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[quote=Anonymous]The River School consistently uses "children with hearing loss" (and sometimes "children with cochlear implants" but some kids at River may have hearing aids or other accommodations not just CIs) on its website and other materials, and the school has an explicit position favoring person-first language. River doesn't normally use the term "deaf". I am aware that there are people in the deaf community who prefer that term and feel that the use of CIs and other interventions harm the deaf community, because hearing is artificially restored to people who are otherwise unable to hear, thereby reducing the community of those who speak ASL etc. I recognize that some in the deaf community regard River and its use of language to be ableist. Can't please everyone who is tetchy about language these days.[/quote]
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