title: [Deaf persons' communication possibilities in relation to auditory and visual symbols].
abstract: This article presents deaf people's possibilities of communication. There is a difference in communication skills between deaf people who were born hearing--and have learned a spoken language before the loss of hearing--and those who were born deaf. The later deafness is acquired, the better the individual's ability to communicate in a hearing society. Deaf people are far more dependent upon visual language symbols than are hearing people.
authors.affiliation: Ore-nese-halsavd, Ullevål sykehus, Oslo.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Falkenberg
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Olsholt
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003144:Communication Barriers; D003145:Communication Methods, Total; D003638:Deafness / Q000151:congenital / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008085:Lipreading; D009633:Nonverbal Communication; D012813:Sign Language; D014705:Verbal Behavior