Hearing impairment is a form of invisible disability as it is difficult to see the difference between deaf people and others. That is the reason why the hurdles deaf people face are not properly evaluated and often neglected. The country has only two educational institutions providing high school training programs for deaf students in Hanoi and Dong Nai, and only these institutions use professional sign language interpreters in their teaching activities. Deaf students in remote areas face even more difficulties when they do not have access to sign language and teachers lack the necessary knowledge to make effective interventions for children. People in society find it difficult to communicate with deaf people, and conversely, hard of hearing people find it difficult to talk or communicate. Sometimes even their own family members are anxious they may deprive them of their rights to free movement or marriage.
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