Talk:Prelingual deafness

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[edit] These belong in discussion

These comments belong in discussion not on the main page with the article. I apologize for the choppiness of this but I don't want to lose what should be a discussion on this in a revision. If somebody can clarify this it would be appreciated. ImmortalGoddezz 02:57, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

'Prelingually deafened is the correct title. Deafened because it is never meant to be deaf, refusal to listen' --82.25.91.112 on 21:29, 4 October 2005

'No, it is Prelingually Deaf. If some one is born with out hearing, how is it they become deafened? You can't loose something you never had. The term is meant to imply deaf and when (pre, peri, postlingually). It is the adjective + noun. "(adj) deaf"' --68.237.100.110 on 18:41, 10 October 2005

[edit] Unsure about this...

It's possible to be born deaf (i.e. profoundly deaf) and yet still acquire perfect speech. The stub seems to imply that speech can't be achieved here and I'm witholding editing it due to lack of actual medical knowledge here. Don't want to edit a perfectly legitimate medical term after all, but just pointing this out. --RBlowes 22:42, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed merger with Congenital hearing loss

I saw the Congenital hearing loss page being created. Seems to have useful info and to overlap with this page, but I'll leave it up to those more knowledgeable than me to decide whether the topics are distinct. Note also that "Congenital deafness" (which appears to my layman's view to also be synonymous with "congenital hearing loss") redirects to Hearing impairment.Tt 225 15:56, 1 March 2007 (UTC)