![]() Others have found the term too ambiguous to be helpful. Some in the deaf community, regardless of whether or not they had read Ladd's book, latched onto this concept as a way to unite the varied segments of the deaf community. Many other deaf people, like Ella Mae Lentz, have used this term to explain a deaf person's unique personal journey to discover and understand themselves as a deaf person. ![]() Unlike deafness, which is often used to describe deaf people only in terms of their hearing loss, Deafhood asserts being deaf has a positive value for humankind and does not need to be cured like a disease. While the precise meaning of the word remains deliberately vague-Ladd himself calls Deafhood a "process" rather than something finite and clear-it attempts to convey an affirmative and positive acceptance of being deaf. JSTOR ( May 2013) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)ĭeafhood is a term coined by Paddy Ladd in his book Understanding Deaf Culture: In Search of Deafhood. ![]() Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification. ![]()
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