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Deaf People in the Workplace

In: Lessons on Profiting from Diversity

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  • Marion Hersh

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Most people probably consider deafness in purely audiological terms; that is, as a hearing impairment. However, there are alternative definitions based on culture, language use and community membership (Ladd, 2003; Lane, 2005; Obasi, 2008). The chapter will commence with a brief discussion of the different meanings of ‘deafness’ and some statistics. (As is frequent practice, ‘deaf’ with a small d will be used to indicate some degree of audiological deafness and Deaf with a capital D cultural and linguistic identification as Deaf and use of sign language.) However, the author is not deaf and therefore her perspective is that of an informed and sympathetic outsider.

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  • Marion Hersh, 2012. "Deaf People in the Workplace," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Gloria Moss (ed.), Lessons on Profiting from Diversity, chapter 10, pages 213-238, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-35505-7_10
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230355057_10
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