How Many Deaf People Are There in the United States?

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Link to full article: How Many Deaf People Are There in the United States? Estimates From the Survey of Income and Program Participation -- Mitchell 11 (1): 112 -- The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

How Many Deaf People Are There in the United States? Estimates From the Survey of Income and Program Participation
Ross E. Mitchell
Gallaudet Research Institute, Gallaudet University

The Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) is one of a few national surveys that regularly collects data identifying the American population of persons with hearing loss or deafness. Estimates from the SIPP indicate that fewer than 1 in 20 Americans are currently deaf or hard of hearing. In round numbers, nearly 10,000,000 persons are hard of hearing and close to 1,000,000 are functionally deaf. More than half of all persons with hearing loss or deafness are 65 years or older and less than 4% are under 18 years of age. However, these findings are limited to those who report difficulty hearing "normal conversation" and do not include the larger population of persons with hearing loss for which only hearing outside the range and circumstances of normal conversation is affected. Policy makers, communications technology manufacturers, health and education service providers, researchers, and advocacy organizations have an interest in these results.

Correspondence should be sent to Ross E. Mitchell, Gallaudet Research Institute, Gallaudet University, 800 Florida Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002 (e-mail: ross.mitchell@gallaudet.edu).

Received May 9, 2005; revised June 15, 2005; accepted June 21, 2005
 
Indeed ty Rd. I appreciate the opportuntiy to read other peoples choices.
 
wow, only 1 million deaf ppl in USA?
i thought it was like 5 millions because there is 300 millions of ppl living in USA right now..
 
wow, only 1 million deaf ppl in USA?
i thought it was like 5 millions because there is 300 millions of ppl living in USA right now..

basic, there are 10 million deaf. Most of them, we don't know, aren't into deaf world.
 
The difficulty is in defining deafness and when people try, the numbers go crazy.
 
Number of deaf people

According to the website, Being Heard Online .com, there are 258 million deaf people worldwide. If we put all the deaf people in 1 country, we would be the 4th largest country. In the USA, there are about 28 million deaf people. This include those who are deaf, hard of hearing, late deaf adults, and those who have CI. Hope this info helps.
 
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