The percentage of Montana students ages 6-21 with hearing impairments in 2011 was .05%.
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There are 16,554 individuals aged 18-64 who are deaf.
Source: Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services. Hearing Impairment
Numbers
It is not easy for Mark to say the word, statistics. As a result, we are replacing statistics with the word, numbers. The concept remains the same because any number is a way to identify something.
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In the UK, 8% of profoundly deaf people communicate by sign language alone. They don’t read English.
Sarah Winters, Accessibility is usability
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Because when we have an inaccessible site, we are telling a quarter of the U.S. and Canadian population, 15% of the people worldwide, that your voice isn’t important.
Donna Bungard, Accessibility Program Manager
How many people on Earth have a disability?
The World Health Organization suggests there are more than 1.3 billion people on Earth with a disability. Source: World Health Organization (2022)
How many people are on Earth?
The latest estimates suggest there are more than 8.1 billion people on Earth. Source: World Population Clock