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Deaf Culture(also: Deaf Community Culture)

The shared cultural identity, values, social norms, language, art, literature, and history of Deaf people who communicate primarily through sign language. Deaf culture (with a capital "D") views deafness not as a disability or medical condition to be fixed, but as a cultural and…

Deaf Education(also: Deaf Pedagogy, Education of the Deaf)

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…

Deaf Literacy

The reading and writing abilities of deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals, particularly in the dominant spoken/written language of their country. Research consistently shows that a majority of deaf high school graduates in the United States have English reading levels at or…

Deaf Music(also: Deaf musicality, Music in Deaf culture)

Music as experienced, created, and culturally interpreted by d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals and communities. Deaf music encompasses a multimodal, spatio-temporal engagement with rhythm, vibration, visual performance, song signing, and emotional resonance — often…

Deaf and Hard of Hearing(also: DHH, D/HH)

An inclusive term encompassing people with varying degrees of hearing loss, from mild to profound. "Deaf" with a capital D often refers to individuals who identify as members of the Deaf community and culture, using sign language as their primary language. "deaf" with a…

Deaf-Accented Speech(also: Deaf Accent, Deaf-Accented English)

Speech produced by Deaf or Hard of Hearing people whose articulation, prosody, and voicing patterns differ from typical hearing speakers because the speaker has limited or no auditory feedback for their own voice. Deaf-accented speech is intelligible to familiar listeners but is…

Differential Signing Rate(also: Dynamic Signing Speed, Signing Rate Variation)

The degree to which the speed of individual signs varies throughout a sign language passage, reflecting natural speed-ups and slow-downs driven by linguistic context. In human signing, certain words may be performed more quickly (such as repeated words) while others are slowed…

Dinner Table Syndrome

The social and emotional isolation experienced by deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals in hearing family settings where spoken language is the primary mode of communication. Named for the common experience of sitting at a family dinner table surrounded by conversation one cannot…

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