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Deaf people: American Sign Language (ASL) is the primary language of the Deaf Community.
      Deaf President Now! (DPN): http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/dpn
      History Through Deaf Eyes: http://depts.gallaudet.edu/deafeyes

Hard-of-hearing people depend on hearing with the help of amplification. Examples of amplification are hearing aids and/or assistive listening devices. Most hard-of-hearing persons are not members of the ASL community. For more information, go to www.hearingloss.org.

Health Behaviors are actions by people that can either cause illness or improve health. Some examples of good and bad health behaviors:

      Good behaviors (to improve health):
         • Walking
         • Eating 5 to 7 servings daily of fruits and vegetables
         • Doing things you find fun and that make you laugh (reduce stress)

      Bad behaviors (that may cause illness or injury):
         • Not exercising
         • Not eating healthy food (junk foods)
         • High stress

Health Risks are behaviors that may cause illness or injury. Some examples are not wearing seat belts and/or smoking cigarettes.

Health promotion and disease prevention helps people change their lifestyles to improve health. Some examples include eating healthy food and avoiding smoking.

Late-deafened adults become deaf after the age of 13. Lip-reading, sign language and/or Communication Access Real-time Transcription (CART) become necessary visual aids for communication. Most late-deafened adults do not identify themselves as Deaf. For more information, go to www.alda.org.

Community Based Participatory Research: The community is directly involved with researchers by participating in the research process.

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