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On Being Hearing Impaired in the Workplace.

Hites, Jeanne – Performance and Instruction, 1994

Describes the author's experience with the loss of hearing in early adulthood. The use of hearing aids, the situations in which hearing is easier or more difficult, and discrimination faced by people with hearing disabilities are discussed. A vision of a future that enables hearing-impaired persons to participate is described. (Contains three…

Descriptors: Disability Discrimination, Futures (of Society), Hearing Aids, Hearing Impairments

Family Communication and the Right to Sign.

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Nichols, Marylane – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1993

A mother of a deaf child recounts her earlier commitment to an oralist position, her gradual realization that she was asking her child to do the impossible, and the child's rapid acquisition of language when allowed and encouraged to use signs. The importance of hearing parents learning sign language is stressed. (DB)

Descriptors: Attitude Change, Beliefs, Communication Skills, Deafness