夏奥会、冬奥会和残奥会可以说是尽人皆知，相比起来，聋奥会的“名声”也许就没那么响亮了。然而聋奥会是世界上发展最迅速的体育赛事之一。相对于“残奥会”来说，聋奥会还是“父辈级”的，自1924年国际聋人体育联合会首次组织聋人运动会至今，已有80多年的历史。第一届聋人运动会于1924年在巴黎举办，现已举办了20届。1949年增加了冬季聋奥会。聋奥会的比赛项目和健全人的比赛项目差不多，如篮球、排球、田径、体操和游泳等。有区别的是，选手在起跑时不用发令枪，而是用旗子来指挥。除此之外，听力残疾的人不能参加射击、射箭比赛。

In the years prior to 1924, international sports provided limited opportunities for young Deaf people. Indeed there were very few national federations to provide sporting competitions for the Deaf. Mr. Eugéne Rubens-Alcais, a Deaf Frenchman, worked very hard to encourage six official national federations, then in existence, to accept the idea and to take part in the International Silent Games, a Deaf version of the Olympic Games.

Deaf sporting leaders assembled at the Cafe de la Porte Doree, 275 Avenue Daumesnil, near the Bois de Vincennes in Paris on the 16th August, 1924. This meeting agreed to establish an organization called the "International Committee of Silent Sports" (CISS) to establish a union between all Deaf sporting federations and to draft statues for this organisation to institute and control the quadrennial Games. This historic meeting heralded the commencement of the Deaflympic Games movement. The first games was held in Paris in 1924, making it the oldest among the disabled sports organizations. It also receives official recognition and patronage from the International Olympic Committee.

The first Winter Deaflympic Games (formerly named International Winter Silent Games and Winter World Deaf Games) were staged in Seefeld, Austria in 1949.Thirty-three athletes from five nations take part.


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