu, Hawaii. Operated by the Hawaii Department...

three schools for the deaf in the country: the Mary Chapman School for the Deaf in Yangon (est. 1904), the School for the Deaf, Mandalay (est. 1964),...

is an American actor. Born deaf, Kotsur made his acting debut in the late 1980s working with the National Theatre of the Deaf. His television debut was...

Willie Ross School for the Deaf is a school for the deaf and hard-of-hearing located in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. The school was founded in 1967. School...

Meatleak, The Fall on Deaf Ears, and Los Dregtones, the latter of whom released the cassette, 5 Song Alibi, in 1994. The Fall on Deaf Ears recorded only...

Shri Satish Kumar was a deaf-mute competitor in para athletics who won the Arjuna Award in 1977-1978. "Arjuna Awardees". "Satish Kumar Winning Arjuna Award"...

(Spanish: Lengua de señas salvadoreña, LESSA) is a language used by the deaf community in El Salvador. Its main purpose is to communicate and is used...

deaf-blind teacher, advocate and author. Smithdas was born in Brentwood, Pennsylvania. For many years, he was the director of Services for the Deaf-Blind...

Deaf to the City (French: Le sourd dans la ville) is a 1987 Canadian drama film, written and directed by Mireille Dansereau and based on the novel with...

Actor. Hottle was born in 2007 to an all-deaf family, with her father's side having four generations of deaf relatives, and is fluent in American Sign...

cats are deaf. For solid white cat with two blue eyes, 60–80% are deaf. Cats are classified as deaf, when one or both ears are affected by deafness. In flash...

-111.945884 Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (USDB) is a state education agency of Utah that educates blind and deaf children. It includes a day and...

Inclusive Education for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children". Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. 5 (2): 174–185. doi:10.1093/deafed/5.2.174. PMID 15454511...

Linda Bove (born November 30, 1945) is a Deaf American actress, her most notable role being a fictionalized version of herself in the PBS children's series...

language as the preferred method of teaching deaf people, and has become known as the "Father of the Deaf". He founded the Institut National de Jeunes...

Conley (born August 5, 1958, in Baltimore, Maryland, USA) is an American deaf photographer, playwright, actor and writer. In 1981, Conley received a Bachelor...

The Nepal national deaf cricket team represents Nepal in international deaf cricket competitions. The team has been run and governed by the National Cricket...

St John's Catholic School for the Deaf is a school for deaf and hearing impaired children in Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, England. Monsignor...

was a deaf actor, producer, director, playwright, artist, and author who is notable for being a co-founder of the National Theatre of the Deaf and for...

Emilio Insolera (born 29 January 1979) is a deaf actor and producer, known for Sign Gene: The First Deaf Superheroes (2017). In 2022, Insolera had a role...

SimCom, or sign supported speech (SSS) is a technique sometimes used by deaf, hard-of-hearing or hearing sign language users in which both a spoken language...

is a Deaf American author, poet, teacher, and advocate. Lentz was born in Berkeley, California, to two deaf parents. Her brother was also deaf. Lentz...

California School for the Deaf may refer to: California School for the Deaf, Fremont California School for the Deaf, Riverside This disambiguation page...

Texas Blind, Deaf, and Orphan School was a school for blind and deaf black people in Austin, Texas. Throughout its history, due to educational segregation...

"Ever Since U Left Me (I Went Deaf)" is a song by American rappers French Montana and Max B from their collaborative mixtape Coke Wave 3.5: Narcos. It...

mossi) is the indigenous sign language of the Deaf community in the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou. Deaf education in Burkina is in American Sign Language...

of the Deaf. He was later replaced by Australian Rebecca Adam as ICSD President on 1 August 2018 which created further controversy in the Deaf sports...

(born February 5, 1967) is a deaf actress from Chicago, Illinois. She graduated from the Model Secondary School for the Deaf in 1985. Her most well known...

In Germany, a number of social welfare organisations for deaf people existed at the accession to power of the Nazi Party in 1933. Some of these collaborated...

indigenous sign language used in a neighborhood of the city of M'Bour in Senegal. Deaf people in the neighborhood meet regularly. Jirou-Sylla, Gwénaëlle (2001)...

Scranton State School for the Deaf (SSSD) was a residential school for the deaf established in 1880 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. Its students...

many deaf children in the foothills of Mount Avejaha, in Oro Province. It is dissimilar from other village sign languages in New Guinea. The deaf are well...

Lauren Ridloff (née Teruel; born April 6, 1978) is a deaf American actress known for her roles in the TV series The Walking Dead and the film Eternals...

The Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc (RID) is a non-profit organization founded on June 16, 1964, and incorporated in 1972, that seeks to uphold...

Additionally he was also the creator of Visible Speech which was used to help the deaf learn to talk, and was the father of Alexander Graham Bell. Alexander Melville...

Meyer. A mysterious antagonist known as The Deaf Man also appears occasionally over the years. The Deaf Man is a master criminal, who is "a little hard...

(Armenian: Հայերեն ժեստերի լեզու, romanized: Hayeren zhesteri lezu) is the deaf sign language of Armenia. Wittmann (1991) posits that ArSL is a language...

Georgia School for the Deaf (GSD) is a public residential school for the deaf. GSD provides comprehensive education and services to deaf and hard-of-hearing...

congenital deafness. Three families are predominantly deaf, with 20 living deaf members (as of 2018), and in one of them all family members are deaf and have...

Corson, Ed.D., was the executive director for the American School for the Deaf in West Hartford, Connecticut. He announced his retirement in 2006, ending...

third deaf organizations to be formed in Malaysia. The first two deaf organizations are the National Society for the Deaf (NSD) and YMCA Deaf Club Kuala...

Parkash Memorial Deaf & Dumb School, also referred to as the PM Deaf and Dumb School, is a school for deaf-mute children in the city of Rupnagar in the...

Singapore School for the Deaf (SSD) was a school for deaf children in Singapore. It was operated by the Singapore Association for the Deaf (SADeaf). It opened...

for the Deaf community and critic of cochlear implants. He wrote extensively on the social construction of disability and stated that "Unless Deaf people...

was born profoundly deaf, and Bloom devoted herself to overcoming the challenges of deafness for her daughter and for other deaf children. She became...

cover multiple disability types including amputations, cerebral palsy, deafness, intellectual impairments, les autres and short stature, vision impairments...

British Columbia School for the Deaf is a provincial school in Burnaby, British Columbia with day programs serving deaf and hard-of-hearing students. The...

deaf woman to lead an American school designed for deaf, hard of hearing, blind, and deaf-blind students, serving at the Hawaii School for the Deaf and...

School for the Deaf (MKSD), also known as the New Jersey School for the Deaf and Blind, initially the New Jersey State Institution for the Deaf , is a K-12...

Deaf (KAD) is a non-governmental organization representing the deaf of Kathmandu, and is a member association of the National Federation of the Deaf Nepal...

Rochester School for the Deaf (RSD) is a private, tuition-free school for deaf and hard of hearing students to attend in Rochester, New York. It is one...

was used to aid the deaf in learning to speak. In 1864, Melville promoted his first works on Visible Speech, in order to help the deaf both learn and improve...

Deaf Bibliography is a searchable online bibliographic database to works in deaf studies published by Karen Nakamura since 1995. The database can be queried...

Scott is an English poet and activist. He is deaf and uses British Sign Language (BSL). Paul was born to a deaf family and grew up using sign language. He...

language used by the deaf community in The Gambia. The only school for deaf children in the Gambia, St John's School for the Deaf, was set up by a Catholic...

Gallaudet, was the renowned pioneer of deaf education in the United States. His mother, Sophia Fowler Gallaudet, who was deaf, was the founding matron of the...

also known as Shassi or ISL, is the most commonly used sign language by the Deaf community of Israel. Some other sign languages are also used in Israel, among...

contracted scarlet fever and her hearing slowly diminished until she became fully deaf at age 14. In order for her to communicate with her peers, she relied on...

시절). His famous works include The Water Wheel (물레방아), Mulberry (뽕), and Deaf Samryongi (벙어리 삼룡이). Na went by the art name Na Bin. His early works are...

communication among deaf people in Madagascar. An estimated 110,000 to 170,000 people (or 1% of the population of Madagascar) are deaf. Malagasy Sign Language...

translator, and professor. Nović is also a deaf rights activist who has written about the challenges she faces as a deaf novelist. Nović is most known for their...

who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (GPODHH) is an international collaboration of parent-led support groups for families with children who are deaf or hard...

Institution for the Deaf and Dumb was a deaf school campus in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. The school, today known as the Ohio School for the Deaf, sat on the present-day...

The Halifax School for the Deaf (The Deaf and Dumb Institution, Halifax) was an institution in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, which opened on 4 August 1856...

The EuroDeaf, short for European Deaf Football Championships, is a quadrennial European competitions in the association football sport for deaf people...

Music and the Deaf is a national and international charity based in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1988 by deaf musician Dr Paul Whittaker, OBE...

Philippine Federation of the Deaf, Inc. (PFD) is a non-stock, non-profit organization which caters to the general needs of deaf people in the Philippines...

The Deaf Movie Database (DMDb) is an online platform dedicated to cataloging films, television series, and media content featuring deaf actors, sign language...

The EuroDeaf 2019, short for the 2019 European Deaf Football Championships, is the ninth edition of the European competition of deaf football national...

Marcus James Titus (born May 20, 1986) is a deaf American swimmer who has made it as far as eighth place in the 2012 Olympic Trials. Titus won a state...

the National Council of Jewish Women and an advocate for deaf education and for supports for deaf veterans of World War I. Rose Goldsmith was born in Philadelphia...

Indian badminton player from Pune. She is profoundly deaf. She was Indian national team player for deaf in 2000 and 2001. She clinched a gold medal in mixed...

Old or Original Chiangmai Sign Language) is a deaf-community sign language of Thailand that arose among deaf people who migrated to Chiang Mai for work or...

Association for Deaf people (RAD) is a British charitable organisation whose mission is to promote the welfare and interests of Deaf people. It is a Deaf-led organisation...

Brewster Jr. (May 30 or May 31, 1766 – August 13, 1854) was a prolific, Deaf itinerant painter who produced many charming portraits of well-off New England...

professor. He is best known for his poetry collections Dancing in Odesa and Deaf Republic, which have earned him several awards. In 2019, the BBC named Kaminsky...

Flemish Sign Language (Dutch: Vlaamse Gebarentaal, VGT) is a deaf sign language of Belgium. It is closely related to French Belgian Sign Language, but...

The Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults (also known as the Helen Keller National Center or HKNC) is a foundation in the United...

also be used in education of deaf students. The Cooper Union in New York City is using music visualization to teach deaf children about sound. They have...

chairman of the Central Committee ("the Center") of The Association of the Deaf in Israel [he] (Acha) from 1972 to 1989. Shem Tov was the first chairman...

Ted Evans and featuring an all-deaf lead cast. A young deaf-man begins to question his place in the isolated all-deaf community he was raised in. Anne...

(born 1975) is a deaf Italian politician, academic and advocate for the deaf and people with disabilities. Insolera was born in a deaf family. He is a...

[permanent dead link] 朝日日本歴史人物事典. 朝日新聞社. 1994. ISBN 4023400521. "聾唖偉人（江戸時代以前）". Deaf History Japan. Retrieved 30 January 2021. Groemer, Gerald (2019). The land...

St. Rita School for the Deaf is an independent Roman Catholic school located in the village of Evendale, near Cincinnati, Ohio. Challenged by Archbishop...

due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Japanese Federation of the Deaf, and the Japanese Deaf Sports Federation, collaborated to hold their first meeting under...

Project, a youth based deaf and hard of hearing theatre company. He specializes in working with deaf children and creating theatre for Deaf people. He was an...

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...

language of Chile's seven deaf institutions. It is used by people all over Chile and is the primary language used by the deaf community, being used for...

English television presenter and football player who is deaf. He is a presenter on the deaf magazine programme See Hear. Costi was born in England to...

(German: Deutschschweizer Gebärdensprache, abbreviated DSGS) is the primary deaf sign language of the German-speaking part of Switzerland and of Liechtenstein...

In 2019 she became the first deaf female rugby player to play for a senior England side and the world's first-ever deaf female rugby sevens international...

principal. He taught deaf children and authored the first standard picture dictionary of American Sign Language after becoming deaf himself as a child....

is a Deaf Scottish television presenter and actor. Mason was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1954. Deaf since birth, he entered a school for deaf children...

Tom L. Humphries is an American academic, author, and lecturer on Deaf culture and deaf communication. Humphries is a professor at the University of California...

educator who specializes in working with deaf students with multiple disabilities. She was the first Black deaf women to graduate from Gallaudet University...

Language (HCMCSL), also known as Sai Gon Sign Language, is the language of many deaf communities in the south of Vietnam. Research on this sign language started...

The North Dakota School for the Deaf (NDSD) is a state-funded residential school located in Devils Lake, North Dakota that provides services to meet the...

language in the subcontinent of South Asia, used by at least 15 million deaf signers. As with many sign languages, it is difficult to estimate numbers...

2011-07-09. Blu-ray.com Deaf Crocodile: First Look at New 4K Restoration of Heroic Times. Retrieved 2026-04-18 – via www.blu-ray.com. Deaf Crocodile (2023-06-09)...

testing. Also, only 2% of Deaf North Korean children are enrolled in a Deaf school, compared to the average 10-12% of Deaf children in other developing...

Relay Service which has provided the ability to connect between hearing and deaf communities through the means of video and sign language interpreters. Bosson...

the Deaf estimates that there are over 350,000 Deaf Canadians, but there is not an exact number since there has never been a formal census on Deaf Canadians...

Schioldann, who had a deaf son, Ove Schioldann, was very active in the work for improving the living conditions for the deaf. He was a board member of...

United States and other Americanized countries, the sign originated among deaf schoolchildren using American Sign Language to create a sign from a combination...

used by about 150 deaf and many hearing members of the al-Sayyid Bedouin tribe in the Naqab desert in southern Israel. As deafness is so frequent (4%...

She was the first deaf person to serve as Receptionist of the United States. Katz-Hernandez attended the American School for the Deaf and the Maryland...

linguistic systems. Translanguaging in Deaf culture focuses on sensorial accessibility, as translanguaging still exists in Deaf culture; it is just different than...

known as te reo Turi o Aotearoa, literally "Deaf language of New Zealand") is the main language of the deaf community in New Zealand. It became an official...

or KSL (Korean: 한국 수화 언어 or short name 한국 수어) is a sign language used for deaf communities of South Korea. It is one of two official languages in the country...

a wide area.[citation needed] The East Anglian School for Deaf and Blind Children (for deaf children and for blind children) was established in Gorleston...

Children With Hearing Impairment". Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. 15 (3): 287–310. doi:10.1093/deafed/enq013. PMC 2912640. PMID 20457674. Goldstein...

Island. Gannon, Jack. 1981. Deaf Heritage–A Narrative History of Deaf America, Silver Spring, MD: National Association of the Deaf, p. 45 (PDF Archived 2012-03-28...

Best Actress winner and the first deaf performer to have won an Academy Award. Matlin, who is deaf, generally plays deaf characters. However, in 1994 Matlin...

Healing the deaf mute of Decapolis is one of the miracles of Jesus recorded in chapter 7 of the Gospel of Mark. Its narration offers many parallels with...

The New Mexico School for the Deaf (NMSD) is a state-run school in Santa Fe, New Mexico, providing education for deaf and hard-of-hearing students from...

Charlotte Arrowsmith is a British actor and theatre director. She is Deaf and uses British Sign Language. Charlotte was born in Croydon to a hearing family...

aware of its appearance in William Shakespeare's Sonnet 29. The two words 'deaf' and 'heaven' were combined as a homage to Slowdive. Clarke and McCoy recorded...

Association Singapore Association for the Deaf Singapore School for the Deaf Canossian School ExtraOrdinary Horizons (Deaf Singapore) Movement for the Intellectually...

for example at the Deaf Forum that is held annually at different locations in the Western Cape. The result is that, while deaf people from different...

Virginia School for the Deaf, Blind and Multi-Disabled at Hampton (VSDBM-H), also known as the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind-Hampton Campus...

respectability". Deaf liberation theology is a product of Deaf culture and a resistance to audism in mainstream hearing theological spaces. Deaf people often...

Federation starship Enterprise-D. In this episode, the Enterprise ferries a deaf ambassador (Howie Seago) who leads difficult peace talks. The Federation...

The Austrian Federation of the Deaf (ÖGLB), German: Österreichischer Gehörlosenbund, is a national federation for the deaf in Austria. It is affiliated...

Coprolalia has also been documented in deaf individuals. Non-verbal phonic tics are referred to as "signing phonic tics" in deaf individuals. Coprolalia in signing...

Haiphong Sign Language is the deaf-community sign language of the city of Haiphong in Vietnam. It is about 50% cognate with the other sign languages of...

Cophotis ceylanica, the Ceylon deaf agama, is an agamid species endemic to Sri Lanka. Body is compressed. Head is narrow. Long dorso-nuchal crest developed...

The Training Institute of the Deaf in Berlin-Neukölln was founded in 1788 as a school for the deaf. Some German schools had been founded by educators trained...

Deaf (WTSD) is a public state-operated elementary school serving in Preschool thought 6th grade and is a campus of the Tennessee Schools for the Deaf...

an American deaf mountaineer who has accomplished several notable firsts in mountaineering. She was born deaf, and became the first deaf woman in history...

assistance dog specifically selected and trained to assist people who are deaf or hard of hearing by alerting their handler to important sounds, such as...

Hanoi Sign Language is the deaf-community sign language of the city of Hanoi in Vietnam. It is about 50% cognate with the other sign languages of Vietnam...

of the characters he played were deaf people. In 1988, he graduated with honours from California School for the Deaf in Fremont, California. He returned...

The Eastern Schools for the Deaf Athletic Association (ESDAA) is an organization that oversees and regulates deaf interscholastic athletics in the US...

Brian Duffy is a Scottish actor, writer and Visual Vernacular artist. He is Deaf and uses British Sign Language. He achieved a BA (Hons) in Video and Film...

for the Deaf, and remained with the school for 34 years until his death in 1891. The Halifax School for the Deaf was the first school of the deaf in Atlantic...

of Cleveland Brown (until 2021), Herbert, Bruce, Consuela, the Greased-up Deaf Guy, and others. He co-created and starred in the spin-off The Cleveland...

an American hip hop recording artist. Identifying as Deaf, he is the co-founder of D-PAN, The Deaf Professional Arts Network, a 501c3 nonprofit organization...

Switzerland. One of Helen's Swiss ancestors was the first teacher for the deaf in Zürich. Keller reflected on this fact in her first autobiography, asserting...

and any residual hearing. Although lip reading is used most extensively by deaf and hard-of-hearing people, most people with normal hearing process can infer...

Association of the Deaf (PAD) is the national organisation representing deaf people in Pakistan. It is a member of the World Federation of the Deaf. "Introduction"...

around a campaign of vengeance enacted by a martial arts expert, rendered deaf-mute by an attack that killed his entire family, whose thoughts are presented...

the deaf sign language of the Kurds of Kurdistan Region, Iraq. There are three dialects, associated with the three Kurdish schools for the deaf in Sulaymaniyah...

University Press (GUPress) is a publisher that focuses on issues relating to deafness and sign language. It is a part of Gallaudet University in Washington D...

Montana School for the Deaf & Blind (MSDB) is a boarding K–12 school in Great Falls, Montana, for deaf and blind students. The school takes full-time...

Apostle of the Deaf in America" and was regarded as the most renowned deaf person in American deaf history. He was taught by Abbé Sicard and deaf educator Jean...

drug addict. They call his sponsor, Hector, who finds a rural shelter for deaf recovering addicts run by a man named Joe, a recovering alcoholic who lost...

Indiana School for the Deaf in 1999 under the athletic director and Volleyball Coach Brian Bippus, who envisioned a national deaf volleyball tournament...

Baxter School for the Deaf (GBSD), formerly known as the Maine School for the Deaf, is a public co-educational school that serves the deaf and hard-of-hearing...

ABC Family, it is "the first mainstream television series to have multiple deaf and hard-of-hearing series regulars and scenes shot entirely in American...

technical colleges for the deaf in the world. It has good cooperative relations with other technical colleges for the deaf in the world, such as National...

Lily Goh is a Deaf Singaporean artist, entrepreneur, and community leader. Goh's Deafness was discovered when she was two years old. She experiences profound...

Sarah Fuller House for Little Deaf Children, a member of the National Research Council at Washington on the Problems of Deaf and a member of the Committee...

educating deaf and hard-of-hearing students in inclusive settings". Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. 4 (3): 163–175. doi:10.1093/deafed/4.3.163...

not clearly audible" (for example, when audio is muted or the viewer is deaf or hard of hearing). The term closed (versus "open") indicates that the captions...

(Arabic: لغة الإشارة العراقية, romanized: luḡa al-išāra al-ʿIrāqiyya) is the deaf sign language of Iraq. It appears to be close to Levantine Arabic Sign Language...

and Grenada. A variety of cultures, beliefs, languages, and views of deafness exist on the islands. Since the 16th and 17th centuries, the Windward Islands...

an indigenous deaf sign language of Cambodia. Little is known of the language situation prior to the first Cambodian school for the deaf being established...

was an American pianist. Helen Keller called Martin "the most accomplished deaf and blind person in the world." Helen May Martin was born in Lincoln, Nebraska...

July 16, 1991) is a deaf YouTuber and activist. She began as a beauty vlogger and is now a lifestyle vlogger with a focus on deaf awareness, accessibility...

(1925–1987) was an American pioneer of deaf education in several countries in Africa. In 1954, he became the first Deaf African American to earn a bachelor's...

founding in 1869, Joseph began supporting the Protestant Institution for Deaf-Mutes and for the Blind in 1874, when it faced financial difficulties, and...

language used by members of the deaf community in Egypt. Although there are no official statistics on the number of deaf people or the number of people...

The EuroDeaf 2015, short for the 2015 European Deaf Football Championships, is the eighth edition of the European competition of deaf football national...

education programs for their students. In the 1870s, the Ohio school for the Deaf instituted organised sports into the school for their students. Pehr Henrik...

30 April 1790), the originator in Germany of systematic education for the deaf, was born in Nautschütz, near Zschorgula in the Electorate of Saxony. Entering...

administrator working with deaf children. She was the first female president of the National Association of the Deaf. She is among the first deaf women to head a...

sign languages were independently developed among deaf students in separate Tanzanian schools for the deaf, starting in 1963. However, the use of several...

constructed in 1848 as the Tennessee School for the Deaf and Dumb (now the Tennessee School for the Deaf), the complex served as Knoxville's city hall from...

5ifth Column is the fifth album by Acumen Nation. "Margasuck" and "Tone Deaf" are remixed tracks from Strike 4. "Monster Zero" – 1:56 "Parasite Mine"...

The German Association of the Deaf (DGB), German: Deutscher Gehörlosen-Bund, is a national association for the deaf in Germany. The DGB was created shortly...

Detroit Day School for the Deaf (DDSD) was a public school for deaf students in Detroit, Michigan for grades Pre-Kindergarten through 8. It was a part...

first Deaf female Member of Parliament. She attended Gallaudet University and was elected the vice-president of the World Federation of the Deaf in 2011...

of Thailand's deaf community and is used in most parts of the country by the 20 percent of the estimated 56,000 pre-linguistically deaf people who go...

French: Langue des signes mauricienne or mauritienne) is the indigenous deaf sign language of Mauritius. Mauritian Sign Language at Ethnologue (25th ed...

model and the winner of the Miss Deaf Asia 2018 title. She represented the state of Delhi at the AIDACS Miss and Mister Deaf India pageant in which she won...

events were only in Toronto and Southern Ontario. Mackney was the first deaf wrestler to even be employed by the WWE. He was awarded a lifetime achievement...

Laura Dewey Lynn Bridgman (December 21, 1829 – May 24, 1889) was the first deaf-blind American child to gain a significant education in the English language...

been deaf since birth. Caverly was born and raised in Royal Oak, Michigan. He has been deaf since birth and has an older sister who is also deaf, as well...

Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears, also known as Los Amigos, is a 1973 Spaghetti Western film starring Anthony Quinn and Franco Nero. The film is loosely based...

indigenous sign language used by both deaf and hearing in an area with a high incidence of congenital deafness. Meir et al. define a village sign language...

20 March 1995) is a deaf Indian professional chess player and the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in the International Deaf Chess Championship....

Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, a non-profit organization, was the primary educational and support services resource for Deaf and Hard of Hearing...

staff with the Deaf people in their community. The QBPL hired a deaf librarian, Lori Stambler-Dunsmore, to train the library staff about Deaf culture, to...

Sign Language and English Secondary School, is a public high school for the deaf in Kips Bay, Manhattan, New York City. Operated by the New York City Department...

Shirly Pinto (Hebrew: שירלי פינטו; born 15 March 1989) is an Israeli Deaf political activist, who served as Member of the Knesset for National Unity. Pinto...

foregrounding of the deaf experience. Christine Sun Kim was born in 1980 and raised in Southern California with hearing parents and a deaf sister. Her first...

deaf students using sign language within the classroom. Manualism arose in the late 18th century with the advent of free public schools for the deaf in...

The Singapore Association for the Deaf (SADeaf) is a charitable organisation for the deaf and hard-of-hearing in Singapore founded in 1955. SADeaf is...

developed in the 1930s due to a high number of deaf people. Estimated number of users in 2009 was 16 deaf and approximately 400 hearing out of 2741 villagers...

The South Dakota Services for the Deaf (SDSD) is a state agency that supports deaf children in South Dakota. Formerly it was a state-supported school located...

Deaf Sports Australia (DSA), formerly known as Australian Deaf Sports Federation, is the national governing body of Deaf Sports in Australia. The organisation...

deaf to a Deaf family, and also has a Deaf older brother. Both of her parents were faculty members at Gallaudet University. "My parents are both deaf...

government as the country's official sign language, and hearing parents of deaf individuals are entitled to access state-sponsored classes that facilitate...

Michael Schaack’s Graphic Animated Feature ‘Felidae’ on Deaf Crocodile Blu-ray - Slant Magazine Deaf Crocodile Felidae: Deluxe Limited Edition (4K UHD Review)|The...

Deaf Channel 333 runs various formats of TV for people with hearing difficulties, e.g. Deaf Rap or Deaf Porn. The No Signal DVD also includes a deaf version...

United States women's national deaf soccer team (USDWNT) represents the United States of America in international women's deaf soccer. The team is governed...

Kansas School For the Deaf, is a K-12 school, located in downtown Olathe, Kansas. In 1861, it became the first school for the deaf established in the state...

the Upper Peninsula. Luczak was featured on The Deaf Poet Society, a website designed to honor deaf poets. Raymond Luczak has been advocating for the...

deaf and a British Sign Language user as well as her native Irish Sign Language. Hefferman started her career as a researcher on Hands On, the deaf magazine...

pioneer deaf school in Malaysia. The Federation School has a very important place in Malaysia's Deaf community as the first boarding school for deaf children...

Till Deaf Do Us Part is the tenth studio album by the British rock group Slade. It was released on 16 November 1981 and reached No. 68 on the UK chart...

bodybuilders. She was one of the few deaf professional female bodybuilders in the world, making the cover of Deaf Life magazine twice in the 1990s. After...

The Montreal Institute for the Deaf and Mute was a boarding school operated by the Clercs de Saint-Viateur (English: Clerics of St Viator) between 1848...

(SSL) is a sign language used by the deaf community in Somalia and Djibouti. In the 1980s a school for the deaf was established in the Somali Kenyan town...

order to deliver the music experience (through vibrations) to members of the deaf community. One of SUBPAC's most notable artist collaborations is with DJ...