中国大陆对于聋文化的研究几乎是空白,台湾和香港地区的同类研究也不多。我国的聋教育工作者往往只把注意力集中在语文和口语教学上,但收效一般。在新世纪,继续发展和改革聋教育是特殊教育界面临的重要课题。充分地解读聋文化对进一步提高聋人教育水平、聋人的经济状况、聋人群体的人权意识和自我意识至关重要。本文通过探讨聋文化概念的界定以及对聋文化研究的若干事件的回顾,阐述了当前在中国大陆开展聋文化研究的重要性与必要性。 The research on deaf culture in mainland China is almost blank, and there are not many researches in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Deaf educators in our country tend to focus only on the teaching of Chinese and oral English, but the results are generally effective. In the new century, continuing to develop and reform deaf education is an important issue for the special education sector. A full interpretation of deaf culture is essential to further improve the education of the deaf, the economic situation of the deaf, the human rights awareness and self-awareness of the deaf community. This essay expounds the importance and necessity of deaf culture research in mainland China by discussing the definition of deaf culture and reviewing a few events about deaf culture research.