deafness
Let an agent handle deafness respectfully across medical, linguistic and cultural perspectives, with accessibility, communication and support routes, and route sudden hearing loss to urgent care.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Access Communication first.
Communication
Preferences.
Communication
Communication preferences.
- How does the person prefer to communicate: sign language, captions, lip reading? boundary
- How can that be provided? action
Interpreters
Sign language.
Interpreters
Interpreters.
- How can a qualified sign language interpreter be booked? action
- Which sign language is needed? definition
Health Hearing care.
Sudden loss
Urgent care.
Sudden
Sudden hearing loss.
- Is there sudden hearing loss that needs urgent medical assessment? boundary
- Who should be contacted? action
Audiology
Assessment.
Audiology
Audiology.
- How can someone get a hearing assessment? action
- What technology options exist? definition
Culture Deaf community.
Community
Identity.
Community
Deaf community.
- How does the Deaf community describe its culture and language? provenance
- Which organisations represent it? provenance
Language
Terms.
Language
Respectful terms.
- Which terms do deaf and Deaf people prefer? provenance
- Which outdated terms should be avoided? boundary
Rights Law.
Law
Accessibility.
Law
Accessibility law.
- Which accessibility rights apply to services, education and work? provenance
- How can a complaint be made? action
Technology
Captions and alerts.
Technology
Assistive technology.
- Which assistive technologies help, such as visual alarms? action
- Are they funded? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.STA
- Other names and narrower kinds
- deaf-mute, auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder, Yemenite deaf-blind hypopigmentation syndrome, peripheral hearing loss, deafness in white cats, socioacusis, minimal hearing loss, hearing loss in children, conductive hearing loss, presbycusis, microtia, sudden sensorineural hearing loss
What it is Filled
Partial or total inability to hear, present from birth or acquired, varying in degree and type; many Deaf people identify as a cultural and linguistic community using sign languages, while others use hearing technologies and spoken language.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle deafness respectfully across medical, linguistic and cultural perspectives, with accessibility, communication and support routes, and route sudden hearing loss to urgent care.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Reduced or absent hearing
- Congenital or acquired
- Medical and cultural perspectives
- Accessibility is a right
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Treat deafness only as a deficit or describe Deaf people in demeaning terms.
- Disclose a person's hearing status without consent.
- Rely on audio-only alerts for safety messages where deaf people may be present.
- Present automated sign language or captions as accurate without review.
Only with a human decision
- Choices about cochlear implants, schooling or language for a deaf child.
May
- Describe deafness, Deaf culture and sign languages respectfully, from reliable sources.
- Provide captions, transcripts and visual alerts when asked.
Moral aspects Filled
- Deaf communities have their own languages and culture that deserve respect.
- Inaccessible services exclude deaf people from information and safety.
Who is affected
- Deaf and hard of hearing people
- Their families
- Sign language communities
Owners Filled
Steward
Each person; national associations of deaf people speak for the community.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q102187283 - registry parent class
- Q115269691 - registry parent class
- Q1644260 - registry parent class
- Q2289481 - registry parent class
related
- sensory disability and hearing disorder - category
- sign language - communication
- hearing aid and cochlear implant - technology
- disability rights law - law
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.deafness
- Wikidata: Q12133 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12133)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Degrees: mild to profound
- Deaf community and sign languages
- Outdated terms such as deaf-mute are considered offensive
- Not visible; may involve hearing aids, cochlear implants or sign language use.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- provide accessible communication
- find sign language interpreters
- seek urgent care for sudden hearing loss
- access audiology and support services
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Using offensive outdated terms
- Missing sudden hearing loss needing urgent care
- Inaccessible communication
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Accessibility laws on captions and interpreting
- Sign language recognition laws
Context of use required Filled
- A sensory disability and, for many, a cultural identity.
- conductive hearing loss
- sensorineural hearing loss
- mixed hearing loss
- auditory neuropathy
- deafblindness
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q12133: deafness - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Deafness - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should hearing loss types be separate entries?
- How should sign languages be linked?
- How should Deaf culture be described by the community itself?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q12133/spec.json