An Exploration Of Deaf Culture In America
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A world of silence. That's often how those of us who can hear imagine deafness. But that silence contains a multitude of voices, with a shared history and language and a controversial future.
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Read Text Of This Discussion Feb. 2, 2005
NPR's Neal Conan and guests discuss the history of the deaf community and the complex issues it currently faces.
Guests:
Carol Padden and Tom Humphries, coauthors, Inside Deaf Culture. Padden and Humphries are professors of communication at the University of California, San Diego.
I. King Jordan, president, Gallaudet University
