describe themselves,
they usually don’t say,
“I’m hearing” or
“I’m a hearing person.”
They see themselves as people.
they usually don’t say,
“I’m hearing” or
“I’m a hearing person.”
They see themselves
as people.
They may describe themselves in terms of their appearance, as tall, short, thin, fat, or dumpy, male or female, as members of a racial, ethnic, religious, national, regional, or linguistic group, as members of a profession or trade, as homemakers or retirees or freelancers or between jobs, possibly even in terms of a disability or chronic illness that defines or limits their lives in some way. But they very, very rarely define themselves as “hearing people.”
This term “hearing people,” and
its slang counterparts, “hearings” or “hearies,”
are used by Deaf people to
describe persons who aren’t deaf.
their deaf reality.
their hearing-ness.
If “hearings” are insiders and “deafs” are outsiders, this book presents a view from the inside of the “outside” Deaf community, for the benefit of our hearing readers. This book takes you inside, and, we hope, gives you a fresh perspective on labels, identities, self-images, and definitions.
This book is perfect for your new discovery and definition of Deaf!
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