ASL....Finale!

Deafness can be cause by many things—for instance, in the 1960’s there was an epidemic of rubella. This caused a large number of deaf or hard of hearing babies to be born. There are also the factors of prematurity and prenatal exposure to a virus.
Even within deafness there are classifications. A person born deaf is congenitally deaf, but a person that becomes deaf after birth is adventitiously deaf. Pre-lingual deafness refers to a child three years or younger, and post-lingual is after the first three years of life. Pre-lingual and post-lingual refer to childhood deafness, lingual referring to language. Also there is pre-vocational (still a teenager) and post-vocational (after age nineteen).
Congenital and hereditary deafness are not the same thing. Congenital simply alludes to being born deaf. Hereditary deafness on the other hand can be caused by repeated doses of either very deep or very high noise. A rock concert, commuting on the subway, constant exposure to pneumatic drills or even lining too close to an airport can all damage or eventually take away one’s hearing. Elderly people are especially prone to otosclerosis, which is when the bones of the middle ear start hardening.
A person may be adventitiously deaf for many reasons which are often caused by accidents. There are the physical injuries, such as getting hurled of a motorcycle, experiencing a bomb blast, and suffering from extreme chill. Then there are the medical reasons: a disease like neurofibromatosis (tumors in the auditory nerve), and viral infections like mumps, measles, meningitis or encephalitis. Reactions to certain drugs may also trigger adventitious deafness.
The answer to what Deaf culture is is that it is many things; in fact it is almost impossible to label. From their history, with all its people, to how deafness is classified within itself, deaf culture is a pleroma of things.


So, I've been thinking...should I do a bunch of posts on gun control?
I know I originally started with this blog to do book reviews, but that is a little inconceivable at the moment.
So...Gun control?