deaf children
Kids who sign
Children who have significant hearing loss, ranging from partial to complete inability to hear.
The phrase appears in educational and medical contexts discussing special needs: programs for deaf children, schools serving deaf children.
Within Deaf culture, the capitalized form emphasizes cultural identity rather than medical condition.
- signingInscribing one's name
- sign languageVisual-gestural communication system
- hearing aidsPersonal sound amplifiers
- cochlear implantsAuditory prostheses for deafness
- ASLManual visual communication system
lip reading · silence · gestures · interpreters · closed captions · speech therapy · playground · classrooms · communication · hands · visual · vibrations · special education · inclusion · audiologist · early intervention · fingerspelling · expressive
- Deaf CommunityHelen Keller, Marlee Matlin, hard of hearing, CODA
- deaf servicesASL, sign language, speech therapist, interpreter, sign language interpreter