Word: deafness
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Fong, who is not completely deaf and can hear certain sounds, says in her first semester she tried using an FM system--a process which facilitates lip-reading by amplifying sounds and eliminating background noise...
Unlike Chang and Fong, Zilanawala says he prefers signed English interpretation in his classes. Signed interpretation is provided on a full-time basis by Kellie M. Stewart, staff interpreter for the SDRC, who also coordinates all services for deaf and hard of hearing students at Harvard...
Scarcity of Deaf Students...
Despite what students agree are high-quality services, there remain an extremely low number of deaf students at Harvard...
This scarcity reflects a much deeper issue for deaf youth and their parents, an issue that stems from the state of deaf education and from cultural differences within the deaf population as a whole...