Disability, points of view (I)
One can write a lot about disability, and how disabled people are seen. One of these visions is to consider that a person is disabled if he or she isn’t capable of realizing a series of tasks. If the person…
Jorge Banet Ponce
A brief summary of the workings of the ear.
Deafness may be produced by multiple causes, although the majority is due to problems in the ear. The ear is the organ in charge of hearing in human beings. It is divided in three parts: external, middle, and outer ear.…
Hearingphobia
Even though the term doesn’t actually exist, at least according to dictionaries, its meaning is easily deduced. It’s a pain, condition, or situation that thousands of deaf people live with around the world Let’s imagine the case of a…
What is a “Deaf Person”?
When one hears that a person is deaf, the first thing that comes to mind is something wrong in the ear. Perhaps they are correct; however, the problem is that there isn’t always a clear distinction between a deaf person…
Orthography. Still waters run deep.
More often than not we have doubts when writing. Letters like H, B, or V pose serious problems when writing. However, solutions and technical supports exist that can help us get over the bumps. The most common and perhaps most…
A beginning…
Welcome to this blog. I pretend to give information or/and reflections about deafness from an open linguistic perspective. Best regards. Photo source: http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/dune/images/c/c6/Irulan_Corrino.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20111031175504&path-prefix=es