Am I (D)eaf?

Hear Again said:
Byrdie,

Would you mind clarifying this for me? If that's the case, then I'm not considered Deaf either way. I don't care one way or the other, but I'm just curious to know what makes someone Deaf vs. deaf. :ty: for any explanation you can give me.
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You are also blind right?
 
Byrdie714 said:
Were your parents Deaf?

If yes--then you are the big "D". if not--you are little "d".
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Supposedly, There's a person that has siblings/grandparents./children/relatives that are Deaf - Does that make it any different when they are 'deaf' or 'Deaf'?
 
Jolie77 said:
Supposedly, There's a person that has siblings/grandparents./children/relatives that are Deaf - Does that make it any different when they are 'deaf' or 'Deaf'?
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Yes, it does. Because with family members that are Deaf, they will have been raised with Deaf cultural values and norms.
 
jillio said:
Yes, it does. Because with family members that are Deaf, they will have been raised with Deaf cultural values and norms.
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:ty:

That is what I thought but had to ask to clarify this.
 
So here's something I was trying to start up from the previous topic before it got locked. Sadly, but anyways:

You could technically be a D all your life if you were born deaf, parents deaf, grandparents deaf.

Once you got that CI, you just shrunk your D into a d in the eyes of the rest of the D, ain't that the truth?

Like I was trying to make an example of earlier -- it's like Army desertion in a way isn't it?



I'm interested in the perception of this because it affects the decision making process of getting a CI, in a way to me.
 
jillio said:
Yes, it does. Because with family members that are Deaf, they will have been raised with Deaf cultural values and norms.
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interesting... my brother is deaf (HOH to be specific) so yea I guess we're not Deaf since we were raised as orals.
 
Jiro said:
interesting... my brother is deaf (HOH to be specific) so yea I guess we're not Deaf since we were raised as orals.
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Not just being raised orally, but with the values and norms of hearing culture.
 
naisho said:
So here's something I was trying to start up from the previous topic before it got locked. Sadly, but anyways:

You could technically be a D all your life if you were born deaf, parents deaf, grandparents deaf.

Once you got that CI, you just shrunk your D into a d in the eyes of the rest of the D, ain't that the truth?

Like I was trying to make an example of earlier -- it's like Army desertion in a way isn't it?



I'm interested in the perception of this because it affects the decision making process of getting a CI, in a way to me.
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In my opinion - I don't think it would affect the 'd' or 'D' status if a person is raised with the values, norms and is involved with the deaf culture - even if that person is from a deaf family or has been in a residential school or being born deaf.

If that was the case - it'd be like asking for things to be throwing backwards.
 
Babyblue said:
Interesting... Due to I have been accused of being "rotating index finger to the forehead"



Insulting if I may say...

I have been accused of being a fence straddler etc.
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It is insulting and I agree with you. I cringe everytime I see someone insult another person that way.

If I ever meet you--I would meet you with *HUGS* :)
 
naisho said:
So here's something I was trying to start up from the previous topic before it got locked. Sadly, but anyways:

You could technically be a D all your life if you were born deaf, parents deaf, grandparents deaf.

Once you got that CI, you just shrunk your D into a d in the eyes of the rest of the D, ain't that the truth?

Like I was trying to make an example of earlier -- it's like Army desertion in a way isn't it?



I'm interested in the perception of this because it affects the decision making process of getting a CI, in a way to me.
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Getting a CI would not automatically transfer one's i.d. from Deaf to deaf. Again, it has nothing to do with hearing status, but with values and norms embraced by the culture.
 
jillio said:
Not just being raised orally, but with the values and norms of hearing culture.
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interesting distinction. so after I learn ASL and I fully immerse myself into Deaf culture... would that make me Deaf?
 
Jolie77 said:
In my opinion - I don't think it would affect the 'd' or 'D' status if a person is raised with the values, norms and is involved with the deaf culture - even if that person is from a deaf family or has been in a residential school or being born deaf.

If that was the case - it'd be like asking for things to be throwing backwards.
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jillio said:
Getting a CI would not automatically transfer one's i.d. from Deaf to deaf. Again, it has nothing to do with hearing status, but with values and norms embraced by the culture.
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Hmm, I think I'm beginning to see the catch there.

Now, if said person started exhibiting d or hearing culture, by throwing out D norms and stuff, -then- said circumstance would reflect on the transition by then, correct?
 
Jiro said:
interesting distinction. so after I learn ASL and I fully immerse myself into Deaf culture... would that make me Deaf?
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Little 'd'.

Unless you marry a Deaf woman and have Deaf babies--then you would be big 'D'.
 
Jolie77 said:
In my opinion - I don't think it would affect the 'd' or 'D' status if a person is raised with the values, norms and is involved with the deaf culture - even if that person is from a deaf family or has been in a residential school or being born deaf.

If that was the case - it'd be like asking for things to be throwing backwards.
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so you are saying that if a person view and, Identify themself as a "D"eaf person the rest will view them that way as well?
 
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