# OT: deaf scientists

## John Cowan — 2002-01-31 14:30:22

    Serguey Zefirov wrote:

     > What the request was? My were "famous born deaf" and "famous scientist

    > born deaf", neither succeed.

     Well, who is famous and who is not is more or less a matter of

    chance, good publicity, etc.  I searched for "deaf mathematician"

    and "deaf scientist" and browsed a while.  Most of them are not

    pre-lingual deaf, but then most deaf people aren't in general,

    especially with the reduction in childhood diseases.

     > JC> And Dmitri Kanevsky, theoretical mathematician and speech researcher (!):

    > JC> http://www.diversitycareers.com/articles/pro/oct-nov-01/att_ibm.htm

    >

    > Somewhat biased because he wasn't born deaf.

     But deaf before age 3 is equivalent to born deaf, as far as

    language is concerned.

     > But anyway, I was wrong. Nevertheless I feel right. ;)

     Yes, that happens, unfortunately.

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