deaf persons
Those without hearing
Deaf persons are people who cannot hear or have severely limited hearing.
The phrase is formal and appears in legal, medical, and accessibility contexts: services for deaf persons, deaf persons may request an interpreter.
In everyday speech, deaf people is more natural and equally respectful.
- hearing aidsPersonal sound amplifiers
- lip-readingInterpreting speech visually
- American Sign LanguageGestural tongue of deaf community
- auditoryOf or relating to hearing
- interpreterOne who conveys meaning between languages
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