OBJECTIVE To profile the health of deaf and hard-of-hearing Canadians inrelation to the
population as a whole. DESIGN Using data from the Canada Community Health Survey 1.1 …

One in five people in the UK are deaf, with hearing loss affecting more than 70% of people
over the age of 70. Despite this being a higher prevalence than asthma, heart disease or …

ABSTRACT A high rate of mental ill-health is known to exist within the deaf community.
While deafness alone is not intrinsically linked to psychopathology, the experience of being …

Deaf persons' access to health‐related information is limited by barriers to spoken or written
language: they cannot overhear information; they have limited access to television, radio …

An attempt to assess the level of health knowledge, attitudes and practices of a deaf
population is described. A sample from the greater New Orleans area was studied to …

The social determinants of health among deaf people are similar to those of hearing people
in the United States. The built environment, neighborhood cohesiveness, access to health …

Health Care Utilization and Adults Who Are Deaf: Relationship with Age at Onset of
Deafness - PMC Back to Top Skip to main content NIH NLM Logo Access keys NCBI …

British Journal of General Practice, February 2015 95 of risk factors for chronic health
conditions demonstrated in the Deaf population are complex. They are not simply due to …

About 357 000 Canadians identify as being part of the Deaf community (capital-D “Deaf”), a
distinct cultural and linguistic minority that uses sign language to communicate and for …

Abstract Background: In Canada, population-level estimates of hearing loss have been
based on self-reported data, yielding estimates of 4% or 5%. Self-reported hearing …