Note 5 retrouvez a lens on deaf identities by irene w leigh published may 2009 et des millions de livres en stock sur amazonfr achetez neuf ou doccasion. Deaf and hard of hearing individuals develop their identities within environments that convey and reinforce preconceived assumptions of disability and of deafness thereby encouraging particular ways of accommodating individuals hearing status these assumptions ultimately influence the evolution of their identities and in turn their psychological well being. These factors which are explored in a lens on deaf identities include explanatory paradigms that frame how deaf and hard of hearing people are understood within the context of disability and sociolinguistics the relatively recent formal recognition of a deaf culture and the emergence of bicultural frames of reference the appearance of deaf identity theories in the psychological literature . A lens on deaf identities book read 2 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers deaf and hard of hearing individuals develop their identit. Leigh irene w a lens on deaf identities perspectives on deafness new york oxford up 2009 reviewed by kristen laubscher johnson the ohio state university king jordan former president of gallaudet university once said there are many ways to be deaf his statement could not reflect more appropriately irene w leighs book a lens on deaf identities leighs work discusses not only