The term Deaf may just seem it applies to anyone who has hearing loss, but Deaf people do have their own define of identity as a group in the Deaf World. If a person is Deaf, it could be just because they are using American Sign …show more content…
Within the Deaf culture these words refer to a person’s audiological status. Notice lower case “d” is used. People who describe themselves as “hard of hearing” or “deafened” do not see themselves as members of the Deaf culture. Some may know sign language but their primary language is English. Hard-of-hearing can be defined a person with a mild-to-moderate hearing loss. It can also means a person who doesn’t have or any kind of experience of cultural with Deaf community. It also refers to someone who doesn’t hear well and maybe because they born with a hearing loss or they may have lost some or all of hearing in the future. Hard of hearing people can be associates of the Deaf community, they can either choose to join or not being involved at