30 January 2007

Googled: hearing impaired v Deaf

hearing impaired - 3.400,000
Deaf - 31,700,000

Wicked!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

The numbers do NOT mean deaf people in TOTAL. It goes back YEARS as well...

Statistically the UK has 9 MILLION Hearing Impaired, it has less than 43,000 profoundly deaf, there is NO statistical figure for sign using deaf either as part usage of it, or full time/dependency on it.

These figures would be reflected pretty globally too. Point 2% are deaf the rest, AREN'T. Is there some point to prove ? what is it ?

Ashton Jean-Pierre said...

Im not talking about 'people'.

Just these words.

'Hearing Impaired' is not just hard of hearing or severe hearing. Deaf too.

That word is like 'coloured'. White people viewed their own as normal and black is not. Same for this word 'hearing impaired'. 'Hearing impaired' is the new 'coloured'.

I prefer 'Deaf' so that's why I wanted to see how many Hearing impaired and Deaf on Google

Ashton Jean-Pierre said...

I forget to add - 'White people viewed their own skin'