Empowering the Deaf
Empowering the Deaf
Yes, The United Nations General Assembly declared September 23 (each year) as the International Day of Sign Languages to raise awareness of the relevance of sign language in the full realisation of deaf people’s human rights.
It is a unique opportunity to assist and safeguard all deaf people and other sign language user’s ( eg : CODA’S and Sign Language Interpreter’s ) to preserve their linguistic identities and cultural uniqueness.
It is a type of unilateral hearing loss in which one ear is considered non-functional or deaf due to a significant decline in hearing. That is, a person may or may not benefit from a hearing aid in that ear because of restricted or no access to sound in that ear.
When one ear’s hearing is normal, but the other ear’s hearing is reduced, this is known as unilateral hearing loss. The severity of unilateral hearing loss can range from minor to severe. Hearing loss can be unilateral from birth or occur later in life, either suddenly or gradually.