SEXUALITY AND DEAFNESS

Abstract

The Barometer Health Deafs and Hard of hearing has allowed to question these populations on a great number
of topics linked to health, in terms of perceptions and behaviors. The sexuality has been questioned in that frame,
under the angle of taking risks (IST and pregnancies not wanted). It was found that sexually transmitted diseases
were declared in a frecuent way that in general population, linked with a detection more frequent, but also more
couples, new couples and relationship with people with same sex. Sexual violences in the course of life, more
frequent presented that in general population, are also associated to more of IST for women. These ones make
more state voluntary interruptions of pregnancy linked with forms of contraceptions more uncertain.general
tendencies are true for putting together categories of populations questioned, the situation of deafs which
practice the LSF is distinguished in the sense of difference more important with the indicators in general
population.