Deafness

Deafness has varying definitions in cultural and medical contexts. In medical contexts, the meaning of deafness is hearing loss that precludes a person from understanding spoken language, an audiological condition. In this context it is written with a lower case d. It later came to be used in a cultural context to refer to those who primarily communicate through sign language regardless of hearing ability, often capitalized as Deaf and referred to as "big D Deaf" in speech and sign. The two definitions overlap but are not identical, as hearing loss includes cases that are not severe enough to impact …

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ICP: Institute for Community Prosperity · 27 February 2024 English

He is an advisor to the Nonprofit Resilience Lab, and on the Editorial Advisory Board of The Philanthropist, and is the lead author of an annual scan of trends and …

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CIHI: Canadian Institute for Health Information · 24 January 2024 English

​This policy governs how CIHI delivers goods and services to people with disabilities in compliance with the Integrated Accessibility Standards regulation under AODA.

coordination, blindness or visual impediment, deafness or hearing impediment, muteness or speech impediment


CIDP: Centre for International and Defense Policy · 9 January 2024 English

One of the many impacts of our multi-year Afghanistan contribution was to sensitize both politicians and senior bureaucrats to the risks associated with unknown outcomes.11 A combination of events, all …

exposing a lack of understanding and or a tone deafness to a government position. Nonetheless as much


Canadian Council of Professional Engineers · 21 December 2023 English

The purpose of the plan is to outline the steps Engineers Canada will take to identify and remove, and prevent barriers to accessibility, and to ensure that it complies with …

coordination • Blindness or visual impediment • Deafness or hearing impediment • Muteness or speech impediment


CCHR: Canadian Centre for Housing Rights · 20 December 2023 English

The guide includes information on amendments to the AODA and the Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation (IASR) made in 2016 and is current to the date of publication. [...] What did …

coordination, blindness or visual impediment, deafness or hearing impediment, muteness or speech impediment


Canadian Chamber of Commerce · 12 December 2023 English

The person provides documentation from a member of one of the following regulated health professional colleges confirming that the person requires the animal for reasons relating to the disability: o …

co-ordination, blindness or visual impediment, deafness or hearing impediment, muteness or speech impediment


JCCF: Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms · 5 December 2023 English

Cas de surdité professionnelle (Décision en faveur du travailleur) 2015 Action collective - Analyse de l’impact du bruit émis par la piste de course automobile Circuit Mont-Tremblant sur la santé …

communication and travel purposes. World Congress on Deafness and Blindness, Toronto (August 2003) 76. Soli


IRSST: Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail · 5 December 2023 French

Mission Dans l’esprit de la Loi sur la santé et la sécurité du travail (LSST) et de la Loi sur les accidents du travail et les maladies professionnelles (LATMP), la …

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IRSST: Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail · 5 December 2023 French

Mission Dans l’esprit de la Loi sur la santé et la sécurité du travail (LSST) et de la Loi sur les accidents du travail et les maladies professionnelles (LATMP), la …

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BCCAT: BC Council on Admissions and Transfer · 28 November 2023 English

Fostering equitable, accessible, and Inclusive Admissions through disability justice

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