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  • adjective Of or relating to the culture surrounding deaf users of sign languages.

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From deaf.

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Examples

  • There is much more to being deaf than a lack of hearing; there is an entire Deaf culture.

    Archive 2006-01-01 Miss Snark 2006

  • There is much more to being deaf than a lack of hearing; there is an entire Deaf culture.

    01/01/2006 - 01/08/2006 Miss Snark 2006

  • With less than 5\% of deaf children born into Deaf families, and most of those educated in mainstream schools, the nostalgia for the historical modes of transmitting Deaf culture (via residential schools and clubs) is being replaced by recognition that Deaf people are "a largely decentralized community that forms in specific geographical places only at prearranged times", often conferences or similar events (p. 105).

    AllDeaf.com 2008

  • The term Deaf is defined as individuals born Deaf and prefer to communicate in British Sign Language.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2008

  • The term Deaf is defined as individuals born Deaf and prefer to communicate in British Sign Language.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2008

  • House of the Deaf is a powerful, poetic, and suspenseful book.

    House of the Deaf: Summary and book reviews of House of the Deaf by Lamar Herrin. 2005

  • Haunting and beautiful, House of the Deaf is the story of one man's brush with terrorism and his quest to find answers.

    House of the Deaf: Summary and book reviews of House of the Deaf by Lamar Herrin. 2005

  • The National Association of the Deaf is a tad peeved. mood: headachey

    February 12th, 2004 2004

  • Deaf is the Spain of the Basques, but the urge to strike out against the ethos of violence that characterizes the times is, sadly, something all of us can relate to, and that deepening spiral of violence is what I want to depict here.

    Lamar Herrin talks about House of the Deaf. 2010

  • Deaf is something that came to me shortly before my eighteenth birthday.

    Deaf is as deaf does. « 2008

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