Comment on Do rhymes make sense to deaf people?
otp@sh.itjust.works 10 months agoI’m not sure why you’re crying, but you’re incorrect.
It is surprising to many people outside of the Deaf Community, but Deaf people can often hear. The Deaf are considered deaf once they have passed a certain decibel (dB) hearing loss. Many people who are profoundly deaf can still hear planes, dogs barking, etc. Hearing a sound does not mean that Deaf people can understand speech. A person with a significant hearing loss generally has difficulty or inability to hear speech even when aided.
www.gatecommunications.org/deafness
As well, people with cochlear implants are (generally?) also Deaf, but with the implant, they can hear.
DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Do you have a link to a more reputable site? Gate communications is an American thing.
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
Just look it up.
It’s like being blind: a lot of blind people can still see but not well. Or using a wheelchair, a lot of people in wheelchairs can still stand short periods or walk short distances.
ETC
Society oversimplifies these things to be binary, but in reality they are a spectrum.
antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
deafness, partial or total inability to hear. (Britannica)
azulavoir@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Are Americans intrinsically wrong about Everything? Like, I get most things, but surely one of us has had a correct thought before
DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 10 months ago
A lot of misinformation comes out of the USA.
azulavoir@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
This seems like, a really weird thing for the US Government to lie about.
otp@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
You’ve got multiple sources now. It’s good to question things, but you might want to start by questioning the things that you’ve previously learned when encountering new information.
DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 10 months ago
How come you can say someone’s partially deaf when deafness already covers people who can partially hear? Isn’t that redundant?
otp@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Yes, it is redundant. The things people can say are not always completely medically accurate.