Silence is not absence.
It is another language.
Hearing disability ranges from mild hearing loss to profound deafness. Every deaf student has their own needs. Some communicate orally, others in sign language, many in both.
1 in 1,000
children in Spain are born profoundly deaf.
FIAPAS, 2020
90%
of deaf children are born to hearing families. Spanish Sign Language can be their first natural language.
CNSE, 2019
5 in 1,000
newborns have some degree of deafness or hearing loss.
FIAPAS, 2020 · CNSE, 2019
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News
In their own words.
🇩🇪 Alemania
“Music does not need ears. It lives in the soul.”
Ludwig van Beethoven
A composer who gradually lost his hearing. He wrote his Ninth Symphony completely deaf.
🇺🇸 Estados Unidos
“Being deaf didn’t stop me winning the Oscar. It made me more aware that language takes many forms.”
Marlee Matlin
The first deaf actress to win the Oscar for Best Actress, and a campaigner for deaf people’s rights in Hollywood.
🇺🇸 Estados Unidos
“Sign language is music made with the hands.”
Christine Sun Kim
An artist, deaf from birth. Her TED talk on sign language as music has millions of views.
Bibliography
- FIAPAS (2020). Dossier de prevención y atención precoz de la sordera infantil.
- CNSE — Confederación Estatal de Personas Sordas (2019). Atención educativa al alumnado sordo: modelo bilingüe.
- Ley 27/2007, por la que se reconocen las lenguas de signos españolas (LSE) y se regulan los medios de apoyo a la comunicación oral.
- Marschark, M. & Spencer, P. E. (2010). The Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies, Language, and Education. Oxford University Press.
- W3C (2018). Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1: subtitulado y accesibilidad auditiva.
- CAST (2024). Universal Design for Learning Guidelines, version 3.0.
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