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Violence in deaf and hard-of-hearing people: a review of the literature
- Authors:
- VERNON McKay, GREENBERG Sheldon
- Journal article citation:
- Aggression and Violent Behavior, 4(3), 1999, pp.259-272.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
The few available studies on the relationship of hearing loss to violence indicate that the prevalence of brain damage, learning disability, communication disorders, educational retardation, unemployment and underemployment in the deaf and hard-of-hearing population creates frustration which tends to manifest in disproportionate aggression, violence and hostility. Relative to prevalence, hearing impaired people are overly represented in the prison population, which is the major datum the literature on violence and hearing loss yields. Discusses reasons for the lack of literature on hearing loss and violence and suggests ways to remedy the problem.