There are an estimated demographic figure of 36 million deaf and hard of hearing in the United States. Of this large number, only a few million are considered deaf and the remainder are hard of hearing. Further confusing statistics is the fact that some deaf people may actually be hard of hearing, and some hard of hearing people may actually be deaf.
In previous years, the labels deaf and hard of hearing were employed as subcategories of the term hearing-impaired. During that time, it was used as a generic term that was applicable to anybody with any degree of hearing loss. However, some deaf people objected to the description of their hearing status as impaired because they felt that the term also implied that the person was impaired. Such degrading terms can actually cause depression and anxiety among deaf people and, thus, this generic label has been dropped.
The deaf and hard of hearing community is very diverse, differing greatly on the cause and degree of hearing loss, age at the onset, educational background, communication methods, and how they feel about their hearing loss. How a person labels themselves in terms of their hearing loss is personal and may...
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