Suffering or Joy in the Process of Rehabilitating People with Hearing Impairment?

Abstract

Since the establishment of deaf education as a subdiscipline of special pedagogy people have asked many questions: Is deafness a punishment? Does a deaf person feel pain caused by hearing damage? In order to answer these questions, the issue of suffering vs. joy was presented. The problem was referred to in the history of deaf education and in the contemporary discourse in education, learning and rehabilitation of deaf people (perceived through individual experiences of the life quality). Presentation of the profiles of people with hearing disability is shows their way of life. The way which is perceived through life achievements, successes or physical and moral or spiritual pain.