..."hard-of-hearing" requires definition before any discussion of psychological problems can begin. In 1937 the Committee on Nomenclature of the Conference of Executives of American Schools for the Deaf defined the hard-of-hearing as those in whom the sense of hearing, although defective,...

...handicapping hearing loss. The only agreed-upon definition is that of "deafness"', as developed in 1937 by the Committee on Nomenclature of the Conference of Executives of American Schools for the Deaf. (65) According to this definition, the deaf are : Those in whom the sense of hearing...