Archival/Historic
- Acupuncture in treatment of deaf-mutism / Eleventh People's Hospital, Shanghai College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai
- China through a car-window : observations on the modern China, made in the course of a four months' jouney in behalf of the Chinese deaf: with some account of the school at Chefoo / by Annetta T. Mills
- The story of the Chifu School / by Sara Entrican
- Blind and the deaf-mute in Shanghai / [compiled by the Shanghai BDM Association]
- Blind and the deaf of China / China Association for the Blind and the Deaf
- History and development of deaf education and sign language in Taiwan
- History and development of deaf education and sign language in Taiwan
- Listing of schools and programs for the deaf in the People's Republic of China / prepared by: Wayne H. Smith
- Overview of China's current deaf situations and recommendations for ELI / by William J. Lauck
- Speaking with signs; a sign language manual for Hongkong's deaf Illustrations [by] Patrick Wong Pak-chuen and Fung Kin-kwok
- Taipei Theatre of the Deaf
- Well-being of the deaf-blind in China / by Wu Houde and Tian Sansong
There are four deaf Chinese periodicals in the Gallaudet library.
- Chung kuo lung jen
- Long ren zhuan kan
- Mang lung chih ying / Chung Kuo Mang Jeng Lung Ya Jeng Hsieh Hsui
- Te' shu chiao yu / Te' Shu Chiao Yu Pien Chi Pu
Numbers of Deaf in China
According to the China Disabled Persons' Federation website, China has approximately 21 million people with hearing loss out of 60 million disabled.China is doing its own research into hearing loss. The Entrez PubMed database turned up the following sample results of a search on deaf China (some articles are in Chinese):
- Mutations in the connexin 26 gene in patients with nonsyndromic hearing impairment - study done at Hunan University in Changsha.
- Chinese tonal language rehabilitation following cochlear implantation in children - Hong Kong study of prelingually deaf implanted children.
- Cochlear implants in China - 1995 study by the House Ear Institute of Los Angeles.
- Prevalence and genetic aspects of deaf mutism in Shanghai - 1987 article.
- An investigation on the developmental and health status of deaf-mute students - 1985 article.
Organizations for the Deaf in China
Expatriate deaf Chinese have their own organization, the Chinese National Association of the Deaf,ROC.
In China itself, there is the China Association of the Deaf, at this address (possibly outdated):
China Association of the Deaf
44 Beichizi Street, Dongcheng District
BEIJING, P. R. CFH
China 100006
Additional deaf Chinese organizations are the China Sports Association of the Deaf, and the China Deaf and Blind Association.
Hong Kong, part of China, also has deaf organizations such as the Hong Kong Society for the Deaf. There also seems to be a similar organization, the Hong Kong Association of the Deaf. The difference seems to be that the Society is more social-services oriented while the Association is more socially-oriented.
Social and Rehabilitative Services for the Deaf
China has seen an increase in services for deaf people, particularly children. There is a medical center focused on hearing loss and oral communication is jointly run by the Shanghai Health Bureau and Fudan University. A branch of the Special Education Institute for the Disabled under Beijing United University is a Hearing and Language Ability Rehabilitation College. This college works with the China Rehabilitation Research Center for Deaf Children.There are also charitable ventures to aid deaf people in China. One such venture is the China Children Hearing Aid Foundation, which seeks to provide hearing aids to Chinese children. In addition, the Amity Foundation provides scholarships to deaf students in China, and has a program to support deaf school libraries.
Deaf Characters in Chinese Movies
There are at least five Chinese movies that have included deaf characters:- Breaking the Silence (2001) - about a deaf boy and his hearing mother
- To Live (1994) - family with deaf daughter
- Silent River (2000) - hearing teacher in school for the deaf
- Sky Lovers (2002) - movie adaptation of Dong Xi's novel "Living Without Words," features young deaf man in a love story
Deaf Tours of China
The Deaf Counseling Advocacy & Referral Agency was offering a tour of China at the time this article was written.A photographic essay on a trip to China in September 2004 was found on the website of Deafhope.org.
