deaf students
Students without hearing
Deaf students are students who are deaf or hard of hearing.
The phrase appears frequently in educational contexts discussing accommodations, teaching methods, and accessibility: The university provides interpreters for deaf students.
Schools and programs specifically serving this population are often called schools for the deaf or deaf education programs.
- signingInscribing one's name
- sign languageVisual-gestural communication system
- ASLManual visual communication system
- interpreterOne who conveys meaning between languages
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
hearing loss · hard of hearing · lip-reading · cochlear · implant · hearing aids · classroom · visual · visual learner · gestural · silent · Gallaudet · captioned · amplified · mainstream · inclusion · special education · accommodations
- Deaf CommunityHelen Keller, Marlee Matlin, hard of hearing, CODA