deaf athletes
Hearing-impaired sports participants
Athletes who are deaf or hard of hearing, competing in sports organized around hearing loss as a qualifying criterion.
The Deaflympics, held since 1924, is the premier international competition for deaf athletes, predating both the Paralympics and Special Olympics.
Deaf athletes often compete in mainstream sports as well, where their hearing loss may or may not affect performance depending on the sport.
- DeaflympicsAthletic competition for deaf
- world recordsDocumented supreme human achievements
- sign languageVisual-gestural communication system
- hearing impairedReduced auditory function
- gold medalAward for winning
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deaf athletesOlympic athletes
Competitors in quadrennial international games
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