Comments on 'W(h)ither the deaf community?'

Mervyn B Hyde; D Power; K Lloyd

doi:10.1353/sls.2006.0004

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Comments on 'W(h)ither the deaf community?'

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Comments on 'W(h)ither the deaf community?'

Mervyn B Hyde, D Power and K Lloyd

Sign Language Studies, Vol.6(2), pp.190-201

2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sls.2006.0004

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Language Studies

deafness

hearing disorders

Auslan

From the evidence Johnston has presented, it is clear that the number of children being born deaf in Australia has fallen off and that this decline is likely to continue as a result of the technological and social factors he outlines. It also seems that this reduction in numbers is reflected in other countries for which data are available. It is not so clear whether this drop will be as rapid as Johnston fears and whether it will have the effects he predicts on the lives of Deaf people and on the viability of a lively community of users of sign languages-in the Australian case, Auslan.

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Title: Comments on 'W(h)ither the deaf community?'
Authors: Mervyn B Hyde (Author) - Griffith University
D Power (Author) - Griffith University
K Lloyd (Author) - Australian Association of the Deaf
Publication details: Sign Language Studies, Vol.6(2), pp.190-201
Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
Date published: 2006
DOI: 10.1353/sls.2006.0004
ISSN: 0302-1475
Organisation Unit: School of Education - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449791702621
Output Type: Journal article

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