Deaf Community Shares How to Bring Deaf and Hearing Together

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Ludivine Komliapoe, 12th grade, with a hearing aid. “If we could speak one united language, have one culture or if hearing people could understand how difficult, but fun it is being deaf. But they have to be willing to try to communicate with us.”

February 12, 2015

The Rampage staff asked students of the D/HOH community what could be done to bring the Deaf and Hearing together. Here are their responses.

 

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Ana Henriquez, 10th grade, with a hearing aid. “If we could do one thing that would bring the DHOH and hearing closer, we should have clubs with DHOH students and hearing students.”