Talk:Deafness/Archive 2

message: I would like to change the name of this article to Deafness. I'm not the first to suggest this change, and there are many links to deafness already.
The current title, Deaf, as a noun, refers to "the Deaf" (or the deaf), whereas this article focuses on deafness.
Rather than a simple redirect, the article titled "Deaf" could then be used as a disambiguation page between the Deaf (Deaf culture) and deafness.
:*I don't know any reason we shouldn't except that perhaps because "deaf" is the root word. But I don't see even that being an issue or contentious. It can stll be addressed as a noun within the context of the term 'deafness'. The difference is actually a dictionary issue.  I looked up "deafness" in the Encyclopaedia Britannica. There is a reference to it but there is no reference for "deaf" (that's both in the online and dead tree version).  Since the page is categorized under "disability" it seems appropriate to use deafness.  The material I'm preparing for the past couple of weeks contrasts the different views of deafness as an infirmity, as a social phenomena, and as a disability. "Deafness" and "deaf" are interchangable in such a discussion so I've no ojection to changing the title as long as we're sure we've covered the spirit and letter of Wiki policy and recommendation concerning titles.  I think this particular page has tremendous potential for being a Feature Article and I'd like to aim for that goal.  It has the unique quality of being a subject where three formidable and sharply contrasting views come together.  It will be a credit to all of us to present those views in a sublimely neutral way that permits each view's great force and truth to take center stage in it's own right.  I've also considered that problem of disambiguation. Perhaps the thing that makes this article so very contintious is the former attempts to disambiguate.  There is need to do so yet it is a job of much greater scales than the ordinary pages we see that are constructed for simple disambiguation. This is more of a grand argument on a rhetorical scale (as opposed to a literary scale) and I've been writing about it from that perspective.  I'm nearing completion of my proposal for the article so I hope you don't mind waiting a bit to see what I've done.  I think I can have a good draft ready by tomorrow (Jan 8, 2005). As for the title, there's no need to wait to change it on my account.  Ray Foster 15:40, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed name change 

message: I cannot foresee any objections. Name has been changed. --Pengo 05:20, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Done 

message: My grandma is deaf in one ear, or partially deaf in both, and she can hear if u talk loud, when she watches the price is right you can hear it all around the house! (She needs the TV loud to hear). Is it possible to be 100% deaf when no matter how loud someone talks or how loud the TV is they still cant hear? RealG187 17:43, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes. There are many people out there that can't hear anything, regardless of how loud. Kari Hazzard (T | C) 18:13, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Full Deaf? 

message: They say most white cats are deaf, I cant rememebr if its White Cats with Blue Eyes or White Cats with Green Eyes. Duz any1 know/remember? RealG187 18:10, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Animals

message: I don't see why the term "undeaf" be defined here. It is a word coined by one or two partially hearing people to describe the no-mans land between deaf and hearing. This spurious word is a eccentric convention which is most unlikely to be adopted by deaf or partially hearing. Accordingly the definition for undeaf have been deleted. 86.131.1.114 16:01, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Undeaf? 

message: Note this page has been copied from Deaf and the page history is there. —Pengo 02:49, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Page move/copy (Deaf to Deafness)

message: Should deaf be capitalised or not? I'm sure it shouldn't but it appears capitalised in lots of these articles. Skinnyweed 18:07, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The intro paragraph of this article should address your question.  Excerpt: The word “deaf” used in a cultural sense is almost always capitalized (Deaf), while in a medical sense is almost always lower case (deaf).  For those unfamiliar with Deaf culture, this can be an initially confusing distinction. --Ds13 21:52, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Capitalisation? 

message: This seems rather biased towards US-centric "Deaf culture".  Just zis Guy you know? 09:45, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deaf culture 

message: Besides the objections cited in this talk page by other users, I think:
* That the article needs to be rewritten.  How come the importance of the spelling of Deaf is one of the foremost topics discussed?
* Too long paragraphs
* Non-encyclopedic copywriting
* Why doesn't  the article start with a summary or a quick definition of what deafness is?
* Why does the article start with "deaf" instead of dealing with deafness directly?  Yes, deafness is defined through deaf, but the title says DEAFNESS.
:For a wiki-historical background, and to reply to your first and final questions (and skipping the middle ones), the article was original titled "Deaf" and later moved to "Deafness", and so the focus is on the word "Deaf". But yes, the article could still use much tidying as you have said. —Pengo  talk · contribs 05:02, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: agreeing on some on these issues, i took a stab at a better lead in to the article. I tried to make it as NPOV as possible, but it could be sturder with some outside references, of which i just don't know where to look. tell me what you all think.  JoeSmack Talk 05:11, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

text: As you say, the topic of deafness is encyclopaedic, the constant soapboxing is not. Guy 07:27, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unencyclopedic prose 

message: I was being directed back and forth between deafness and deaf. For the lack of any article, I will redirect both deaf and deafness to Hearing (sense), so that at least there is an article which can be refered. I don't have full knowledge regarding what is politically correct description of "can't hear" (or is this not even a politically correct discription) so I leave it at that. But I would think at least one article should describe medical/biological aspect of deafness. Vapour
For someone who is deaf, doing a search with the term "deaf" and being redirected to the article about "hearing" may be, ahhh, quite politically incorrect. Somewhat, wikipedia won't let me fix it. Whoever I offend, I apologise. Whatever the problem with deaf/deafness article, please fix fast. Vapour (18 Sept 2006)
Now in the article: "The term hard of hearing may be used to describe all degrees of hearing loss up to and including total deafness." I believe that this is simply wrong (it's also uncited). "Hard of hearing" implies some ability to hear. To call a deaf person "hard of hearing" is like saying that a blind person "has poor eyesight". - Jmabel | Talk 21:23, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Deafness/Deaf/CannotHear

message: There is no such thing as absolute deafness. All people experience sound and vibrations. All deafness is hearing impairment but the degree of deafness is what defines deaf. Profoundly deaf or functional deafness relates to the ability to understand speech and communicate though sound. There are people with deafness that can hear just fine but brain damage or anomaly preclude them from making sense out of what is being said. (anonymous)
I cannot say whether there is not such thing as absolute deafness. However, to adress the above commenter, vibrations sensed not relating to the sense of hearing is related to your sense of touch. Because you can feel a sound (say a 22Hz waveform) does not mean you can hear it. While it is the same stimulus (compressed air waves) it is not interpreted by the brain in the same way.
That being said, there are some interesting points. There are medical conditions where a sensory signal can be interpreted "incorrectly" by the brain. A particular note may cause a person to see a colour. This may or may not be in addition the the sound being "heard". Suppose the person's brain created "video" but no "audio", though the sound was recieved by the normal method of hearing, was it still "heard"?
Another problem arises when a portion of the brain related to hearing is directly stimulated, creating the sense of having heard something, even though there was no sound. Did they hear it? What if it was created as the result of a sound? Was it heard then?
I'd be interested in hearing other's input on this.
--Technotaoist (talk) 05:14, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Deaf is not cannot hear

message: The first paragraph (the first proposed definition of "deaf") contains the weasel word "could" three times.  Can we streangth this a bit?  The intro currently carries an almost apologetic or argumentative tone and I think one improvement could be to simply pare it down to stating two well-published and verifiable definitions for "deafness" (e.g. a medical or ability-based one, and a cultural one) and then leave the details and controversies in the body of the article.  Anyways, some weaknesses currently include:
# "could be considered controversial"  So is it or is it not controversial? This should not be hard to determine and cite.  (I personally don't think it is controversial, so I'll leave that burden to those who do.)
# "could be felt as offensive"  Why not say that it is offensive and give some notable reference so we can verify?  
# I've tagged a request for citation on the last usage, referring to what a theoretical definition "could be".  This almost sounds like original research, but maybe a citation can be found.  --Ds13 21:32, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Weak introduction

message: What follows below was added to the article before the intro. That is not the propoer place for it and it does not say what geographical area it covers so I moved it to the talk page until someone can improve it and move it into a proper section Qaz 01:52, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Someone added it back in but did not say what region this law is from. If it is just the US it should say so. If it is worldwide it should say so. Qaz 16:14, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Legal definition

message: I totally redid the introduction as it was seeming to get more disjointed over time. I attempted to describe the issue from both sides as each side would be glad to be shown. I started from the scientific/mainstream view as seems fitting while being carful to note that there is controversy around the issue. Most of all, I tried to address all that while at the same time making overall readability better. There are many complex issues right under the surface here but we should be able to have a concise and articulate statement of the situation. Qaz 03:57, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think some pertinent info was lost in the shuffle, although I like the intro in paragraph form.  Maybe I can help put it back, hm.... J Lorraine 10:09, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I like that the Padden definitions made it back in, and that more of the 'human' label element was worked out. I'd prefer if the term 'animal' could be worked out of the intro; i see no reason to refer to animals when referring to deaf/Deafness. JoeSmack Talk 13:16, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  I changed it to say person or animal even though science sees the human as just another animal. It reads better that way for the less science minded. Qaz 16:17, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it is safe to presume that anything that can hear can also be deaf. Differentiating that both person and animal can be deaf isn't necessary. I'd propose the wording change from 'characterized by lack of sensitivity to sound in a person or animal.' to just 'characterized by lack of sensitivity to sound'. JoeSmack Talk 20:22, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've changed the first paragraph slightly - it now says "in legal terms" and "in medical terms" rather than "in the legal/medical community".  It's more precise and accurate this way - there are, for example, lawyers and doctors who would use the word deaf differently in different contexts - in one sense when referring to a deaf club, and in another sense when referring to a client/patient.  --HughCharlesParker (talk - contribs) 11:55, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Reworked introduction

message: Should this article's information be merged with deaf culture and relevant sections moved to hearing impairment (which is a far more in-depth article at first glance), and the page 'deaf' and 'deafness' be redirected to a disambig page ?   at the very least I will put an appropriate re-direct sentence at the top of this page.  J Lorraine 10:35, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It would be great if someone would work out a plan for parcelling off the various aspects to appropriate articles, rewrite this article as an overview, and provide a Nav Box to link the aspects together. - Jmabel | Talk 19:09, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Split/Merge/Redirect

message: It is not an error on the page necessarily, but Galludet is not the ONLY college for people who are d/Deaf or hard-of-hearing; there is also NTID - the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, a college of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Rochester, NY.  It's not a glaring error, but maybe people who are interested in a technical school might be interested in having that information.
65.37.61.192 22:04, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Galludet 

message: I removed the following redlinked disorders:
Syndromic deafness
* Bjorn pili torti and deafness syndrome
* Branchio-oto-renal syndrome
* Fronto-metaphyseal dysplasia syndrome
* Jervell and Lange-Nielson syndrome
* Mohr syndrome
* Taybi oto-palato-digital syndrome
* Trisomy 13 S
Other causes
* Congenital atresia of the external auditory canal
* Congenital perilymphatic fistula
-- Photouploaded (talk) 20:18, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that we need either to link to the "other Wikipedia articles" that you mentioned, or we need to find external sources that state that these disorders are causes of deafness.  I have no reason to disbelieve you, but if these are indeed "common genetic causes" then it should be relatively easy to source and reinstate these listings. Photouploaded (talk) 21:43, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed redlinked disorders

message: Most genetic deafness is nonsyndromic and not associated with any other symptoms.  Therefore, referring to it as a "disorder" seems inappropriate to me.  "Cause" is more patient-friendly, but it is also more accurate and does not attach any unneeded negative connotations.  Take a look at the bottom of the sectionWikipedia:Manual of Style (medicine-related articles)#Careful language on the use of the word "disorder".  The convention among most clinical genetics professionals is to use more neutral terminology, such as "genetic condition".  For example, if you take a look at the reference from the American College of Medical Genetics, even in just the abstract, you'll notice that "condition" is the preferred term over "disorder".  If you'd like to compromise on this matter, "Genetic conditions" could be used rather than "Genetic causes" or "Genetic disorders".Kxw1 (talk) 17:36, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: At no point does the article refer to deafness itself as "a disorder".  The article refers to certain, specific genetic disorders that cause or can cause deafness.  The main article is titled Genetic disorder, not "genetic cause" or "genetic condition".   I understand the importance of patient sensitivity, but currently "genetic disorder" is the term that is used here.  If "genetic condition" is a more appropriate term, the call for renaming should be taken up at Genetic disorder, not here.  I see that you have suggested renaming the Genetic disorder article.  Let's see what others have to say.  Photouploaded (talk) 18:12, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Genetic disorder vs. genetic cause 

message: The Deafness article was very oddly structured.  Originally, it existed at Deaf, and discussed big-D Deaf versus little-d deaf, and other aspects of Deaf culture.  The subsequent page move to Deafness seemed to invite discussion of medical causes of deafness.  
Thus, as it stood, the article had two halves. The first half listed medical causes of deafness, in a very dry, clinical manner.  The second half discussed aspects of living as a deaf person, and of Deaf culture.  I found this juxtaposition of two topics to be a very odd way to style an article.  
So, WP:BOLD, I moved the first half of the article, which discusses medical causes of hearing impairment, to Talk:Hearing impairment/Deafness.  Likewise, I moved the second half of the article, which discusses Deaf culture, to Talk:Deaf culture/Deafness.  If you compare each section with the appropriate article, you will find there is a lot of duplication between the content previously found at Deafness, and the article to which it relates.  
For this reason, I feel that a disambiguation page is best for the Deaf article, allowing people to read about hearing impairment and Deaf culture at the appropriate pages. I feel that it is unnecessary to have a third article that stacks one topic atop the other, without integration.  I feel that the first and second halves of the Deafness article were simply pale versions of the hearing impairment and Deaf culture articles, respectively.  We can improve these two articles with the content from Deafness.  
Perhaps this illustrates the clash between the medical community and the Deaf community.  Models of deafness explores the topic a bit further.  Regardless, I appreciate your feedback. Photouploaded (talk) 15:07, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not dead, it's finished.  I am asking for help completing it. Photouploaded (talk) 14:32, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge of content at Deafness to Hearing impairment and Deaf culture

message: Just a note about the namespaces: Deafness, the word, currently redirects to Hearing impairment.  Archives of Talk:Deafness are not at the Hearing impairment namespace, they are at the Deaf namespace, and can be found at Talk:Deaf/Talk:Deafness.  
The reason for this is that the Deafness article was previously named Deaf, so the archived discussion of the Deafness talk page is more relevant to Deaf than to Hearing impairment.  Your feedback is welcome.  Photouploaded (talk) 16:28, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not dead, it's finished.  I am asking for help completing it. Photouploaded (talk) 14:32, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Namespaces