Date of Award
Spring 5-2-2023
Document Type
Visual Works
Publication Title
Hailey's Hearing Aids
Department
English
First Advisor
Joseph Donnelly
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Second Advisor
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Issue
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Third Advisor
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Abstract
Individuals from the deaf and hard-of-hearing community are likely to experience more anxiety and depression due to defective cognitive, social, communicational, and emotional skills (Azizi et al., 2019). The word “disability” is embedded with historical negative connotations with phrases such as “deaf and dumb” because if they were deaf or mute then they were automatically labeled as inferior (Horovitz, 2007). Since the 18th century, the DHH community has been seen as incapable, even inhuman, hence the development of emotional deficiencies that bleed into one’s perception of society and their self esteem (Gallaudet, 1886).
How do you navigate a hearing world with hearing loss? When there are few accessible guidelines on how to interact with people, yet one has to learn how to speak effectively enough to communicate in order to be heard.
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