Abstract
In traditional medical model, etiology, pathology and its manifestation are very common theme to diagnose or cure clients. However, another point of view is rehabilitative medical view; how the people who have chronic disease or who are aged, or who are impaired would be able to live in their daily life. WHO has been suggested that impaired individuals should be taken into account as a social model in ICF (Ieternational Classification of Function) since 2001. In this article, hearing impairment in Japan is discussed from the view of rehabilitative medicine.
