Editing Models of deafness (section)

{{See also|Hearing impairment|Deaf culture}}
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The three '''models of deafness''' are rooted in either social or biological sciences. These are the ''cultural model, the social model, and the'' ''medical'' (or ''infirmity'') ''model''. The model through which the deaf person is viewed can impact how they are treated as well as their own self perception. In the cultural model, [[Deaf culture|the Deaf]] belong to a culture in which they are neither infirm nor disabled, but rather have their own fully grammatical and natural language.<ref name=":0">{{cite journal|vauthors=Young AM|date=November 1999|title=Hearing parents' adjustment to a deaf child-the impact of a cultural-linguistic model of deafness.|journal=Journal of Social Work Practice|volume=13|issue=2|pages=157–76|doi=10.1080/026505399103386|issn=0265-0533}}</ref> In the medical model, deafness is viewed undesirable, and it is to the advantage of the individual as well as society as a whole to "cure" this condition.<ref name="Power_2005">{{cite journal|vauthors=Power D|date=October 2005|title=Models of deafness: cochlear implants in the Australian daily press|journal=Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education|volume=10|issue=4|pages=451–9|doi=10.1093/deafed/eni042|pmid=16000690|doi-access=free|hdl=10072/4245|hdl-access=free}}</ref> The social model seeks to explain difficulties experienced by deaf individuals that are due to their environment.<ref name="Obasi_2008">{{cite journal|vauthors=Obasi C|date=October 2008|title=Seeing the deaf in "deafness"|journal=Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education|volume=13|issue=4|pages=455–65|doi=10.1093/deafed/enn008|pmid=18417464|doi-access=free}}</ref>