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Terminology question

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    #32
    rozeboosje
    Closed Accounts Posts: 857 ✭✭✭rozeboosje


    It's not about affixing labels, it's about facilitating communication. An airport is a busy place, so anything that prepares people for potential communication problems will make the whole experience smoother for everybody. You like "Deaf without speech"? Ok, "Deaf without speech" it is.


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    #33
    joanmul
    Registered Users Posts: 182 ✭✭joanmul


    rozeboosje wrote: »
    Susan, I think you're missing the point. I would consider "hearing" and "speaking" to be two different abilities. Each of the terms you suggest, whether it is "Deaf", "Hard of Hearing" or "Deafened" only gives me information about ONE of these two abilities: the ability to hear. It conveys nothing, whatsoever, about that person's ability to speak.

    So again, what terminology do we use to convey a person's ability to speak - in a manner intelligible to a hearing person who has had no training in any form of Sign Language?

    Speech impaired?


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    #34
    rozeboosje
    Closed Accounts Posts: 857 ✭✭✭rozeboosje


    joanmul wrote: »
    Speech impaired?

    Maybe - but I can actually understand that some people wouldn't like the word "impaired" because that does have a clear negative connotation to it. What do you think of "Get In There"'s suggestion? Fairly simple, and pretty neutral.


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    #35
    rozeboosje
    Closed Accounts Posts: 857 ✭✭✭rozeboosje


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