4. Persons with disabilities shall be entitled, on an equal basis with others, to recognition and support of their specific cultural and linguistic identity, including sign languages and deaf culture.

(c) Ensuring that the education of persons, and in particular children, who are blind, deaf or deafblind, is delivered in the most appropriate languages and modes and means of communication for the individual, and in environments which maximize academic and social development.

Both are deaf mutes, mentally deficient and illiterate.

Deaf and partially deaf

The silence is deafening.

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Someone told me that this boy cannot hear.

Nevertheless, the availability of such technologies has already begun to cause friction. For example, many in the deaf community have rejected cochlear implants, because they do not regard deafness as a disability that needs to be corrected, but as a part of their life and cultural identity.

Always deaf ? What does it mean? I hear perfectly.

Are you deaf?

That means he wasn't deaf. He was pretending to be. That's the truth!

He's dumb.

Are you deaf?

Are you deaf?

Have not you heard?

Deaf and dumb.

I'm not deaf.

What, are you deaf?

What the devil are you? He said you were deaf and dumb.

(e) International conference of the World Federation of the Deaf, Our Rights Our Future , Helsinki, September 2005 presented a paper entitled Disability rights in the context of human rights instruments

Walking, are you deaf?

He's not that deaf.

Is Uncle deaf?

I didn't know you were deaf.

Are they deaf?

Go round!

You deaf or somethin'?

Don't you like to go out anymore?

I'm tonedeaf.

Promotion of the enjoyment of the cultural rights of everyone and respect for different cultural identities

Promotion of the enjoyment of the cultural rights of everyone and respect for different cultural identities

Academy man, naturally.

I ain't deaf, sonny.

Are you deaf now too?

Is your mum a bit deaf, then?

Silly of me. He's deaf.

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Promotion of the enjoyment of the cultural rights of everyone and respect for different cultural identities

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Promotion of the enjoyment of the cultural rights of everyone and respect for different cultural identities

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EthnologicaI research.

I understand she's deaf and dumb.

My husband's a little deaf.

How silly to write a song for a deaf old man.