Sign languages do not have widely accepted written forms, so deaf individuals learn to read and write an oral language.
Cross modal plasticity can also occur in pre-lingual deaf individuals.
Here, technology interestingly takes the place of a human sense allowing deaf individuals to successfully communicate with different cultures.
Social media tends to be of great importance to deaf individuals.
The social model seeks to illuminate the difficulties that deaf individuals face in their social environment.
One of Nambikkai's long term goals is to create a community for deaf individuals or families who struggle to integrate into mainstream society.
He is not only the first deaf individual to summit Mount Vinson but also the first to attempt it.
The organization may not charge the deaf individual for the cost of the unused interpreting services.
Generally, prelingual deaf individuals have reading levels that do not exceed the level of a fourth grader's.
Cochlear implants give deaf individuals the chance to understand auditory messages.