The D/deaf-H/hearing Debate

Abstract

This commentary explores the role and status of hearing people within the Deaf community, in particular, sign language interpreters. Of the various literature that has been written about the Deaf community, its language and culture, most of the works have discussed the notion of culturally Deaf people who identify as a member of the Deaf community as a linguistic and cultural minority group. Pathological definitions have been disregarded in favor of social models of deafness, whereby it is purported that Deaf people are disabled by society in that they are not given access to information, rather than being regarded as people with disabilities. Deaf people are described as sharing a sense of pride in forming an identity based on their linguistic and cultural experiences (Brien 1981; Erting, Johnson, Smith, and Snider 1994; Gregory and Hartley 1992; Higgins 1980; Lane 1993; Lane, Hoffmeister, and Bahan 1996; Padden 1980, 1989; Padden and Humphries 1988; Turner 1994; Wilcox 1989).

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