Understanding the Basics of the Deaf Community

By Rey Vetangelo


Many older couples around the nation are choosing to remodel the homes in the hope that with a few home remodels they will be able to stay living in their home longer. And with the ever rising costs of assisted living centers and retirement homes, the cost to remodel their homes is becoming a cost-effective solution to care for themselves during their elderly years.

But Father Time catches up to everyone, taking with him some of the spryness enjoyed in youth. So in order to make living at home a possibility for those couples or individuals who are aging, a few accommodations to the home will need to be considered and implemented.

To a hearing person, it would seem obvious that if you can get a device surgically implanted in your head that will help you hear, then of course you'll do it. It seems to hearing people that one would do whatever they could to hear.

But deaf people feel defined by their deafness, and getting an implant can sometimes be viewed as dishonorable to them. It's almost like they feel that those with implants are cheating on the deaf culture and that they're not proud to be deaf. Sign language is central to the deaf community because it is the primary mode and method through which they communicate. In the United States, deaf people use American Sign Language to communicate, but in other countries, it is a different set of standardized signs. For example, deaf people in the England use British Sign Language, and so forth. Deaf people also strongly oppose discrimination against the deaf.

Elderly couple or those planning on retirement can save on the alterations and accommodations they are making on their homes by following a few tips on saving money while remodeling. The first tip to saving money while remodeling a home for a couple to shop around for a quality contractor.

Another way to increase the mobility of aging people within their own home is to widen the doors and entry ways within the home to provide space for walkers or wheelchairs. Hallways likewise can be widened to allow the homeowners to navigate their home with the use of a walker, wheelchair, or other mobility device.

Entryway thresholds and transitional molding from carpet to tile may wish to be removed or altered as to avoid being a tripping hazard. And nonslip material may wish to be installed or placed in bathrooms, kitchens, and other potentially slippery areas of the home.

Supply and material auctions are held regularly and offer huge discounts to those who win the bidding, thereby saving a couple on overall material costs. A person or couple who is considering a remodel may also be able to save money by pitching in where they can.

Using one of Caption Call's hearing loss phones can help you communicate with people you love who are deaf or hard of hearing. It is quite uncommon for a deaf child to have one or both parents be deaf. Deaf children are unique because of this because they find most of their cultural identity from people who are not their parents.




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