Community Quote by Katie Leclerc

To really understand a deaf person's experience, you need someone that is deaf to be able to tell you what their experience is.

— Millicent Simmonds

So, for people who aren't aware: the biggest obstacle to having hearing loss is not having access to language. And there are many Deaf…

— Lauren Ridloff

The deaf community and the hearing community, there's not always a ton of interaction.

— Constance Marie

It can be frustrating, playing a hearing person's perception of what a deaf person is like.

— Rose Ayling-Ellis

There is no relation to sound for deaf people. It is a totally different mental process.

— Richard Masur

Deaf people can do anything, except hear.

— Marlee Matlin

The deaf community is in a favorable position because they have a national theatre and training groups of their own to get them started.…

— Richard Masur

There are many issues within the deaf community but, for me, none more important than access to education for deaf children.

— Rachel Shenton

With the right support, a deaf child can do exactly the same as a hearing child, yet constantly, they're being failed.

— Rachel Shenton

I'm not a deaf musician. I'm a musician who happens to be deaf.

— Evelyn Glennie

If the deaf are to hear the sound has to be very loud

— Bhagat Singh

Technology is helping more and more deaf people hear, but here at Gallaudet, we focus on learning and achieving-not on listening. So I would…

— I. King Jordan