[misc.handicap] At What Point Are You "Deaf"?

GE0013@SIUCVMB.BITNET (Roy Miller) (12/11/90)

Index Number: 12431

Lee Levin has recently asked "...at what point are you deaf?"
Audiologists would have one definition of "deafness," but I think
that a definition which is commonly used among hearing-impaired
people is that you are functionally "deaf" if you can no longer
understand conversations over the telephone (without using a TDD).

                       Virtually,

                      Roy E. Miller

             The Professor Who Never Listens,
                But Whose Eyes Hear A Lot!

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