title: [Deafness in a sociological context].
abstract: This article presents deafness in a social context and problems that deaf people have to establish a social network. Deaf people "grow into" the deaf community. We discuss the relationship between this deaf society and the surrounding community of hearing people and the influence of the latter upon the deaf community. The deaf society also function as a "therapy" in general for deaf people.
authors.affiliation: Ore-nese-halsavd, Ullevål sykehus, Oslo.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Olsholt
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Falkenberg
mesh_terms: D003638:Deafness / Q000523:psychology*; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D009664:Norway; D010379:Peer Group; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support