Healthcare has decided in recent years, to evaluate the health disparities among minority groups. Resources have proven time and time again, a lack of understanding of the culture has led to negative and sometimes devastating financial, psychological, physical, and social outcomes. In many recent reports and studies, Deafness has been high on the list of cultural minorities often not embraced or respected by clinical institutions. Many reports also state that added pressure is placed on members of the Deaf Community to conform to unconscious biased beliefs for a need to address deafness from a clinical rather than cultural perspective. Additionally, there are reports that patient autonomy is often disregarded. With this new passion for health equity, comes this page highlighting the common differences between the MEDICAL and CULTURAL MODELS of deafness. This information will help clinicians to see deafness as their patients see it. For some, it is a disability to be managed, but for cultural Deaf individuals, it is a cherished and protected identity.