The Deaf Community

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THE UNDERSTANDING OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY ISSUES

por Wan NurSyahierah

Student Services at LAMC-Angela Echeverri

por Angela Echeverri

Terri Nolan

por Noemi D'Aversa

ear sense

por virgin marie

The North Texas Deaf Community

There is some prejudice within the community when it comes to transforming oneself to hear like the rest

Devices

Hearing Aids

Cochlear Implants

Statistics

Approximately 3 to 6 percent of all deaf children and perhaps another 3 to 6 percent of hard-of-hearing children have Usher syndrome. In developed countries such as the United States, about 4 babies in every 100,000 births have Usher syndrome.

Approximately 188,000 people worldwide have received cochlear implants. In the United States, roughly 41,500 adults and 25,500 children have received them.

About 2 to 3 out of every 1,000 children in the United States are born deaf or hard-of-hearing. Nine out of every 10 children who are born deaf are born to parents who can hear.

Sign Exact English

Levels of Hearing

Profound

91+

Severe

71-90 dB

Moderately Severe

56-70 dB

Moderate

41-55 dB

Mild

26-40 dB

Programs

Callier Center at UT Dallas

Bliss Speech & Hearing Services

Pearson Early Childhood School

American Sign Language

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