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Deafness has
varying definitions in
cultural and
medical contexts. In
medical contexts, the
meaning of
deafness is
hearing loss that
precludes a person...
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Nonsyndromic deafness is
hearing loss that is not ****ociated with
other signs and symptoms. In contrast,
syndromic deafness involves hearing loss that...
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Prelingual deafness refers to
deafness that
occurs before learning speech or language.
Speech and
language typically begin to
develop very
early with...
- beat and
rhythm of music,
suffering from what is
known as beat
deafness. Beat
deafness is a
newly discovered form of
congenital amusia, in
which people...
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sensorineural deafness occurs commonly in
domestic cats with a
white coat. It is a
congenital deafness caused by a
degeneration of the
inner ear.
Deafness is far...
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According to the OED,
deaf-mute was
coined in the
early 19th
century as a
medical term for an
inability to
speak as a
consequence of
deafness.
There is no mention...
- with severe/profound
deafness, and
school fees
reduced by 70% or 40%, respectively, for
those with
moderate moderate or mild
deafness respectively. There...
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themselves will
acknowledge the disability. Post-lingual
deafness is far more
common than pre-lingual
deafness.
Those who lose
their hearing later in life, such...
- Post-lingual
deafness is a
deafness which develops after the
acquisition of
speech and language,
usually after the age of six. Post-lingual
hearing impairments...
- "disability group".
Advocates of
Deaf culture use a
capital "D" to
distinguish cultural Deafness from
deafness as a pathology.
Deaf culture is
distinct in that...
