The week-long Hangzhou 4th Asian Paralympic Games is nearing its end, and the performance of disabled athletes perfectly demonstrates the true meaning of "two Asian Games, equally exciting". But many viewers may be confused when watching the Asian Paralympic Games, as it seems that there are no hearing-impaired athletes participating. Indeed, the competition events of the Hangzhou Asian Paralympic Games are divided into three categories based on the actual situation of athletes: visual disabilities, physical disabilities, and intellectual disabilities. Among them, the categories of visual disabilities include blind football, blind goal ball, and other events; The categories of physical disabilities include sitting volleyball, wheelchair fencing, and other events; The category of intellectual disabilities includes events such as table tennis; Athletics, swimming, and other events have three different categories of disability competitions simultaneously. The classification of competition events in the Asian Paralympic Games does not include hearing impairment. On October 25th, Hu Daoliang (left) and Feng Yanke competed in the men's foil individual B-level final of the wheelchair fencing event at the 4th Asian Paralympic Games in Hangzhou. In fact, there are generally no hearing-impaired athletes participating in events such as the Asian Paralympic Games and Paralympic Games, as reported by Xinhua News Agency reporter Hu Xingyu. If hearing impaired athletes with sound vision, limbs, and intelligence participate in the Asian Paralympic Games, it may affect the fairness of the competition. Some hearing impaired individuals have the ability to participate in sports events for healthy individuals with the assistance of hearing aids, cochlear implants, and other devices. At the same time, there are specialized hearing impaired Olympics internationally, which require athletes to have a hearing loss of at least 55 decibels and not to use hearing aids and other equipment to ensure fair competition. But this does not mean that there are no hearing-impaired people in the Hangzhou Asian Paralympic Games, who are active in different identities on and off the field. Torchbearer Mao Donglai is known as the "Sign Language Sister". She is committed to promoting and popularizing the national common sign language, and together with her partners, provides sign language translation services for the competition; On the wheelchair basketball court, there are several hearing-impaired girls in a cheerleading team who hope to take this opportunity to convey the spirit of disabled and healthy integration; Millions of hearing-impaired spectators must also be watching the exciting competition on-site or at home. (Reporter Xu Shihao) (Xinhua News Agency)
Edit：Luo yu Responsible editor：Wang er dong
Source：xinhuaNet
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