The phrase "Deaf people can do anything except hear" is an oft repeated phrase used by many culturally deaf people but it's a phrase that I and millions of other people with hearing loss do not really care for.
Why?
Well, it's not entirely an accurate phrase for one thing because people with hearing loss can do anything including the ability to hear. Not everybody, mind you. Having said that it's unclear what the term "Deaf" seen in the phrase is referring to. If we're using Humphries and Padden's definition to mean culturally deaf people only, then perhaps the phrase is adequate for the most part when that phrase was invented at the time. Then again you'd have this deaf band Beethoven's Nightmare to contend with that question with their most recent YouTube video. If it's not Humphries and Padden's definition and instead to mean anyone with a hearing loss from mild to profound (all inclusive) then the phrase is sorely outdated and antiquated in the era of hearing technology. There are Deaf (new definition) people who can hear and do the jobs just like hearing people can using their ability to hear with the aid of existing hearing technology to perform the same type of jobs. This is another example of how the term "Deaf'" does not help make the case for culturally deaf people who insist on the newly defined term. And this is why.
Why?
Well, it's not entirely an accurate phrase for one thing because people with hearing loss can do anything including the ability to hear. Not everybody, mind you. Having said that it's unclear what the term "Deaf" seen in the phrase is referring to. If we're using Humphries and Padden's definition to mean culturally deaf people only, then perhaps the phrase is adequate for the most part when that phrase was invented at the time. Then again you'd have this deaf band Beethoven's Nightmare to contend with that question with their most recent YouTube video. If it's not Humphries and Padden's definition and instead to mean anyone with a hearing loss from mild to profound (all inclusive) then the phrase is sorely outdated and antiquated in the era of hearing technology. There are Deaf (new definition) people who can hear and do the jobs just like hearing people can using their ability to hear with the aid of existing hearing technology to perform the same type of jobs. This is another example of how the term "Deaf'" does not help make the case for culturally deaf people who insist on the newly defined term. And this is why.