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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
The journey of a hearing-impaired individual's discovering of their identity, culture, and purpose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Alternative form of deafhood
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
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History
Coined in 2003 by Paddy Ladd in his book Understanding Deaf Culture: In Search of Deafhood. Equivalent to deaf + -hood.
