What is it like, being deaf in a world full of hearing people?

"What is it like to 'hear' a hand?"

The world is full of people. Some people are hearing; some people are deaf. Some people are tall; some people are short. Some people speak English; some speak Spanish; some speak Chinese; some speak American Sign Language; some speak Arabic.

People all have differences, even identical twins. The key to getting along together is understanding one another, even with the differences.

Deaf people are just like other people except for one thing: they can't hear. Some can't hear at all. Others can hear some things, but can't hear well or clearly. Being unable to hear sometimes causes problems for deaf people. But the biggest problem that confronts the Deaf is the ignorance of hearing people about deafness.

We'd like to change that. The purpose of our web site is to teach hearing people about the Deaf, about the challenges of deafness. We hope to give hearing people insight into the world of the Deaf and the Deaf community in America.

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