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deafness

vr.tr.deafness · XCT.STA

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.

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Purpose and description

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.

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.

What it is for: A sensory disability and, for many, a cultural identity.

It can be provide accessible communication; find sign language interpreters; seek urgent care for sudden hearing loss; access audiology and support services.

Distinguishing features

Reduced or absent hearing

Congenital or acquired

Medical and cultural perspectives

Accessibility is a right

What it looks like

Not visible; may involve hearing aids, cochlear implants or sign language use.

How it is recognised

Degrees: mild to profound

Deaf community and sign languages

Outdated terms such as deaf-mute are considered offensive

Related models

is a kind of - category

sensory disability and hearing disorder

is related to - communication

sign language

is supported by - technology

hearing aid and cochlear implant

is protected by - law

disability rights law

In practice

Families and kinds

conductive hearing loss

sensorineural hearing loss

mixed hearing loss

auditory neuropathy

deafblindness

Standards and regulation

UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Accessibility laws on captions and interpreting

Sign language recognition laws

Failure modes and hazards

Using offensive outdated terms

Missing sudden hearing loss needing urgent care

Inaccessible communication

Also called

deaf-muteauditory neuropathy spectrum disorderYemenite deaf-blind hypopigmentation syndromeperipheral hearing lossdeafness in white catssocioacusisminimal hearing losshearing loss in childrenconductive hearing losspresbycusismicrotiasudden sensorineural hearing lossprelingual deafnesspost-lingual deafnessDiallinas-Amalric syndromephotomyoclonus, diabetes mellitus, deafness, nephropathy and cerebral dysfunctionbilateral hearing losshidden hearing lossAnacusisAuditory exclusionauditory fatiguerare deafnessdrug-induced hearing lossfunctional hearing losscentral hearing losshigh-frequency hearing lossdeafblindnesssensorineural hearing losscortical deafnessdislocation of ear ossicleatresia of external auditory canal and conductive deafnessmixed conductive-sensorineural hearing lossTeunissen–Cremers syndromeARHI1ARHI2Anotiaear without helixCongenital hearing lossneonatal deafnessunilateral postlingual deafness

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Access Communication first.

Accessible communication is essential.

Communication

Preferences.

Communication

Communication preferences.

  1. How does the person prefer to communicate: sign language, captions, lip reading? boundary
  2. How can that be provided? action

Interpreters

Sign language.

Interpreters

Interpreters.

  1. How can a qualified sign language interpreter be booked? action
  2. Which sign language is needed? definition
Health Hearing care.

Some changes are urgent.

Sudden loss

Urgent care.

Sudden

Sudden hearing loss.

  1. Is there sudden hearing loss that needs urgent medical assessment? boundary
  2. Who should be contacted? action

Audiology

Assessment.

Audiology

Audiology.

  1. How can someone get a hearing assessment? action
  2. What technology options exist? definition
Culture Deaf community.

Many Deaf people form a culture.

Community

Identity.

Community

Deaf community.

  1. How does the Deaf community describe its culture and language? provenance
  2. Which organisations represent it? provenance

Language

Terms.

Language

Respectful terms.

  1. Which terms do deaf and Deaf people prefer? provenance
  2. Which outdated terms should be avoided? boundary
Rights Law.

Rights ensure access.

Law

Accessibility.

Law

Accessibility law.

  1. Which accessibility rights apply to services, education and work? provenance
  2. How can a complaint be made? action

Technology

Captions and alerts.

Technology

Assistive technology.

  1. Which assistive technologies help, such as visual alarms? action
  2. Are they funded? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should hearing loss types be separate entries?
  • How should sign languages be linked?
  • How should Deaf culture be described by the community itself?
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