Deaf Education

Deaf education encompasses the teaching methods, curricula, and educational systems designed to meet the learning needs of deaf and hard of hearing students. It spans a range of approaches from oral methods emphasizing speech and lipreading, to bilingual-bicultural programs that use sign language as the primary language of instruction alongside written language. A central challenge in deaf education is ensuring that students can access content in their primary language rather than relying solely on their ability to read a spoken language as a second language.