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13.06.2023 | Kommentare
Discussion on the key subject hearing impairment—The geriatric perspective
verfasst von:
Prof. Dr. med. Rainer Wirth
Erschienen in:
Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie
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Ausgabe 4/2023
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Excerpt
“The problems of deafness are deeper and more complex, if not more important than those of blindness. Deafness is a much worse misfortune. For it means the loss of the most vital stimulus—the sound of the voice that brings language, sets thoughts astir, and keeps us in the intellectual company of man.” This quote by the famous Hellen Keller puts much more emphasis on the importance of hearing than vision. Something that seems counterintuitive to us, but Hellen Keller knew better than we do. She was deaf and blind since early childhood. …