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Why Deaf Culture Matters in Deaf Education

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Dan Hoffman, Jean F. Andrews, Why Deaf Culture Matters in Deaf Education, The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education , Volume 21, Issue 4, October 2016, Pages 426–427, https://doi.org/10.1093/deafed/enw044

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That Deaf culture matters in deaf education is the idea that most who work closely with Deaf colleagues understand and utilize in their building of practical instructional models as well as in conceptualizing research projects. Deaf culture matters because it represents a strong support mechanism within a hearing society, which is more often not attuned to Deaf persons’ best interests. Deaf culture, with American Sign Language (ASL), and visual (and sometimes auditory) ways of experiencing the world, and its networks of people who share their experiences coping in a hearing world, may not be recognized nor tapped for resources but dismissed as irrelevant particularly in light of modern developments in genetic engineering, auditory technology, access to public education, and a decline in attendance in deaf clubs and enrollment in Deaf center schools. However, the modern day Deaf culture, similar to American hearing culture in general, is evolving and incorporating new ways of communicating, socializing, becoming educated, and working through the use of digital technologies. The Deaf culture of today may be different than the Deaf culture of yesterday, but it is still a vibrant and relevant entity ( Leigh, Andrews, & Harris, 2018 ).

Why wouldn’t parents, teachers, administrators, and policy makers not want to have this important support system available as early as when hearing loss is diagnosed? Horejas examines this very question using a multitude of theoretical frameworks related to social constructions of deafness, identity, culture, and language. He unites these theories using the macro concept of languaculture or the notion that a child’s language and culture cannot be separated because they are intertwined.

Horejas proposes that deaf children can be exposed to both worlds—Deaf and hearing—and both languages—English and ASL—through bilingualism and biculturalism in the school. Languaculture refers to the notion that language and culture are intertwined and are both needed for the Deaf child in forming his Deaf identity. For the author, the languaculture of the oral classroom and the hearing world can be broadened as it happened in his own personal life, and it can become more inclusive and be united with the languaculture of sign bilingualism.

Related to sign bilingualism or ASL-based teaching, for example, in the teaching of literacy and language, there are educational activities such as shared or guided book reading that incorporate Deaf cultural practices as potential tools. These tools include using Deaf mothers and Deaf teachers as ASL storytellers in the classroom. In addition, they can model the using eye gaze, visual, and joint attention as means to regulate the child’s attention to the teacher and to the storybook during the reading lesson. Other Deaf cultural and visual components that can be incorporated into literacy activities include rhythmic movements, exaggerated facial expressions, increased signed space, and exaggerated sign size during the shared book reading ( Leigh, Andrews, & Harris, 2018 ). After reading and signing whole stories, during vocabulary reading activities, teachers can build on the connections between signed meanings of words and the language of written texts enabling comprehension for literacy using techniques such as “chaining” ( Humphries & MacDougall, 1999 ). Even the furniture of the classroom shows how culture is embedded in teaching practices. For example, Horejas mentions that the crescent-shaped table in the ASL classroom allows children to have more face-to-face interactions which increases their socialization, collaboration, and stimulates metacognition and conceptualization. The ASL classroom is also “decorated” differently as it has culturally relevant ASL posters, the ABCs in sign language, books on the shelves with ASL vocabulary, other materials which model the two languages—English and ASL. All of these practices, according to Horejas, enhance Deaf cultural transmission and enhance the teaching of English literacy.

Similarly to Horejas’ ideas, in his work with Deaf adult readers who are balanced bilinguals but who came from different languacultures (some were orally taught and others sign taught), Hoffman (2014) found that languaculture or the intertwining of language and culture was evident in their reading comprehension strategies of college textbooks. He found his five Deaf adult participants to use the skill of translanguaging (input in one language and output in the second language) while reading a text. For example, when reading (signing) English texts aloud, they did not simply translate the text from English to ASL but used spoken English, their knowledge of Deaf culture, ASL expansions, rhetorical questions, their background knowledge, metacognitive strategies, rereading, contextual cues, in order to comprehend the print. In other words, they used their multiple languacultures in making meaning from print.

Horejas recognizes the divisions and conflicts between the languaculture of oral pedagogy and sign pedagogy. However, he calls for “collaborative inquiry” and suggests “that both camps sit at the same table and discuss ways to work together for constructive collaborative inquiry to elevate dialogues on some of the issues within the current state of deaf education” (p. 98). The Common Ground Project (2015) , a joint project between the Conference of Educational Administrators for Schools for the Deaf (CEASD), an organization supporting signing-based pedagogy schools and OPTION Schools, which is an organization of oral-based pedagogy schools, have been meeting since 2013 to do just that—to see if both organizations can identify areas for collaboration to help all infants, children, and youth whether they come from an oral-pedagogy languaculture or a sign-pedagogy languaculture.

Clearly, Horejas has raised the languaculture term as one that can be investigated by both practicing teachers and educational researchers and can help us further the case that Deaf culture matters in Deaf Education. Graduate students and researchers in deaf education, sociology, and psychology will find this book rich in theoretical detail and ideas for future research. Qualitative researchers may find the appendices on his research methods helpful. On the practice side, teachers will find this book full of classroom applications as Horejas provides ideas on how to equip the teacher with bilingual teaching knowledge and techniques, as well as how to set up the classroom stocking it with ASL and English bilingual materials, as well as how to set up the desks and chairs to establish a visual learning environment. Horejas’ classroom architecture is similar to the concept of DeafSpace promoted by Deaf architects at Gallaudet University ( Leigh, Andrews, & Harris, 2018 ). DeafSpace provides a space where children can interact, communicate, and collaborate with each other using both of the languages and not face architectural barriers. DeafSpace is a cultural tradition that recognizes basic elements of an architectural expression unique to deaf experiences. The study of DeafSpace offers valuable insight about the interrelationship between the senses, the ways Deaf persons built environments that reflect their cultural identity ( www.gallaudet.edu/american-sign-language-and-deaf-studies/deafspace-institute.html ; last retrieved June 21, 2016).

Finally, Horejas’ compelling personal story is a major plus to this academic text and will provide interest and inspiration for Deaf readers from different languacultural life scripts.

Common Ground Project (2015, March 3). CEASD and OPTIONS Schools . Retrieved June 21, 2016, from http://www.ceasd.org/child-first/common-ground-project/vision-purpose-goals

Hoffman D. L . ( 2014 ). Investigating phenomenological translanguaging among deaf adult bilinguals engaging in reading tasks ( Unpublished doctoral dissertation ). Lamar University , Beaumont, TX .

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Argumentative Essay on Deaf culture??

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• Start date Nov 8, 2013

pleaseknockfirst

• Nov 8, 2013

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is it included a pay fee?  

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another lazy one huh?  

whatdidyousay!

Yeah I can give a suggestion , tried harder , if you can't come with any ideas on your own you're taking the wrong course. People go to school and collage to learn to think on their own not to go onto a forum and cheat .  

how about writing why do deaf people go to deaf culture? this is an easy one  

Wow, three rude people in a row! What a rude bunch. No one forced you to answer. Furthermore, lack of inspiration does not equal laziness. It equals lack of inspiration.  

And before you call me out, learn how to spell "college" correctly.  

Old Deaf Ranter

pleaseknockfirst said: Wow, three rude people in a row! What a rude bunch. No one forced you to answer. Furthermore, lack of inspiration does not equal laziness. It equals lack of inspiration. Click to expand...

pleaseknockfirst said: And before you call me out, learn how to spell "college" correctly. Click to expand...

at least i was the only one who spelt everything correctly, also i was the only one gave an advice, just do an essay on why deaf people go to deaf culture for this one, its so easy, to find, google... google and more google.... you'd find all sorts of things like, 'belonging' , companionship, sign language, social behaviour accepted as norm in the deaf way, like talking under lampposts after bars are closed...stamping on floors...considered rude in hearing culture (world)...that should start you off good...so good luck  

Grummer said: at least i was the only one who spelt everything correctly, also i was the only one gave an advice, just do an essay on why deaf people go to deaf culture for this one, its so easy, to find, google... google and more google.... you'd find all sorts of things like, 'belonging' , companionship, sign language, social behaviour accepted as norm in the deaf way, like talking under lampposts after bars are closed...stamping on floors...considered rude in hearing culture (world)...that should start you off good...so good luck Click to expand...

no excuse you you pretend to you homework! you should be yourself homework! you find out.  

MangaReader

Perhaps you should read this thread first. It might explain the responses you get here. http://www.alldeaf.com/introduce-yo...iews-questions-surveys-please-read-first.html  

Bottesini said: Or it could equal a lack of intelligence or creativity... Click to expand...

As for everyone, you're all reiterating what's already been said, so you can also go away since none of you are saying anything that serves any point whatsoever. Thank you, Mangareader and Grummer for at least being mature and helpful in some sense. Though Grummer, you were also an ass at first. So points off for you. I shall continue searching the interwebs.  

pleaseknockfirst said: There's no such thing as "lack of intelligence," as everyone is intelligent at something, and the curve for measuring such a thing isn't absolute. So seeing as giving helpful comments is not your strong suit, you can leave. Dismissed. Click to expand...

bottesini said: no, no!! I am noted for being helpful. (and my dislike of hearing people.) Click to expand...

If one wants something different re: " the Deaf community" reactions- towards Deaf persons with Coichlear Implants who don't use sign communication-ASL et al. Many threads here have explored this topic. Another variant of the above: Hearing parents deciding to try a Cochlear Implant on their Deaf children. Good luck in your essay!  

whatdidyousay! said: Wow , and you want to work with deaf and hoh people and you made fun of their spelling . You really are taking the wrong course ! I am glad you can't hear my speech defect , I bet you would made fun of it too. Click to expand...

pleaseknockfirst said: Actually I wouldn't, so if you have a mansion, I'll gladly take that off your hands. People here want to be able to get away with calling me unintelligent and lazy based on a paragraph I wrote. Respect is a two way street, so no, I'm not sorry. Being deaf is not an excuse for being rude, and I merely pointed out the obvious. Judge away. Click to expand...

Chapter 8: COVID and learning

8.6.2 Communication in the Deaf community during COVID-19 (research essay)

English 102, april 2020.

To conclude my time in English 102 I plan on diving deeper into the topic of communication in the deaf community. Deaf culture is slowly becoming more socially accepted in society. I plan on discussing the differences and difficulties that the deaf community must face and answering some research questions. I chose to continue writing about this topic because I am currently in an American Sign Language class and my professor is deaf, and it got my thinking about any struggles the deaf community encounters. I plan on relating this to the circumstances we as a world are facing. I am also going to discuss the difficulties the deaf community faces in a day to day life.

To help develop my paper, I have five research questions. Those being: How is higher education different for those who are deaf or hearing impaired compared to those who are hearing? What are different causations of becoming deaf? (different levels of deafness) How hard is it to get a stable job as a deaf person? What are strategies to teach hearing individuals American Sign Language? Why is it easier to learn ASL from a deaf individual?

Before answering my research questions, I want to mention common misconceptions within the deaf community. One of the biggest misconceptions is that American Sign Language is an easy language to learn. Most people believe that if you learn a few signs that you will be okay. That mindset is the reason people don’t take ASL seriously. It is just as difficult as learning a second language. “Learning ASL as a second language may be natural for a few students, extremely difficult for a few, and somewhere between fairly not-so-hard and some difficult for the rest of the students. It is a typical curve” Jolanta Lapiak from Handspeak discusses how challenging it is to learn ASL in the article,  How   challenging is it to master American Sign Language?   Lapiak breaks down the difficulty of learning a language into categories. The categories are from The Foreign Service Institute (FSI) of the U.S. Department of State and they break the languages down based on how many hours you need to practice being “fluent” in a certain language. While ASL is not on this list, some argue that ASL should be in Category II. Category II requires about 30 weeks of practice or 750 hours and is the equivalent to learning German. Others argue that ASL is Category IV. Category IV requires about 44 weeks of practice or 1100 hours. ASL is constantly gaining new signs which makes it difficult to learn quickly.

Another common misconception for ASL is that it is universal. While some signs are the same, like numbers, others like the alphabet are different. ASL is not universal even within the United States. My ASL professor, Mary Mougey, told my class that signs in Ohio are different in California. Signs are different because of slang and geographic regions. Those who learn in different locations may learn signs differently than other people learning in another region. For example, the alphabet in British Sign Language is completely different than the alphabet in ASL. Finally, ASL has their own syntax. Syntax is the set of rules on how to structure a sentence. For English, sentences are typically structured by the order subject, verb, and object. ASL syntax follows TLSOV? which is time, location, subject, object, verb, and question words. For example, a sentence in English syntax would be “My family goes to the lake in New York for vacation every summer.” ASL syntax would change the sentence to, “Every summer lake in New York my family goes.” While it is confusing to learn at first, this helps the deaf community understand the sentences easier.

An additional misconception is that deaf people can’t speak. While it is true for some, others chose to not speak because of their “deaf accent.” When you first learn to talk and learn new words, you are aware of what you sound like and if you are saying something correctly or not. However, since the deaf cannot hear themselves, that is where the deaf accent comes in. Most deaf people chose not to speak because they don’t want a hearing person think, they are weird or sound funny. Depending on what age the person went deaf is the reason why people have a deaf accent. Someone who became deaf or hard-of-hearing may have learned how to speak and was hearing for years. Those we are born deaf don’t know how to say things correctly, which causes the accent.

There are quite a few academic fields that are involved with the deaf community, one being interpreters. Interpreters are people who know sign and can sign what someone is saying to a deaf person. ASL interpreters require a bachelors’ degree in ASL, have experience in the field, understand and are fluent in another language, most commonly English, and ASL. The demand for interpreters has been on the rise since 2012 and is projected to rise over 19 percent between years 2018 to 2028. The deaf has been more openly included in society for the past few years, which explains the job rise (U.S. Bureau of Labor).

Typically, interpreters are hearing; however, there are some interpreters that are deaf. For example, the governor of Ohio, Mike Dewine, has an interpreter during the COVID-19 briefings and her name is Maria Berkowitz. She is deaf and has someone who is hearing sign to her in English syntax. In an interview with WBNS, a news station located in Columbus, Ohio, Berkowitz explains how she interprets during the COVID-19 briefings. Berkowitz says that she has two interpreters at the briefings, one to sign to her, and another to make sure she is signing correctly (Tegna). Berkowitz also talks about the importance of facial expressions while signing saying, to convey an important message to the deaf, you must use facial expressions to express the importance of things (Tegna).

Another academic field that is interested in the deaf community is teachers. Teachers are there to help students with anything. However, special education teachers have specialized in how to help those who are lacking something. Usually within a special education classroom, there are students who have behavioral issues, attention issues, or they have a disability that requires them to need some help. There are teachers who are there to help hearing impaired students. Those teachers have certain specifications they must meet to become a teacher for the deaf. They must have a bachelor’s degree along with at least two years of experience working with deaf students in a learning setting. Some schools and jobs require their teachers to have a master’s degree but that is special for certain schools.

During COVID-19, the deaf community has been faced many more problems than most people realize. Due to the implication of masks, the deaf struggles to communicate with those who don’t know sign language. Many deaf people rely on lip-reading but the masks inhibit that. While most news stations have an interpreter during COVID-19 briefings, smaller stations are struggling. News stations are also trying to have closed captions for the deaf; however, sometimes the captions aren’t correct. Even at the White House, there has not been an interpreter at those briefings, even though many advocates for the deaf community have requested one. This time is extremely difficult for everyone but more so for those who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, and deafblind.

Moving into my research questions, the first one is asking about higher education and how it is different for hearing individuals. Firstly, the deaf have their own colleges. One of the most popular is Gallaudet University located in Washington D.C. Gallaudet was founded in 1864 by Edward Miner and is open to those who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing individuals. Gallaudet is more popular because it was one of the first colleges for the deaf. It was also the first place American Sign Language was recognized as an actual language (Gallaudet). Gallaudet also offers free ASL classes to help spread awareness. Another college that has had a big impact on the deaf community is Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf in Rochester in New York. NTID was founded in 1829 by Peter Peterson Hall. Rochester, New York is the most populated place of deaf people. About six out of ten people in Rochester are deaf. When the British settlers were travelling from Kent, England to the US, typically the first piece of land the pilgrims were going to hit was by Martha’s Vineyard and Cape Cod. Until about 1954, about 200 years, there was a close deaf community living on Cape Cod. They had families and everyone who lived in their community knew sign, even hearing individuals. Unfortunately, their dialect was never recorded and the last person to die was in 1954.

Before these colleges were established, the deaf community was believed to be dumb. People back then assumed that if you couldn’t hear that you were automatically stupid. While this is obviously absurd and completely wrong, the deaf couldn’t do much. Throughout their schooling, teachers would force the deaf to sit on their hands so they wouldn’t sign. Sign language was almost outlawed in 1880. It was uncommon for the deaf to get degrees. Most deaf or hard-of-hearing people have about a tenth-grade reading level. Going to college was difficult because of their reading level. It was very uncommon for the deaf to go to college and get a degree because of their reading level. The deaf community has been more welcomed this past decade than any time before. With the opening of Gallaudet University and Rochester’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf, the deaf finally have a place to fit in.

To answer my second research question about different causations and levels of deafness, I found an explanation on different causes of deafness. Some deafness is caused by sickness, while some is caused by birth defects. There are three different types of hearing loss which include conductive hearing loss, sensorineural hearing loss, and mixed hearing loss. Conductive hearing loss is the lowest level of hearing loss and is typically caused by a buildup of ear wax. Sensorineural hearing loss is most caused by damaged hair cells within the cochlea, which is in the inner ear. Mixed hearing loss is a combination of both conductive hearing loss and sensorineural hearing loss. In addition to the three different types of hearing loss there is also four levels of deafness. The first is mild deafness or mild hearing impairment. If a person experiences this level of deafness, they can only detect between 25 and 29 decibels. The person could find it hard to understand the words other people say, especially if there is a lot of background noise. The next level is moderate deafness or moderate hearing impairment. This person can only detect sounds between 40 and 69 decibels. For this person, it may be hard to follow a conversation without a hearing aid. The third level is severe deafness. This person can only hear sounds 70 to 89 decibels. People who are severely deaf must lip-read or use sign language to have conversations. Finally, the last level is profound deafness. Anyone who cannot hear a sound below 90 decibels falls into this last level. To put all this information into perspective, a normal person with no hearing issues can hear anything between 0 to 20 decibels (Felman).

In the article, “Parental strategies used in communication with their Deaf infants”, the authors Willie Beatrijs, Van Lierde Kristiane, and Van Herreweghe Mieke, begin to describe what will happen during the article. First, they start off by describing their recorded interactions between parents and Deaf children. All children which were used throughout the study were under the age of three. They also included Deaf and hearing parents to see the difference between the interaction and communication taking place. Moving forward, the authors introduce the background information. It was found that most children do not get screened for any hearing deficiencies and most children who are Deaf, grow up in a home where both parents are hearing (166).  However, in Flanders, where this observation took place, an agency began to systematically screen all newborns for hearing loss. This occurred in 1998 and has since gotten the ball rolling on parents to start getting audio tests while their children are young. It has been shown that the younger the hearing loss is detected, the chances of having a positive outcome increase (Beatrijs, et al.166).  After parents or caregivers find out if their child has hearing loss, they tend to investigate cochlear implants and get the procedure for their child. Authors then discuss how a child’s successful communication is often related to their development of visual attention. The results from the study find that Deaf parents engage with their children with visuals. Deaf parents tend to rely on a combination of “implicit” and “tactile” strategies more than oral strategies. While incorporating implicit and tactile strategies this helps the parents become a Deaf role model for their Deaf children (176). Almost all schools offer hearing tests from kindergarten and do them once a year. Parents typically don’t get their child’s hearing tested at a young age unless they notice something is wrong.

Finding and obtaining a job is not an easy task for most people, but for those who have any disabilities, it is even harder. Deaf or hard-of-hearing people may experience discrimination before or even after they get a job. While there are legal rights to protect those who disabilities, it doesn’t always stop those from being discriminatory. According to the National Deaf Center, about 48% of deaf individuals are employed, leaving 47% not in the labor force and 4.6% are unemployed. In 2017, only 53.3% of deaf people between the ages 25 and 64 were employed. Comparing this to hearing individuals 75.8% were employed, which leaves about a 22% gap. Employment and pay gaps increase based from race, ethnicity, gender, and disability (National Deaf Center). About 42.9% of the deaf opt out for working, more than double of hearing individuals. While the low labor force is not due to the lack of interest, but it is because of the lack of options. The deaf are often hired for jobs that don’t have much development or advancement. Deaf people get burned out from facing so many barriers (National Deaf Center).

In the article, “Hearing Managers of Deaf Workers: A Phenomenological Investigation in the Restaurant Industry,” the main idea is hearing impaired people in the workplace. Authors Hayley Stokar and John Orwat begin their article with a brief overview of Deaf people struggling to fit in the workplace. Up front they bring in statistics backing up their topic saying that limits within the workplace reflect on Deaf employment rates. People who are hearing have an employment rate that is 26.5% larger than those who are a part of the Deaf community (14). This comparison alone shows people with hearing loss struggle to get a job due to them being Deaf. And while the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans With Disabilities Act are there to prevent any discrimination against the Deaf, it doesn’t guarantee them a job where they feel accepted. Stokar and Orwat conducted a study that had research questions that investigated the issues of “accommodation and integration” within the workplace (15). They had four research questions to better understand the accommodations that were being made for Deaf employees. The study included two subgroups, hearing managers and Deaf employees. After asking the four questions, they proceeded to have interviews with six hearing managers and six deaf employees. All the managers possessed the same qualities which included working as a supervisor in a high- volume restaurant, physically and culturally identified as hearing, had a direct contact with a deaf worker, and lacked information on ASL. Looking at the analysis of the entire study, most managers had a lack of knowledge of the ADA accommodations. Even with the ADA, most employers don’t know the special requirements the deaf community requires.

For my last two research questions, I interviewed my American Sign Language professor, Mary Mougey. Mary is deaf and has taught ASL and other deaf classes at Cleveland State University for a few years now. During the interview I asked her what her strategies are to teach hearing people sign language and why is it better to learn sign language from someone who is a part of the deaf community. People often walk into ASL and believe it’ll be easy, Mougey says that when a student believes that she knows they will be surprised. Mougey said after about four classes people begin to fully understand that there is more than just learning a few signs. One thing Mougey witnesses firsthand while teaching ASL to hearing students is the level of frustration. Mougey stresses to all her classes that it is okay if you forget a sign. It is extremely difficult. She says that with encouraging words, she lets her students know that they won’t learn everything in five months, and that is okay.

When asked why it is better to learn ASL from someone who is deaf, Mary Mougey says it is because it is their first language. They have firsthand experience using it. She says that for those who are born deaf, they are immersed immediately into the culture of sign. When learning sign, you are also taught about the history of it, which was discussed in the paragraph that answers question one. People tend to have a better appreciation and awareness for the deaf community when learning American Sign Language from someone who is deaf.

To conclude, communication within the Deaf community is significantly more difficult than communication in the hearing community. Communicating in a society with predominately hearing people is often difficult for hearing impaired persons. Deaf and hard-of-hearing people depend on facial expressions and body language to help them convey and understand a conversation. During a time with a global pandemic happening, communication for the deaf has become more difficult especially with the implication of face masks. While society has been more accepting of people with disabilities, people still don’t know how to accommodate the Deaf.  With the opening of deaf colleges, the deaf have a place to fit in.  Interpreters have become more popular and I believe the effect of COVID-19 will cause the job rise to increase more than it already has.  Disabilities have become normalized and I hope people understand that they are just the same as us “normal” people.

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Deaf culture: what is it, history, aspects, examples & facts

First things first: there is a big difference between the medical and cultural definition of deafness . From the medical point of view, it is a disability caused by hearing loss, which can happen at any moment in life. Now, from the cultural perspective, it is a different way to experience life not based on sounds. Usually, these two concepts are differentiated between people who are deaf (medically) and Deaf (culturally).

Today, 13% of the United States’ population are deaf or hearing impaired. However, not all of them identify with the deaf culture. Do you want to know why? Then follow along this article!

What is deaf culture?

As a linguistic minority, deaf people share many similar life experiences, which manifests into the deaf culture. According to the World Federation of the Deaf, it includes “ beliefs, attitudes, history, norms, values, literary traditions and art shared by those who are Deaf”. Also, probably the main aspect of deaf culture is the use of Sign Language as the main form of communication .

Deaf culture has many of its roots in the educational background of the community , because that is where Sign Languages usually originated and are more broadly assimilated. On top of that, many individuals are introduced to the deaf culture when joining schools for the Deaf , since most of them are born into hearing families.

Another important aspect of deaf culture is the idea of deaf gain . It goes against the medical term ‘hearing loss’, focusing on all the positive experiences acquired with deafness instead of the sense of hearing that isn’t present. 

In summary, deafness is not something that needs to be fixed, it is just a different way to experience life, rooted in a visual world.

History of deaf culture

The term ‘deaf culture’ was first introduced by Carl G. Croneberg to discuss the similarities between deaf and hearing cultures, in the 1965 Dictionary of American Sign Language.

However, the key event in history that strengthened deaf culture was the 1988 Deaf President Now movement at Gallaudet University . A huge protest erupted at the time when a hearing person was chosen to be the 7th president of the institution, while running against two other deaf professionals. After days of protesting and students having taken over the campus, the hearing candidate resigned and Dr. I. King Jordan, a deaf professor, was appointed the new president. 

The movement received international media attention and is now known as the deaf community’s seminal civil rights accomplishment. It is important to highlight that Gallaudet is an important icon for deaf culture, being the only liberal arts college for deaf students in the world. 

What is unique about deaf culture?

Every culture is unique on its own and has its characteristic traits. For deaf culture it is not different.

As we have said before, Sign Language is deeply valued , alongside a reliance on eyesight, that supports a visual lifestyle. Also, people from the deaf community develop deep connections with each other, creating a very powerful nationwide network . Another important aspect is the use of technology to overcome communication barriers , which we will talk more about later on. 

As any other culture, it also has strong cultural traditions in its organizations, such as deaf clubs, schools and religious institutions. It also developed its specific norms and behaviors, like a communication etiquette , which we will explore further along.

What are the five aspects of deaf culture?

There are some key aspects that represent deaf culture, let’s dive deeper into them:

• Language: the use of Sign Language , which we have said before, and will continue to say it. It is important to know that Sign Languages have their own structural and grammatical composition and rules. They are not just a signed translated version of the country’s oral language.
• Values: it is essential to preserve Sign Language literature, heritage and other forms of arts and legacies. Alongside that, clear communication is very much valued as well.
• Traditions: stories from other deaf generations, shared experiences and participating in important events for the community.
• Norms: communication etiquette is a must. You have to know about the importance of eye contact, how to communicate and get people’s attention properly. For example, when trying to call for someone, instead of shouting their name, try tapping on their shoulder or delicately turning the lights on and off. 
• Identity: accepting and recognizing one self as part of this community, participating and being proud of its culture and heritage.

Do all deaf people identify with the deaf culture?

No. Identifying with deaf culture is very much linked to being a part of the deaf community , which we will explain better in a moment. It relates to how someone identifies themselves in terms of hearing loss and communicating in Sign Language. However, everyone is their own person, so it depends on their personal experiences and personalities. 

Also, deaf people have different trajectories, and some are only introduced to deaf culture at a later point in their lives. Some are exposed to it from early childhood and family environments, others are acquainted with it in schools for the deaf, and some can even be introduced to it in college or even later.

This happens because deaf individuals usually don’t acquire their cultural identities from their hearing parents, making them even feel more identified with peers from the deaf community rather than their own families, due to communication barriers. 

What are examples of deaf culture?

Deaf culture can vary depending on the community’s country of origin or intersection with other cultures. However, some aspects tend to stay the same everywhere. These can become great examples of deaf culture, such as collectivism, use of Sign Language and a direct and blunt way to communicate.

What does CODA mean in the deaf culture?

This acronym stands for the Child of Deaf Adults . It represents all hearing people with a deaf mother or father, or even both ! CODAs are usually part of the deaf community. Even though they are hearing people, they embody deaf culture and are huge activists for the deaf cause. 

Do all deaf people have deaf parents?

No! Actually, it is estimated that only 10% of deaf people are born into deaf families . The remaining 90% come from hearing families, who usually have a harder time trying to adapt to the hearing culture and are only introduced to deaf culture later in life.

What is the deaf community?

There are different deaf communities around the world, but all of them are composed by a group of people that share the same Sign Language , heritage and value of the deaf culture .

Being part of this community is a personal choice, usually correlated with someone’s own sense of identity as deaf person, not depending solely on their hearing level. There are also some hearing people that belong to it, such as CODAs and Sign Language interpreters. Although they participate in it, they will never be at the core of the deaf community.

The deaf community supports and promotes social interaction for deaf individuals, who normally feel frustrated and left out of the hearing world. Therefore, culturally identifying as deaf and being involved in the community can contribute to better self-esteem for them.

What are examples of the deaf community?

Deaf culture is not homogenous and set in stone. There are different deaf communities around the world that have different cultural norms. For example, they speak different Sign Languages .

Belonging to the deaf culture intersects with other cultural backgrounds, such as nationality, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, class, education and other identity markers. This results in a tremendously diverse community, with different institutional landmarks. Let’s learn more about some of them:

Deaf African-American institutions

Established in 1982, the National Black Deaf Advocates is a cultural institution focused on ensuring the health and welfare of black deaf people. They work towards promoting social equality , leadership development, economic and educational opportunities for members of the community.

On top of that, deaf black people have also developed their own Sign Language, know as Black ASL .

Deaf LGBTQIAP+ institutions

There are two main organizations that support deaf members of the LGBTQIAP+ community in America nowadays: the Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf (RAD) and the Deaf Queer Resource Center (DQRC) . They are both nonprofit institutions, from 1977 and 1995 respectively, that aim to promote educational, economical and social welfare for this intersectional community. They organize support groups and workshops to increase visibility and protect their history.

Deaf religious institutions

There are various religious institutions for the deaf from multiple religions, such as churches and synagogues. In all of them, the main form of communication is Sign Language. As well as other deaf organizations, they promote inclusion, being an accessible and safe place for practicing your faith.

Deaf women’s institutions

There are many organizations throughout the United States that focus on supporting deaf women. The main one is Deaf Women United , which has 15 chapters spread throughout the country. Their mission is to empower these women, promoting networking and enrichment.

Also, there are some institutions specialized in breast cancer support for deaf and hearing impaired women, such as the Pink Wings of Hope .

What is the importance of technology for the deaf culture?

Assistive technology can allow people that are a part of the deaf community to have more autonomy and independence in life . It is not about “fixing” their disability and lack of hearing, but about giving them the necessary tools to participate in society with a better standard of equality.

The main types of assistive technology used by deaf people are cochlear implants, Sign Language translators, closed captions, subtitles and video relay services . Also, technology that helps people in their daily lives must also be adapted for those with hearing disabilities. For example, alarm clocks can provide visual stimulation instead of relying solely on sound and light flashes connected to doorbells.

With that being said, there are still some people who oppose the use of technology, especially cochlear implants, within the deaf culture. They claim that it threatens the deaf culture, while dictating that the hearing world is better .

There is still a lot of discrimination towards deaf people and their culture, caused mainly by lack of knowledge, harmful stereotypes and negative attitudes regarding deafness. 

We should not need to absorb and obligate deaf people to fall in line with the hearing culture, imposing on them what is easiest for society as it is. What we do need to do is to have societal reforms, with the help of public and private organizations, so deaf people feel more integrated. Anyone can do this, and you can start by learning Sign Languages with the Hand Talk App !

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An argumentative essay on the importance of sign language education in schools could start with: "The inclusion of sign language as a fundamental part of education is crucial for the academic and social development of Deaf students. As a visual and expressive form of communication, sign language provides unique benefits that enhance learning and social interaction."

For the same topic, the could be: "The integration of sign language education in schools is not only a matter of accessibility, but also a means of promoting diversity and understanding among students. It is imperative that educational institutions recognize the value of sign language and its impact on the Deaf community, and take steps to incorporate it into their curriculum."

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Deaf Culture Deaf President Now! "Deaf President Now!" summarized the student protests of March 1998, of the appointment the 7th hearing President of Gallaudet University. This video was very moving; it showed students fervently campaigning for the removal of the newly appointed hearing President of Gallaudet University Mrs. Zinser. The Gallaudet community felt it was time to have a deaf President. The protest spanned nearly a week, there were no classes held as students took to the streets to protest the appointment Zinser. The Gallaudet community even went so far as to create mock dolls of Zinser and burn them in the streets. I doubt they wanted her dead but that was just how strongly they felt about her removal and the placement of a deaf person as President of the school. I wasn't shocked when the Board gave in to the students' demands. Zinser finally resigned making way for a deaf man….

What similar documentaries/films today address this same issue? Have deaf people finally found their voice in society? Or, has there been no progress?

How has the hearing world made advances to be more inclusive? How, as a hearing person ensure that am I doing my part to create an inclusive environment?

I was able to locate a very similar film to "See What I Say," it is called "See What I'm Saying: Deaf Entertainers Documentary." It is a modern twist on the 1981 movie, "See What I Say." Even though the movies aren't related, "See What I'm Saying" follows 4 deaf entertainers for one year. It chronicles not only their professional lives but their personal lives as well. From watching the clips, it would appear that the Deaf Culture has made progress in the last 30 or so years, but there still remains much work to be done. Being deaf remains to be a communications barrier but the good news is opportunity has increased for those who are deaf giving them the chance to do things that just a few years ago would have been deemed impossible.

Deaf Cultures and Communities Many

These churches include the Pilgrim Lutheran Church of the Deaf, International Deaf Mission, Los Angeles Deaf Church., Holy Angeles Catholic Church of the Deaf and the Grace Bible Church of the Deaf, to mention a few. There is also a presence of the Jewish deaf community. hen it comes to education, the Los Angeles area has a sizable program at the California State University Northridge with a National Center on Deafness. As a region, California has several schools for the deaf with both oral and signing or total communication. There is also a program for the deaf and hard of hearing program in the Los Angeles Unified School District. All these factors make Los Angeles and California as a whole a "deaf friendly" region for the deaf communities in it. American Athletic Association of the Deaf According to the USADSF, in 1945, the Akron Club of the Deaf in Ohio sponsored….

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"About CAD." California Association of the Deaf. 2007. 26 Apr. 2010.

Special Education Deaf Culture Deaf

Deaf individuality itself is highly valued in the Deaf community. Members seem to concur that hearing people can never completely obtain that identity and become an experienced member of the deaf community. Even with deaf parents and a native grasp of ASL the hearing person will have missed the familiarity of growing up deaf, including residential school. For a lot of members of the deaf community, speech and thinking like a hearing person are pessimistically valued in Deaf Culture (What is Deaf Culture, 2011). esidential schools provide a very important link in the communication of Deaf Culture and Language. Children here are capable to communicate in a language willingly understood by each other. Deaf children are capable to partake in social clubs, sports and appreciably enough, to be around deaf role models. It is important for deaf children to be hopeful to further their education and to learn that deafness does….

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There is "evidence that deaf children benefit from early exposure to sign language points to the need for in-depth sign language training for parents and other caregivers, with special attention to underserved populations such as those in rural areas," (Marschuck 2001 p 9). Parents should not rely on external schools at later developmental stages, when the damage to the child's cognitive and linguistic abilities could have already been done. Chomsky's Developmental Theory In order to better understand how this issue is such a problem for the population of deaf children born to hearing parents, it is important to explore relevant theoretical models of language acquisition. According to Noam Chomsky's theory of language development, children have an innate ability to learn any form of human communication (Macaulay 2006). We as human beings are essentially hard-wired to learn language skills and concepts. Here, the research states that "human beings are born with an innate….

Anisfield, Moshe. (1985). Language Development from Birth to Three. Psychology Press.

Goldin-Meadow, Susan & Mylander, Carolyn. (1998). Spontaneous sign systems created by deaf children in two cultures. Nature, 391(15), 279-282.

Macaulay, Ronald K.S. (2006). The Social Art: Language and Its Uses. Oxford University Press.

Malloy, Tiara V. (2003). Sign language use for deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing babies: The evidence supports it. American Society for Deaf Children. Web.  http://www.deafchildren.org/resources/49_Sign%20Language%20Use.pdf

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Sign of Respect In this video, the basic message is that as new signers we should act with the same level of respect that we use with the hearing, that is, if we do not understand, express this honestly. Certainly, just as in the scene where someone such as Amy do not understand, answer b should always be our answer. However, beyond just expressing understanding or lack thereof as a sin of respect (or disrespect) to a deaf person is not enough. e must use this as a template for all of our interactions with the deaf community. Just as we would like the Golden Rule and the benefit of the doubt applied to us, we need to give the same consideration first so that we deserve to have it from the deaf. If we treat the hearing impaired as if they are not aware, what does this say about ourselves and our….

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Deaf culture has become fairly well established in academia and to a lesser degree in mainstream public consciousness. However, Holly Elliot offers a unique perspective on Deaf culture and identity in Teach Me To Love Myself. Elliot begins her narrative by sharing her experience as a bicultural person: someone who had straddled the worlds of the hearing and of the Deaf. Her biculturalism allows Elliot to build bridges instead of barriers, engendering cross-cultural communication. As such, Teach Me to Love Myself offers a tremendously valuable contribution to the evolving and nuanced discourse on Deaf culture. Elliot had been both hearing and Deaf, but made a conscious decision to “move from the hearing to the Deaf world,” (Kindle Edition). The very notion that Elliot could “move” suggests the notion of the liminal in Deaf identity as well as a conflict between the different worlds in which a Deaf individual resides. Elliot’s description….

Deaf There Has Been a Dearth of

Deaf There has been a dearth of literature on the training and development of deaf and hard of hearing employees. This research attempts to highlight gaps in the research and suggest methods of improving deaf awareness in the fields of human resources and organizational development. The Americans With Disabilities Act requires all organizations to make reasonable accommodations to the workplace environment, policy, and procedure for deaf and hard of hearing employees. This applies to employee training and development as well as daily functionality on the job. Because six to nine percent of the population identifies as deaf or hard of hearing, it is critical for organizations to adapt their training and employee development programs to attract and retain deaf employees (Hersh, 2012). To create effective training and development programs, it is important that human resources managers and staff understand best practices in adapting the workplace and making accommodations. The adaptation of all….

Haynes, S. & Linden, M. (2012). Workplace accommodations and unmet needs specific to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. Disability and Rehabilitation 7(5), 408-415.

Hersh, M. (2012). Deaf people in the workplace. Chapter 10 in Lessons on Profiting from Diversity. Moss, G. (Ed.). Palgrave MacMillan.

National Consortium of Interpreter Education Centers (2009). The case for deaf self-advocacy training. Retrieved online:  http://www.interpretereducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/TheCaseforDeafSelf-AdvocacyTraining-2.pdf 

National Association of the Deaf Law and Advocacy Center (n.d.). Reasonable Accommodations for Deaf Employees Under the Americans With Disabilities Act. Retrieved online: https://www.wvdhhr.org/wvcdhh/directories/07TOC/ReasonAccomDeafEmp.pdf

Deaf Marlee Matlin Is One

Sign language has become a politically charged issue in the deaf community: a means to create a cohesive social group. For the same reason that cochlear implants are viewed as controversial, speaking is occasionally viewed as selling out. atlin's move did not deter her, however. With moral support from Whoopie Goldberg, atlin maintained her identity as a proud member of the deaf community while still being willing to express herself in whatever way she pleased. atlin is married to a police officer and has four children. She still works as an actor and views herself not as a deaf person who happens to be an actor but the reverse: as an actor who happens to be deaf (Putz 2005). Her level of comfort with the mainstream hearing society is far from threatening to the cohesiveness of the deaf community. atlin can also be a role model for any aspiring actor….

Matlin would not seem to be a controversial figure but she has been. Reading about Matlin reminded me of how politically charged deafness and deaf culture have become. Speech and cochlear implants can be viewed as bridges between deaf individuals and the world around them, as a means to solidify membership in the deaf community, or both. Matlin shows that deafness is not a hindrance to success; only doubt can prevent the fulfillment of a dream. What Matlin also shows is that deaf individuals are just that: individuals. The deaf community is no more monolithic than the Jewish community or the Latino community. Each person must decide for himself or herself whether or not to embrace speech.

Most likely, Matlin was using her voice to express herself fully. Her decision was a courageous and admirable one, because deaf children and also adults sometimes feel ashamed to use their speaking voice. The voice can be a more shocking reminder of the barriers between deaf and hearing communities. When Matlin was a child her brother humorously referred to her voice as being a foreign accent (Putz 2005). Vocal expression does not need to be perceived as a negative for deaf people. Those who choose to use their voice are not subverting the deaf community. In some ways, those who elect to speak are enhancing the diversity of the deaf community. Being proud of a minority voice is one of the strongest affirmations a deaf person can make. Matlin shows that deaf individuals can remain deeply involved with their communities: actively encouraging deaf children to pursue their dreams and preserving the integrity of the deaf community by encouraging multiple means of solidarity.

Putz, K. (2005). Marlee Matlin What my parents understood. Hands and Voices. Retrieved Mar 9, 2009 at  http://www.handsandvoices.org/articles/fam_perspectives/mmV81.htm

Deaf the 2008 Television Movie Sweet Nothing

Deaf The 2008 television movie Sweet Nothing in My Ear presents the controversy over cochlear implants in a sensitive, albeit heart-wrenching, way. Whether or not Adam receives the implant, he will be a loved child and will grow into a healthy, robust adult with the potential to fulfill his dreams. The question is whether Adam will grow into a Deaf adult or a hearing adult. His mother is Deaf, and so is his grandfather. Adam is therefore already part of the Deaf community, and if he were to not receive the implant, he would seamlessly integrate into that community. With his mother's and grandfather's support and familiarity with Deaf culture, Adam would have no trouble finding ways to thrive without hearing. On the other hand, Adam's father is a hearing person. Because Adam gradually loses his hearing, he has already had one foot in the hearing world. Adam is therefore caught….

Technology for the Deaf There

188). Closed Captioning/CAT -- Closed captioning provides an ongoing written transcription of movies, television, and/or stage productions. With new technology, Closed Captioning has moved into Communication Access eal-Tim Translation, or CAT. CAT transcribes spoken words into printed text onto a screen or computer, and is much more interactive and used for not only entertainment, but court or other official meeting presentations (Nomeland, pp. 180-1). Alert Systems -- Are relatively low-tech; flashing lights when the doorbell rings, vibrating pillows if there is a smoke or burglar alarm, etc. Most of these technologies have been supplanted by more sophisticated applications on smart phones (Nomeland, p. 187). Internal devices are medically oriented implants that either amplifies sound in those who have a hearing disability or replace some of the inner ear mechanisms to allow the deaf person to actually "hear" sounds. These are becoming more and more sophisticated, some even with computer "smart" chips to….

The Cochlear Implant Controversy. (February 11, 2009). CBS News Sunday Morning.

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Univeristy Press, New York.

Technology for the Deaf His

Three years later, the company improved its picture clarity and introduced the "emotional intonation" feature, considered important components of visual language. ut at present, only 10% of the deaf and hard-of-hearing know about VRS. The Internal Revenue Service refuses to accept VRS calls. And VRS can be performed only with high-speed internet access. ut companies, like Sorenson, provide videophones for free. Those who have no high-speed internet access or a videophone may use IPP relay. It is similar to the outdated TTY but performs faster and more smoothly. The deaf user types his message on a computer. For the working deaf who need to use the telephone, Able Planet launched the wireless device. This is a telephone and a hands-free set for a cell phone to address these difficulties in the use of a telephone. The technology enables wireless communication with a telecoil in hearing aids. At the same time,….

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Deaf Population's Stand on Cochlear

Sign language is one of the most important elements of deaf communication, and losing this element frightens and outrages some members of the deaf community. In addition, many deaf people feel that the rehabilitation necessary after implant surgery is often neglected or not budgeted for, and so, it is not managed effectively, and the implants are not used to their full potential. In addition, the implants do not miraculously cure deafness, what implanted patients experience is a reduced and altered sense of sounds and speech at best. Some patients have described the voice as "robotic," and the device will never allow people to hear the same way that a non-deaf person hears. This is another reason the deaf community is against the implants. They believe they make a deaf person even more "handicapped," to put it one way, because they do not fit in either world. They cannot hear the….

Blamey, Peter J. "17 Development of Spoken Language by Deaf Children." Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies, Language, and Education. Ed. Marc Marschark and Patricia Elizabeth Spencer. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. 232-246.

Glickman, Neil S., and Sanjay Gulati, eds. Mental Health Care of Deaf People: A Culturally Affirmative Approach. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003.

Harkins, Judith E., and Matthew Bakke. "29 Status and Trends." Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies, Language, and Education. Ed. Marc Marschark and Patricia Elizabeth Spencer. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. 406-419.

Harvey, Michael a. "9 Does God Have a Cochlear Implant?." Mental Health Care of Deaf People: A Culturally Affirmative Approach. Ed. Neil S. Glickman and Sanjay Gulati. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003. 327-346.

Journey Into the Deaf-World This Book Looks

Journey into the Deaf-World his book looks at the Deaf-World culture in depth. In the process, the authors consider many practical, legal, educational, medical and social issues facing those in the Deaf-World. While the book covers many technical issues in detail, the underpinning for all of it is that the Deaf-World is its own unique culture with its own unique language, and is every bit as much of a subculture as it is to be African-American or some branch of Hispanic. he authors work hard to establish the Deaf-World as a legitimate subculture. hey point out that although most minority groups can point to a geographic location they're from, the Deaf-World is bound by language and experience but not geography. So while Mexican-Americans can point to Mexico on the map, those of the Deaf-World cannot do that. hroughout the course of the book, the authors demonstrate that often the beliefs of people….

The people of the Deaf-World recognize that their own culture is rich and vibrant with meaning. They recognize sign language, specifically ASL, as the fabric binding them together. They also know, both from personal experience and from looking at the research, that sign language from an early age will give their children their best chance to learn well and to be successful educationally. Rather than having the educational system try to force their deaf children to function as if they were not deaf, the great majority of the Deaf-World want to be accepted as they are. They don't want their deafness viewed as something requiring medical intervention, and they want to see educational and other institutions work with them to help them be the best they can be as they are, instead of trying to change them to conform to the standards set by non-deaf society.

Harlan, Hoffmeister, and Bahan have written a detailed report of the philosophy, society and needs of the Deaf-World, including pertinent research to support important points. While their book presents a specific view and doesn't pretend to present a balanced view of both sides of important issues, they do explain the other side as perceived by the Deaf-World, and put forth persuasive arguments for their opinions. Every professional and specialist who works with the Deaf-World population in any way should read this eye-opening book.

Lane, Harlan, Hoffmeister, Robert, and Bahan, Ben. A Journey into the Deaf-World. San Diego: DawnSignPress. 1996.

Funding Deaf People Are Rightfully

Another means for supporting and financing the education of deaf people is through the promotion of a financial package meant to improve the resources available to special schools and teachers. In this sense, schools in Great Britain for instance receive special funds for training their teachers to reach British Sign Language level 3 (Scottish Council on Deafness, n.d.), to become more aware of the special needs such persons have in the society and the academic environment. At the same time, the recruitment of already trained personal is fully funded in order to have the best teachers available for these special schools. In theory, these projects are worth mentioning and offer a positive perspective on the issues concerning deaf people. However, not all children or grownups can benefit from such funding possibilities. In the education area, there are only specialized agencies which commit their funds to providing financial support to special schools….

National Foundation for the Deaf - Deaf Education Scholarship. (2006). New Zeeland Culture Online. Retrieved 18 Jan. 2008, at  http://www.nzlive.com/en/funding/800437/B 

Scottish Council on Deafness. (n.d.) Education and training. Access to communication and language, audiology, employment, health, social work and social care. Retrieved 18 Jan, at http://www.scod.org.uk/pdf/Manifesto2007.pdf

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BABIE AND GILS' BODY IMAGE Motherese across Cultures Jack Sprat MOTHEESE ACOSS CULTUES MOTHEESE ACOSS CULTUES Motherese across Cultures Motherese is the universal, infant-directed speech that seems to come to women on instinct when they have a preverbal baby. Some people discourage speaking in "baby talk," because they think that children can't possibly learn good English if they are not spoken to in good English. However, there is a lot of qualitative and quantitative research to suggest that motherese provides an effective bridge between mother and baby for linguistic transfer (TeechConsult's KIDSpad, 2010). Motherese enhances attention using reduplication, the use of special morphemes and phonological modification, and grammatical simplification, helping babies find boundaries between linguistic units. That, though, is not the most interesting thing about motherese. What are most interesting are the similarities and differences of motherese across cultures and linguistic groups. Pitch Contour Comparisons between Chinese and American Mothers Mechthild Papousek, Hanus Papousek, and David Symmes (1991)….

Burnham, D., Kitamura, C., Luksaneeyanwin, S., & Thanavishuth, C. (2001). Universality and specificity in infant-directed speech: pitch modifications as a function of infant age and sex in a tonal and non-tonal language. Infant Behavior and Development, 24(4), 372-392.

McLeod, P.J., Pegg, J.E., & Werker, J.F. (1994). A cross-language investigation of infant preference for infant-directed communication. Infant Behavior and Development, 17(3), 323-333.

Papousek, M., Papousek, H., & Symmes, D. (1991). The meanings of melodies in motherese in tone and stress languages. Infant Behavior and Development, 14(4), 415-440.

Reilly, J.S., & Bellugi, U. (1996). Competition on the face: Affect and language in asl motherese. Journal of Child Language, 23(1), 219-239.

Can you assist me in brainstorming catchy titles for my global sign language club

1. The Importance of Sign Language Clubs 2. Breaking Down Barriers: The Impact of Sign Language Clubs 3. Connecting Communities through Sign Language Clubs 4. The Benefits of Joining a Sign Language Club 5. Sign Language Clubs: Empowering Individuals with Communication Skills 6. Celebrating Diversity: The Role of Sign Language Clubs 7. Sign Language Clubs: Building a More Inclusive Society 8. The Journey of Learning Sign Language in a Club Setting 9. Supporting Deaf Culture through Sign Language Clubs 10. Sign Language Clubs: Promoting Communication and Understanding 11. Unity in Diversity: Joining Hands in Sign Language Clubs 12. Bridging the Gap: Sign Language Clubs for Inclusive Communication 13. Embracing Differences: Sign Language....

Could you offer some ideas for titles for my essay examining Debate between Oralism vs. Manualism

Title I: The Dichotomy of Communication: Oralism versus Manualism in Deaf Education Title II: The Historical Battleground of Deafness: The Clash between Oralism and Manualism Title III: The Sonic and the Tactile: Unveiling the Epistemological Divide between Oralism and Manualism Title IV: Communication at the Crossroads: Oralism, Manualism, and the Deaf Community Title V: The Language of Exclusion: Exploring the Societal Implications of Oralism and Manualism Title VI: The Legacy of Deaf Education: A Comparative Analysis of Oralism and Manualism Title VII: Deaf Identity and Communication: The Symbiotic Relationship between Manualism and Deaf Culture Title VIII: The Pedagogy of Language Acquisition: Oralism versus Manualism and the Impact....

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Deaf Culture Deaf President Now! "Deaf President Now!" summarized the student protests of March 1998, of the appointment the 7th hearing President of Gallaudet University. This video was very moving; it showed…

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Sign language has become a politically charged issue in the deaf community: a means to create a cohesive social group. For the same reason that cochlear implants are…

Deaf The 2008 television movie Sweet Nothing in My Ear presents the controversy over cochlear implants in a sensitive, albeit heart-wrenching, way. Whether or not Adam receives the implant, he…

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188). Closed Captioning/CAT -- Closed captioning provides an ongoing written transcription of movies, television, and/or stage productions. With new technology, Closed Captioning has moved into Communication Access eal-Tim Translation,…

Three years later, the company improved its picture clarity and introduced the "emotional intonation" feature, considered important components of visual language. ut at present, only 10% of the…

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Sign language is one of the most important elements of deaf communication, and losing this element frightens and outrages some members of the deaf community. In addition, many deaf…

Journey into the Deaf-World his book looks at the Deaf-World culture in depth. In the process, the authors consider many practical, legal, educational, medical and social issues facing those…

Another means for supporting and financing the education of deaf people is through the promotion of a financial package meant to improve the resources available to special schools and…

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• 1. Argumentative Essay On Deaf Education In the United States there is a separation that people give to a group of individuals who seem to be out of the norm of what is considered living and being right in this society. People are discriminative to people who are not considered to be the ideal American people, and that is how deaf American are treated in this country. Hearing people without any disabilities have a lot of say so in how a deaf person should be educated in this country, and that is unfair because hearing people are not in the same situation as a deaf person. As the only deaf school in America Gallaudet University gives deaf people the ability to learn on the same plane field as other deaf people and that makes it more suitable for the students to learn. This University deserves a deaf president so they could have a relatable person in a high up position over their school. Gallaudet students are outraged at the fact that a hearing person ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... This led me to have more respect for those who are deaf, because being treated beneath someone else for how you were born is not a good way to be treated in this community. I appreciated the unity the deaf people had to fight for what they believed in, because it showed that no matter what people thought of them they still stayed strong and made their voices heard. This reminded me of how protest for the LGBT community raised their voices to make a change in their community to gain their right to have legalized marriage, and now all states in the United States is granted that privilege. Also, seeing the Black Lives Matter movement that is going on to grant equality in this country for every minority has impacted me to believe that if these movements worked with unity then maybe in the near future there can be equality in this society at ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 2. The Components Of Language Learners The possibly greatest challenge facing individuals with disability is learning to communicate, but what is communication? Communication is the exchange of information and ideas, thoughts and feelings between two or more people interactive in sending and receiving message.It is very important in our job to get through and make the students to have great communication. The 5 interrelated components of language are 1– We have to aware of classroom discourse strategies and routine,and use them consciously to scaffold new vocabulary in a meaningful context. 2– We have to focus on vocabulary building, but to not overwhelm students with new vocabulary list of seven or fewer words should be worked on over relatively long periods. 3– We have to use more visuals as our gold teach. 4–We have to promote peer interactions,tutoring, and cooperative work group. Students who are learning language, whether they are. English language learners or students with disabilities, will benefit from peer models, prompts and supports. 5–We have to teach communicating skills to replace challenging behaviors. The table 10.3 on p.343 is very helpful for us to know about what are overview of communication development of children from 1 month– 12 years. Look like on the age 1–6 months the child with disability do not make pleasure sounds, do not respond to the name do not prefer people to play which is a sign for us to get immediately doctor. On 7–12 months the regular children recognizes some words, ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 3. Mental Disorders: Hearing Voices In The Mind Hearing voices in the mind is the most common type of hallucination in people with mental health conditions such as schizophrenia. The voice can be critical, complementary or neutral, and may make potentially harmful commands or engage the person in conversation. They may give a running commentary on the person's actions. Hearing voices is a well–recognised symptom of schizophrenia, dementia or bipolar disorder, but can be unrelated to mental illness. The experience is usually very distressing, but it's not always negative. Some people who hear voices are able to live with them and get used to them, or may consider them a part of their life. It's not uncommon for recently bereaved people to hear voices, and this may sometimes be the voice of their loved one. 5–13% of adults will hear voices at a certain age in their lives. in circumstances, it may be related to spiritual experiences, bereavement, trauma, sensory deprivation or impairment, as well as mental and ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Still others communicate by writing things down. Since the voices can manifest at any time of day, voice hearers must think of practical solutions to deal with them without alarming colleagues and people around them. Some choose to wear Bluetooth headsets so they can speak aloud in public without causing alarm, while others simply talk into their mobile phones. The Hearing Voices Movement (HVM) originated in a collaboration between the Dutch social psychiatrist Marius Romme, researcher Sandra Escher, and voice–hearer Patsy Hage, in partnership with numerous individuals with lived experience of hearing voices (auditory verbal hallucinations [AVH]) Romme and Escher presented a developmental phase model of coping with voices, they belief that voices are not a symptom of disease but rather a response to troubling life experiences and their treatment method of listening and responding to the voices is remains far outside the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 4. The Baroque And Classical Periods The Baroque and Classical periods are where we see the emergence of renowned composers like Handel, Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart and Beethoven. The music from these famous composers are some of the world's most recognizable and beautiful classics of all time. Music of these eras are still being used in many of today's movies and commercials. Musical characteristics developed from these eras are still used and heard presently in popular music. The art of the Baroque period was very colorful and dramatic, which translated into the music created at the time. The idea of being very expressive and embellishing in detail would lead to the development of opera. Opera is a dramatic play that is acted out through music. In opera, a soloist must be able to act and sing out the mood of the text or libretto. This expressive singing accompanied by a bass line or basso continuo is called monody. This idea of a new texture would feature the distinction between the high voice that carries one melody and the low voice or bass. The accompanying bass line was played by harpsichord with the addition of a bassoon or cello (Wright 6–3a,6–3b). Claudio Monteverdi, who is considered an originator of opera who composed the earliest example of the genre called Orfeo. Based on ancient Greek mythology, which was the initial intention of opera, Orfeo is a drama about the mythical Greek god Orpheus. To rescue his bride Euridice, he goes down to Hades. In the prologue of Orfeo which is "Del mio Permesso amato", the Greek muse La Música sets the stage for the drama. At first hearing La Música sing, her melodic voice captures my ears and attention, like letting me know to "listen up". As was Monteverdi's intention, I can hear how the harmony is the same while the melody changes throughout. The melismatic singing that accentuates certain words emphasize the importance of setting the mood of the opera (Wright, 6– 3c). A great interest in hearing only instrumental music tell the story without text arise. The development of the concerto grosso which is a small unit of soloists against a full orchestra (Wright, 7–4) brought about one of the most popular and recognized concerto pieces, Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in E Major (the "Spring). As one of ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 5. Essay on Deaf President Now Deaf President Now Deaf President Now! All throughout history when an issue or problem presented it's self to a group of individuals. Their voices together would bring about change through toil and determination. However, what if the world couldn't hear your "voice" or understand your language? The degree of effort and work for such a group of people would seem futile. For the students of Gallaudet University, the barrier between the hearing world and the Deaf world could not have stopped them. "On March 6, the decision of the university's Broad of Trustees to name Elisabeth Ann Ziner, a hearing women with no previous knowledge of the deaf community, the university's seventh president." (Van Cleve p.170) Brought ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Of all the candidates who were up for the presidency of the university, only one of them was not deaf. This fact only fueled the fire when candidate was chosen. More or less sending a message into the deaf community that deaf people still seemed to be less capable or qualified as a hearing person. Yet, although DPN was a movement for equality and many other issues, it was a milestone in the Deaf Culture. "Deaf President Now" showed the world that deaf people and the deaf world could be united around a common issues and "fight." Especially one of this importance. "Gallaudet University represents the pinnacle of education for deaf people, not only in the United States but throughout the world." (Van Cleve p.172) Would it not be fitting for a university founded within deaf culture, be headed by one who was a part of that culture? Obviously there is no question. All throughout the entire "Deaf President Now" movement, the message was clear that deaf people have the self–determination and capability as any other hearing person. To watch hundreds of deaf students and supports protest from Gallaudet University to our nation's capital, using American Sign Language as their only medium of communication. Only shows the effect of the "power and intelligence" (Van Cleve p. 173) behind sign language. "With similar unity in the future, they may move into a ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 6. Deaf Culture Deaf Culture In mainstream American society, we tend to approach deafness as a defect. Helen Keller is alleged to have said, "Blindness cuts people off from things; deafness cuts people off from people." (rnib.org) This seems a very accurate description of what Keller's world must have been. We as hearing people tend to pity deaf people, or, if they succeed in the hearing world, admire them for overcoming a severe handicap. We tend to look at signing as an inferior substitute for "real" communication. We assume that all deaf people will try to lip–read and we applaud deaf people who use their voices to show us how far they have come from the grips of their disability. Given this climate, many hearing people are surprised, as I was at ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... ASL also avoids one of the biggest scourges of English: the pronoun problem, the tendency of English speakers to use "he" as a generic singular pronoun representing any unknown person, male or female. However, once a person is mentioned in an ASL conversation, she is given a location in space which represents her for the remainder of the conversation. Different ways of pointing to this location can indicate the number of people who occupy it, and their role in the conversation but not their sex. (aslinfo.com) Because about 90% of Deaf people are born to hearing parents, they absorb their culture from their peers, not their families. Most Deaf children who attend residential schools for the deaf pick up ASL from their classmates. Because of this source of cultural identity, one of the first questions Deaf people ask upon meeting each other is where they went to school and who their teachers were. In this way, the Deaf community can become very close–knit, as each member becomes familiar with residential schools in various regions of the country. Deaf culture also places a great deal of emphasis on physical contact. Hugging is far more common than shaking hands, especially when parting. Deaf good–byes are unusually drawn out and even in passing not taking time to chat for a few minutes is considered rude. The Deaf community easily becomes a second family to many people whose own families are hearing. Like many minority ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 7. Signing The Body Poetic Analysis As mentioned in the book, "Signing the Body Poetic Essays on American Sign Language Literate" by H–Dirksen L. Bauman, Jennifer L. Nelson it specifically mentions visual scream on chapter 10 it states that "visual scream is the visible gesture of a person, an animal, or a thing which could be a combination of images making a loud screeching sound without the sound accompaniment. Visual scream is a form of silent shouting it could be done when someone is fearful, anxious, desperate, erotic or find something to be completely hilarious. Comparing deaf theatre and silent films one common gesture is the visual screams and you use physical demonstrations using the mouth, face, and full body. Therefore, all screams have expression and content. Visual ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... I personally love deaf people and I will always support them and help them in any way possible. Deaf people do make natural sounds when they sign especially when they are emphasizing a point or expressing intense emotions. There are some deaf people who use certain sounds to communicate that are understood perfectly by their friends and family. Aristotle is a Greek philosopher that labeled deaf individuals as being dumb because he believed that they were not able to learn or reason which is completely wrong. Deaf individuals go through a variety of obstacles in their life but they do not give up. Unfortunately, there are hearing people in the world that believe that people who can't speak are not intelligent and don't have much going for them but it is completely wrong because deaf individual are extremely ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 8. Deaf Culture Essay Deaf Culture In mainstream American society, we tend to approach deafness as a defect. Helen Keller is alleged to have said, "Blindness cuts people off from things; deafness cuts people off from people." (rnib.org) This seems a very accurate description of what Keller's world must have been. We as hearing people tend to pity deaf people, or, if they succeed in the hearing world, admire them for overcoming a severe handicap. We tend to look at signing as an inferior substitute for "real" communication. We assume that all deaf people will try to lip–read and we applaud deaf people who use their voices to show us how far they have come from the grips of their disability. Given this climate, many hearing people are surprised, as I was at ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Deaf children are entitled to know that they are heirs to an amazing culture, not a pitiful defect. In order to follow through on that obligation, one of the best things I feel we can do is try to educate other hearing people about the realities of American Sign Language and Deaf culture. Language is one of the most critical aspects of most cultures, and one which sets deafness aside from other defects such as blindness, physical disability, or illness. Sign language is not universal, nor does it always correspond to the spoken language in the same country. For example American Sign Language is native to the United States and Canada. Deaf Canadians might use English, French, or both as a written language. But deaf people in Great Britain, while they may write in English, use a completely different sign language. (nad.org) ASL is essentially the offspring of native new world sign languages and French Sign Language. LSF merged with the indigenous sign languages when it was brought to the United States in 1817 by Laurent Clerc, a Deaf Frenchman who opened the first American school for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut. Grammatically, ASL is far removed from English. One common misconception is that ASL is simply silent English; a means of representing English with the hands. Codes such as this do exist, but they are rough hybrids of English grammar and ASL hand ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 9. Hearinglessness In The Deaf Community and not a cultural demographic in society (Thomson, 2018). The deaf community exists through language and a shared experience of audism. It should be pointed out that there is a difference between deaf community and signing community. Anyone who has experienced profound hearing loss and picks up a mode of sign language, for the purpose of defining community, including any deaf centric focused organization and/or business that makes sign language a primary point of its mission and not so much the inability to hear. Deafness should be reflective of sign language and not of disability. The boundaries of such communities are both global and online. Community exists where language exists. That is to say without visual mediums, you cannot have culture ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 10. Identify and Describe Different Forms of Communication In this essay I am going to identify and describe different forms of communication. I will also be using examples from health and social care sector. Communication is started through the communication cycle which is defined as "The process involved in building and understanding of what another person is communicating" (BTEC first health and social, 2006). To interact with people we communicate, we can communicate in many ways such as speaking, writing and signs. There are many different forms of communication such as one to one, body language, technological aids, symbols and pictures, non–verbal, writing, sign language, Makaton, human aids, lip reading and braille. One to one communication is when you talk to one person; it can be ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The patient has just taken a hearing test and the doctor is trying to explain what will happen next. The doctor would sign to the service user about what will next happen. Writing is commonly used among people in the health and social care sector for writing down measurements etc. Writing is a more a more formal way of communicating and more permanent, as it can be reviewed at a later date. Writing would be used to teach primary school children how ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 11. Cochlear Implant Persuasive Speech Cochlear implant (bionic ear) Good Morning Ladies, Gentlemen and Ms Lester. I am here today to talk about Cochlear Implant or bionic ear. I am here to talk about why it helps deaf people, does it improve hearing ability and the side effect of wearing one. A simple Australian technology that changes the nation. People around the world use this amazing technology, even today. Sciences and inventor have made this technology to help improve deaf people like Sarah Churman and help improve hearing ability, but not only that. It can change your life if you even need one. Are you sick of doing sign language, sick of not hearing your own voice? Cochlear Implant is the solution. It changes Sarah Churman life, according to Business Insider Australia. She was deaf and now she uses the Cochlear Implant she can hear her own voices and hear others. Cochlear has adjusted volume with setting low, medium and high. It can be waterproof and it cannot be taken off unless you have another surgery but it destroys your hearing. Therefore, Cochlear Implant is your solution to your ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... It is rare for any doctors to make mistake. If any mistake is made, this injury to the facial nerves. These nerves run through the middle ear to give movement to the muscle of the face. Another mistake can infect the lining of the surface of the brain. This mainly with people who have abnormally formed inner ear, structures this is called Meningitis, according to hearing (2018). Doctors are caused by this mistake in operation if causes, but this is rare for doctors to make any mistake. What do you do when you make a mistake; you try to fix the mistake or give them extra refunds. That is what doctors do. Even Australian Government do. This means that you could have another surgical operation. Therefore, Cochlear Implant is also a dangerous risk you could take and money into getting one is taken with the taxes you work ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 12. The Debilitating Experience of Hearing Voices in One's Head Hearing voices is considered to be a defining symptom of having a mental illness. The experience of these voices can often be categorised as a debilitating condition that can cause an extreme impact on daily life by weakening or disrupting contact with reality (Kalhovde, Elstad and Talseth 2013). However, according to the Mental Health Foundation (N.D) this is not always the case as many people hear voices but never find them to be a problem or feel as if they need to seek help from mental health services. In order for this assignment to be written, a visualisation was produced as part of the process. The idea behind this was to create a strong focus on one particular aspect of a mental health issue which would then allow a question ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Romme and Escher (1989) focused particularly on the idea of hearing voices and spent a lot of time gathering research around this subject. They indicated that most people who heard voices had suggested that it had begun quite suddenly, yet it became a moment that they remembered well because of that reason. Many believed that their voice hearing had begun because of a traumatic or emotional event, such as an accident, divorce or death or other events such as illness, being in love, moving or pregnancy. These types of reasons are things that people may not experience everyday but could be faced with at some point during their life time, suggesting that hearing voices is somewhat a common occurrence and not as unusual as what society perceive it to be. Various different experiments have taken place in order to shed some light on this controversial topic and address coping mechanisms that are used in order for people to manage their voice hearing effectively. An attempt was also made to highlight the differences between those who are mentally ill and are familiar with hearing voices and those who have had no diagnosis of mental illness, yet still experience similar hallucinations. Firstly, Romme and Escher (1989 cited in Kalhovde, Elstad and Talseth 2013) "introduced the perspective that hearing voices is a reaction to problems in life and need not be a symptom of a mental disorder". An experiment was put ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 13. Assistive Technology Research Paper Over the years, disabled children were not able to obtain the assistance that they need in order to better their mentality and physical performance towards academic performance. Disabled children faced a variety of discrimination in educational systems because they were looked as incapable of accomplishing tasks. Disabled children were not allowed to attend to school because they did not acquire enough intelligence. Assistive technology was created to help disabled children to improve social skills and improve their daily activities. This a great tool because it can help a student learn by allowing them to take the same courses as other students. Assistive technology helps children build independence and social skills. As the Internet ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Assistive technology can be designed to increase interdependence among disabled children or prevent disabled students from achieving personal goals. Specialized technology helps disabled people to become more independent and more involved in the activities in schools and communities (Berry, 2003).Assistive technology increases a child social skills by building up psychical functioning. This helps students to build social skills and interdependence because they will not depend on their caregivers. Also, communication devices can help children increase hearing impairment .Children who have a difficulty hearing do not have hearing aid. Therefore, assistive devices can provide hearing aids for children who have hearing loss. This can help children by allowing them to be aware of their surroundings by listening .Devices that function for daily activities helps disabled children to complete daily tasks. For example, they are devices that will help enhance social skills. There are assistive devices that would help children to learn how to read and write. Also, gain study skills and gain knowledge. Special software's allow people with cognitive impartments to use the computer to enhance their memory, and to communicate (Berry, 2003).People who are blind are able to use cognitive devices because it would enhance their speaking skills and allow them to be ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 14. Coma Research Papers A coma is a prolonged state of unconsciousness which a person is unresponsive to his or her environment. The patient is practically alive but can't perform any kind of movements including talking in some cases. One major reason for this type of occurrence would be a drastic injury to the brain. This cause can be led by various factors such as increased pressure, bleeding, loss of oxygen, or buildup of toxins. Nobody actually knows if a patient will wake up after a coma or if he/she will take numerous amounts of months or years to do so. It is commonly known that more than 50% of comas are related to head trauma or disturbances in the brain's circulatory system. (Lava2) There are numerous amounts of reasons that can lead to a coma such as a stroke, blood sugar problems, infection, seizures and much more! ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The individual lacks a normal wake–sleep cycle and does not initiate voluntary actions. (Lava7) A person in a state of coma is described as being comatose. A comatose patient exhibits a complete absence of wakefulness and is unable to consciously feel, speak, hear and even move. There are different types of Comas and each one regards on different symptoms and conditions. The different types of coma include toxic–metabolic encephalopathy, anoxic brain injury, persistent vegetative state, locked–in syndrome, brain death and medically induced coma. There are many objectives that have been analyzed to determine the main causes of this particular idea. There are several individuals who think differently than others, such as doctors as well. Many doctors believe in different things, there is not one thing that all doctors agree with. According to a new study, they came to reveal that hearing loved one's voice induces excruciating pain in coma patients. (Baltimore1) This study was made highly to determine if hearing a loved one's voice could actually do something in particular to the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 15. Hearing Loss Experience Hearing Loss Experience Paper Many individuals take for granted their ability to communicate with family members, friends, and coworkers daily. It is not uncommon for individuals to put themselves in situations that hinder their ability to hear, which is an important part of communication. People tend to disregard the many avoidable hazardous things that lead to hearing loss, such as consonantly listening to loud noises, forcibly cleaning ears with Q–tips, or ignoring the excess accumulation of cerumen in their ear. In subjecting myself to a mild conductive hearing loss I could somewhat comprehend the importance of what it means to hear. Despite the various hearing loss severity levels, an individual's hearing ability as well as their ability ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 16. Feminism Is A Successful Global Social Movement Feminism is a hugely successful global social movement. Accomplishment of feminism varies in scale. On a global scale, more women have access to education and jobs because of feminism. In North America, feminism has raised awareness of issues such the rape culture and body shaming. In this movement, we give more attention to certain voices and ignored other voices. This paper takes on a critical perspective on the notion of voice. I argue that while being voiceless makes one vulnerable to oppression, being vocal about one's inner voice can also bring on a unique set of challenges such as being confronted and ignored. Also, should we still listen to the representative voice of feminism or any social movements if it fails to represents diversity and authenticate itself. These problems of being voiceless and having voices can be solved by critical analysis of the extant systems of oppression. The Problem of Being Voiceless Many women from different social backgrounds have dismissed feminism and remained largely silent (i.e., they decided to be voiceless) in the movement. Their reason to remain silent varies. For instance, some women feel contend about their current situation, some do not see sexism as the most severe form of oppression, and others have an unfavorable opinion of feminism due to poor media representation. Remaining silent can be problematic. On the inner level, being voiceless can kill one's notion of Self "which holds and molds an individual together in order to ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 17. Beethoven Accomplishments Composer and Pianist, Ludwig Van Beethoven, who is universally considered the greatest composer of all time was born in December of 1770 into a modest family in a small German town called Bonn. Beethoven got his name from his late Flemish grandfather who was a bass player at court and then in 1761 he became maestro of the chapel (Iulian Munteanu, Onesti, Romania). During his short years of living in his hometown Bonn, he studied a wide variety of compositions and played the piano and viola. Beethoven withdrew from school at the young age of ten to study music full time with Christian Gottlob Neefe who was the musical director of the national theatre in Bonn. Neefe was not only Beethoven's first real teacher but he also became Beethoven's mentor by showing him new advances of his century (Iulian Munteanu, Onesti, Romania). In his twenties, he moved to Vienna where he would live until his death in 1827. There, he studied Mozart and Haydn and quickly became famous by making a reputation by not only being a pianist but also a teacher. Beethoven was a crucial figure throughout the transitioning of the Classical and Romanic era in western art music. Beethoven is known to be one of the greatest composers of all time because he had ferocious individualism and determination during an age where it was not considered the norm, he continued to compose while gradually becoming fully deaf, and he embraced the expansion of his symphonies such as one of his most famous compositions, ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 18. Fetal Heart Rate As A Measure Of Recognition Being able to reliably detect fetal heart rate as a measure of recognition, and knowing that fetuses develop good hearing by the third trimester allows many researchers to study fetal response to various aspects of language, beyond just recognizing maternal voice, during this time in pregnancy. The two ways to study fetal response to maternal voice is by observing their movement and heart rate. By monitoring when a fetus is at rest, then observing their movement when introduced to a stimuli, researchers can note patterns of recognition (Decasper et al., 1994; Krueger et al., 2015; Marx & Nagy, 2015). The researchers Krueger et al. (2015) used both methods of measurement to study pregnant mothers in their third trimester. The researchers were interested to know if fetuses would respond differently when hearing their mother's voice live versus when they hear their mother's voice in a recording. To test this, mothers recited a nursery rhyme two times daily from 28– 34 weeks gestational age. The researchers hypothesized that fetal cardiac response to both recorded and live voice would decelerate, and that fetal movement would vary depending on the format of the passage (Krueger et al., 2015). The fetuses were tested at 34 weeks for changes in heart rate and movement using a fetal monitor. The results of the study showed that fetuses experience a cardiac deceleration when they heard their mother reading the nursery rhyme live, and experienced a cardiac acceleration when they ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 19. Waterstreet The Gin Game Analysis Acting is all about the movement of your body and your soul. Music, visual and stage arts, all of these are all able to express deep messages without the use of oral talk. Sign language is the one of a kind language which uses body motion and facial expressions to communicate with others. These characteristics are also necessary in successful stage performances, as acting depends greatly on movement and facial expression. The majority of theatrical productions do indeed depend on human speech to connect with the crowd; however, the tool of the human body and its native communication skill is what charms and truly satisfies the audience. Today, many theatrical productions offer American Sign Language translation during certain performances. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... This allowed hearing audience to listen in on the act through their headsets, with the sign–to–voice interpreters planted in the sound booth speaking into a microphone. He tried this idea with the play Shirley Valentine with good success, and the box office numbers grew. Waterstreet's made the voice fully dependent to the rhythm of ASL, and without question, the ASL interpretation was as fluent as possible. Hearing audiences would sometimes have to sustain fast or meandering speech as it adjusted itself in a way that will fit the rhythm of the ASL ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 20. What Is Ventriloquism? Ventriloquism: It's an Art and a Science In its simplest form, ventriloquism is a conversation between a person and a puppet. It is an art form that is hypnotizing and charms people into suspending their rationale belief with the perception that the puppet is lifelike with a real personality. Ventriloquism is grounded in the art of creating illusions. Ventriloquists cleverly convince the audience that their puppet is doing the talking, despite the fact that it defies common sense. How do they do this? In its not–so–simplest form, ventriloquism relies on science–specifically, science related to how our brain works. The Science Behind Ventriloquism Scientists used to believe that a different part of the brain processed each of the five senses. As explained by Jennifer Groh, a neurobiologist, "The prevailing wisdom among brain scientists has been that each of the five senses–sight, hearing, smell, touch and taste–is governed by its own corresponding region of the brain ... Now we are beginning to appreciate that it's not that simple." In a 2007 study undertaken by Duke University, researchers found that a tiny structure in the brain associated with hearing also responds to visual input. Groh, part of the research team, further explained, "This means that ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... One old ventriloquism trick is using a puppet that is, at first, unseen. One famous ventriloquist kept his puppet stowed in a suitcase at the beginning of the show. As he was introducing himself, the puppet interrupted him. That sound–the interruption–is traveling through the air, so the mind cannot be sure where it is coming from. Meanwhile, the ventriloquist uses misdirection to help the audience figure it out. With an expression of surprise, the ventriloquist looks toward the suitcase. For those in the audience, the brain makes the connection between what it is seeing and what it is hearing and integrates the audio and visual into one ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 21. Speech Pathology Research Paper Speech pathology focuses on aiding individuals who struggle with or cannot use their voice. Without a voice, individuals would not be able to communicate with one another face to face, or even talk on the phone. Within every field, controversy exists. In speech pathology, one such controversy is nonspeech oral motor exercises (NSOME), where a patient does different tasks involving their mouth or fingers. These exercises are believed to have no connection with actually assisting the speech pathological part of the brain, since they do not involve any sort of speech activity. Nonspeech oral motor exercises do not assist in the healing process of patients with actual disabilities, nor are they an efficient practice at a professional treatment center. Nonspeech motor oral exercises are activities which do not involve patients to produce any sound, but are used to influence the development of speaking abilities. Oral–motor exercises (OMEs) are nonspeech activities that involve sensory stimulation to or actions of the lips, jaw, tongue, soft palate, larynx, and respiratory muscles which are intended to assist in the formation of words and sounds. These exercises are used for children with dysarthria, apraxia of speech, structural anomalies, down ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... For patients not covered by health insurance, speech therapy typically costs $200–$250 for an initial assessment, then about $100 to almost $250 per hour. In other cases, health insurance will cover the costs. With any disorder, recovery takes time. If an uninsured patient needsed to visit their therapist multiple times a week, the cost of their visits would needs to be paid for, and willould cost quite a bit. The time spent on their treatment willould also take away hours from their weekly schedule, and willould seem fruitless if the results were not showing up due to the wrong treatment plan, which is the case for many patients using ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 22. For Hearing People Only 1. What do you think of speech reading or lip reading? What are your thoughts on this topic? Do all deaf people know how?I think that speech or lip reading is something that should never be expected out of anyone, deaf or hearing. I do not think that a person's mouth can be understood without sound coming out of it. There are too many different ways of saying things; lip shapes are different; lip movements are different; people enunciate words differently therefore causing different facial movements. I would personally never approach someone with the question of "Can you read my lips?" Deaf people are not lip readers but some could be considered as speech readers, that of which they are looking at all facial expressions and body movements ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Now that I am taking this ASL class, I have been better educated with many different aspects of Deaf culture and the Deaf community. However, if you are in the media world I do believe that they should know better since they are more exposed to all kinds of different cultures. Hopefully, with time and better education of society in general, the offensive words will gradually fade away.4. What are advantages and disadvantages of deaf people using hearing aids or cochlear implants? What are your thoughts on both of these devices?The advantage of hearing aids is that they can pick up some sounds which make a deaf person feel more aware of what is going on. There are digital aids that can be programmed to pick up the frequencies of speech but these are designed for users with moderate deafness. The disadvantage of hearing (digital) aids is that severely or profoundly deaf people do not benefit from digital aids. Others feel that they are uncomfortable and they do not like wearing them.Hearing aids have been accepted as part of the Deaf culture because they are removable and they do not involve invasive surgery.The advantage of having a cochlear implant would be that is allows the recipient to hear a wider variety of sounds and possibly develop better speech patterns however, it is unknown what the long–range effects of this device may do to the tissue and nerves of ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 23. Eleanor Longon Analysis 1) Show how the experience of Eleanor Longdon and the people described in the NY Times article reflect a notion of selfhood that is consistent with that proposed by social constructionist approaches to psychic life and deviance. The experience of Eleanor Longdon and the people in the NY times article are consistent with the social constructionist approach of psychic life and deviance because all of these individuals may deal with hearing voices in there head, but each person has a different method of handling the voices, a different perception about the voices they hear and are impacted by their own personal interactions. The only reason why people who hear voices are looked at in a negative and stigmatizing way is because the majority ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Psychiatric hegemony is the process of labeling people mentally ill and prescribing medication for those people. Through psychiatric hegemony every individual has the potential to be labeled mentally ill and stigmatized because of it. As a society, we may fail to understand that the only way someone is labeled as mentally ill, is a group of people labeling that person as "mentally ill." In the case of Eleanor Longdon, she was in great distress when she first heard her voices and received medical care which she stated was her "second big mistake." However, Longdon came to terms with the voices in her head and she overcame them herself by viewing them in a more positive light, she didn't need medication in order to achieve this. Longdon broke the stereotype of paranoid schizophrenics since she is now a grounded individual and even graduated from her college with the highest degree in her major. The psychiatric hegemony viewpoint may fail to recognize that people with a severe mental illness, such as schizophrenia can live a happy and stable life and find relief in other ways than medication. In the NY times article, the H.V.N members receive help for their mental illness mainly through group therapy, not medication. The H.V.N is open for every single individual, no matter how "crazy" their mental illness may seem, in the article it states, "If an individual comes to a group claiming that he is hearing the voice of the queen of England, and he finds this belief useful, no attempt is made to divest him of it." The H.V.N shows how effective group therapy can be since it gives individuals with similar issues a place to come together and talk about their problems in a comfortable setting. One member of the H.V.N, Louis Pembroke proposed a "World Hearing Voices Day" and his goal of this day is to "challenge negative ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 24. Short Speech By Charles Fernyhough The article begins with the author's wife noticing and pointing out that he looks like he is talking to his yogurt, but in actuality, she has just caught him talking to himself again. He clarifies that he was simply thinking of a possible conversation between him and one of his colleagues. Just in case the colleague had any questions about the data of the experiment they did, he would already have a composed and well thought out answer. He further confessed that he has discussions with himself all the time –and it isn't always about work. He tells jokes, conversates with family members, and replays dialogue from the past. The author's wife however, hardly ever has conversations with herself. Verbal rehearsal of material, like reciting your grocery list to yourself, is an essential part of the working memory system, but for certain individuals, talking to one's self goes much further: it is an essential part of the way some people think. Durham University's british professor of Psychology, Charles Fernyhough, studies "inner speech" and identifies himself as a self speaker. He even recalls a time of self consciousness when he was caught laughing out loud to a voice in his head. He claims that his voices even have different accents and pitches. Fernyhough bases his research on his theory that talking to yourself and hearing voices have a deeper function and he even has a book out to explain his case. While discussing experimental work on voice hearing, Fernyhough begins to ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 25. Eradicating the Deaf-World Essays Eradicating the Deaf–World Just like members of other minorities, such as Hispanics and African–Americans, Deaf people experience some of the same oppression and hardships. Although the attempts to "fix" members of and obliterate the DEAF–WORLD are not as highly publicized as problems with other minorities, they still exist. Throughout time, hearing people have been trying to destroy the DEAF–WORLD with the eugenics movement, the mainstreaming of Deaf children into public hearing schools, and cochlear implants. Overall, the eugenics movement was meant to discourage Deaf people from socializing, intermarrying, and reproducing with each other. But these goals are very much unachievable. When Deaf children are growing up in a ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... So the fact that laws were passed to sterilize Deaf people shows again the attempts to do away with Deaf people and the DEAF–WORLD. Even as recently as 1992, researchers at Boston University claimed to find the gene responsible for a common type of inherited deafness. The director essentially stated that these findings would lead to genetic engineering, which in essence, would eradicate many Deaf people. These researchers want to insert genetic material to prevent hereditary hearing impairment (Lane, 1996:385). Really, they want to stop deafness before it starts. The eugenics movement takes on many forms, but they are all aimed at destroying the DEAF–WORLD. Mainstreaming Deaf children into hearing public schools, with or without interpreters, has the potential to abolish the DEAF–WORLD. A Deaf child's natural language is American Sign Language. Therefore, they should be exposed to and taught as much ASL in school as possible. When Deaf children are mainstreamed into public schools, they lost contact with other Deaf children with whom they can associate and sign with. Many Deaf adults have remained friends with people they met while attending residential schools. For parents that have children with other disabilities, mainstreaming has an inherent attraction, but the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 26. The Child 's Sensory Experiences As a baby enters the world for the first time, they don't have words that they can use to express nor describe what they encounter. They use their senses ability to engage with the people in the environment around them. From birth, children learn about the world through touching, tasting, smelling, seeing, and hearing. Sensory plays an important part in the development of the brain. "Early child development usually follows a sequence, as the child needs to master one skill before he can acquire the next, but all children develop at their own rate" (Best Start, 2016). Describing the child's sensory experiences at birth, analyzing how these senses develop and become more evolved, and describing what a day in this child's life might look like by age 1 all play apart in the developmental milestones of a young child. Newborn Milestones My sight is limited at this moment in life, but will continue to get better as I grow up. "Vision is probably the least well developed of the infant 's senses" (Lefracois, 2012, sec. 5.3). I prefer to see my mommy face more than that of my daddy which is the reason why my attachment to her is greater. I was able to hear sounds in the womb especially the voice of mommy and the stories and music that I would hear through the headphones. Hearing for me isn't all the way developed but I do recognize sounds. My movements are very jerky at this moment. I get startled and cry when sudden noises are brought about. I like to be swaddled which makes me ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 27. Speech And Language Treatment At The Florida Atlantic... OF PROBLEM: W.C., a 26 year 11 month old woman, was brought to the Florida Atlantic University–Communication Disorders Clinic (FAU–CDC) by her boyfriend for a Speech–Language Evaluation. She was referred to the FAU–CDC by her neurologist for word finding difficulties and a possible articulation disorder after a left hemisphere hemorrhagic stroke one month ago. According to her boyfriend, W.C.'s symptoms began immediately following her stroke and are characterized by word finding difficulties, slowed and choppy speech, and mispronunciation of certain consonants that is affecting intelligibility along with a strained voice. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: a) History of Speech/Language and/or Hearing Problems: W.C.'s speech difficulties were first observed at the hospital following a left hemisphere stroke by her neurologist. The client has not received previous treatment for these symptoms. The client has no history of speech and language treatment or problems. W.C. exhibits no hearing loss or vision difficulties. b) Pertinent Medical History: W.C. suffered from a left hemisphere hemorrhagic stroke on September 25, 2015 as a result of an aneurysm located in the third frontal convolution. There was associated damage to the pyramidal tract. W.C. underwent surgery to release the pressure on her brain on September 25. W.C. was released from the hospital on October 2, 2015 to her home. W.C. was one month post onset at the time of evaluation. W.C. is currently not taking any ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 28. Culture Of Deafness Deaf, lacking the power of hearing or implied hearing. Deafness refers to the complete loss of hearing in one or both ears. Hearing loss refers to both complete and partial ability to hear. How would you feel if you spent a day being deaf? Imagine crossing a road and not being able to hear any cars coming. Or imagine driving a car. That would be tough, right? ASL is a communication through Gestures, body language, and Facial Manipulations. All around the world we have a culture and language that make up human society, each of these traits is very special in there own way. One of the ways deaf people communicate is through gestures. A Deaf person will use gestures to point out something and communicate with signing. How are these Gestures done? Some are these, are done by their hands. They are used for their alphabet. Deaf people communicate through gestures also because they use different structures then us. Deaf people do not however sign every word like it, the,is,a,on, etc. Hearing people however say the words. And most hearing people do not sign. According to ( "Deaf Culture FAQ." The ASL App. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Mar. 2017) not all deaf people use their voice, it is a person preference. If they don't want to, it could be that not all deaf people have taken speech ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... This procedure is called the Cochlear implant. The Cochlear Implant is a medical device that replaces the function of the damaged inner ear. According to ( "Cochlear Implants & Cochlear Implant Technology." Cochlear Implants | Hearing Loss Treatments | Cochlear™ Aust/NZ. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2017) it is said that Cochlear implants also work on the damaged parts of the inner ear to provide sound signals to the brain. If you are deaf or hard of hearing , A cochlear implant could make things better for you , it can help you get your sound back that you miss with this hooked onto you. This is another way how deaf people ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 29. The Acting And Speaking Out Of Reason In William... Listening to actors perform the soliloquies allowed me to better understand Hamlet's changing mindset throughout the play. Hearing these soliloquies gave life and power to the words and moved me, as the audience, more. To begin, the actors' performances allowed to me to see that in this speech (Act 1, Scene 3) Hamlet is acting and speaking out of reason rather than wild emotion, the latter he usually does. To portray Hamlet's rationality, most of the actors did not engage in sudden movements or start yelling, which is an impulsive emotional reaction. Instead, the actors moved about slowly and predictably. Additionally, most of the actors spoke calmly and looked as if they were thinking really hard. For instance, Laurence Oliver, in his portrayal of ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... He, like David Tenant, took regular pauses between words and spoke in a rather calm manner. These actions engaged in by the actors allowed me to see that Hamlet was thinking with reason in this speech, not frantic emotion. This shows Hamlet's seriousness and high regard for the topic being discussed. In like manner, Richard Burton spoke evenly for most of his speech as Hamlet. All three actors hardly made any sudden movements, which shows Hamlet's rationality. This brings me to my next point. The actors showed the importance of the internal and philosophical debate Hamlet was going through and how much it affected him. Hamlet was debating the advantages and disadvantages of living and also whether it was right to commit suicide. The actors made worried, sad, and distraught facial expressions as Hamlet when he was contemplating. For example, at 1:01, David Tenant wears a sad, exasperated facial expression. He pauses between words in this part of the speech, letting out a small sigh when he does so. Afterward, Tenant's voice is broken and a little choppy. This shows how much Hamlet is hurt by living and his ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 30. American Sign Language Advantages And Disadvantages American Sign Language (ASL) is one of the most spoken languages in the United States. ASL has evolved over time and is no longer only used by those who are deaf. It is commonly used for people who are hard of hearing, completely deaf, people with autism and Down syndrome. Many parents have begun to use sign language with their babies to let them have a voice before they actually have a voice. There are many advantages to using sign with babies who are deaf but people see advantages and disadvantages to signing with babies who can hear. There seems to only be advantages to ASL with babies who are deaf and no disadvantages. The biggest advantage for teaching deaf babies ASL is it gives the baby a way to communicate. If a deaf baby is not taught ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... People with down syndrome use facial expressions, gestures, mime, and vocalizations to express their ideas. Because their spoken language often develops more slowly than receptive language, sign language is often the tool they can use. (Donovan, Claire) ASL helps young children with Down syndrome attach meaning to spoken words. They become more attentive and responsive to their environment, which helps language learning move along. (Donovan, Claire) Using ASL expands what children can say with their hands. Another special need autism is helped when a baby or child is able to sign. The primary purpose of training children with autism in ASL is to give them a means of communication. "In a PET scan study of children with autism, it was shown that the same area of the brain is activated during speech and during sign." (Kobza, Rachel). This provides evidence that the development of Sign Language mimics the development of speech, and may even strengthen the connections in the brain that are needed for verbal communication. (Kobza, Rachel) ASL also benefits children with autism socially and behaviorally. When children are able to express themselves, they are much more likely to seek out social interactions. Also, behavioral outbursts are far less likely when children are not frustrated by being unable to express needs and wants. (Kobza, ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 31. Deaf President Now Movement Analysis The Deaf President Now movement at Gallaudet University is essentially a call for action or change from the barbaric ways of how the school was run. The school is credited with being the first and only university for the deaf in if not just the country, then the world. Gallaudet offers those who cannot hear or for better terms, hard of hearing, a chance to gain an education in an environment which caters to their specific needs. The students in the university attend classes with other deaf students which also helps strengthen their sense of community. One of the biggest reasons why the Deaf President Now movement stands out is because the movement eventually leads to the creation of the "Americans with Disabilities Act". The creation of the ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... All of these "issues" go back to the argument that people grow tired of a lack of representation. Logically, one would assume that a university for the deaf would mainly consist of either deaf or highly qualified hearing instructors. The Washington Post article also opened my eyes to how helpless deaf people felt during that time. The paternalistic viewpoint is so engrained into life that some deaf people complied with the view that because someone is hearing, they are better adapted to care for those who are hard of hearing. These ideals/views are horrible because they make people feel inferior for things that are often out of control. In my opinion, a hearing person that makes that argument for why hearing people need to "govern" the deaf are less than smart because even though the deaf cannot hear, they have other senses, like vison that are much stronger than ours as hearing individuals. Ultimately, I do not think it changed my perspective on deaf people, simply because I believe that you should respect people regardless of their differences. I can say that I relate to it in the way of ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 32. Explain The Sequence And Rate Of Language For Language... Language is very important for one's development because it can affect other areas of development and is critical to a child's future success. For many other aspects of development, including cognitive, social and psychological language is very necessary. Language occurs before the baby is even a month old. For a developing child, the biggest thing that will contribute to our eventual language development is what we hear. Very soon, as a young infant, we demonstrate a sense of language just by simply the noise, movements, and expression that we make. Within the first year of life the baby is already babbling and speaking a hand full of words in their native language. Also they are much better at comprehending simple words spoken to them around ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... While in the womb a hearing baby will develop language from hearing the mother's and other people's voices. Once born the baby will prefer the mother's voice the most, so it natural that the baby will pick up primarily on the language that his/her mother speaks the most. Also babies are good at observing facial expressions. Often the baby will watch facial expressions, trying to connect the words that they hear to the expression they are observing. Shortly after this, around the time the baby is six months old they can distinguish their native language being spoken by observing the mouth movement of one speaking. Learning language for hearing children is the most simple because they will learn what they are hearing. I they are hearing one specific language being fluently spoken all of the time they will pick up on it and begin to mock what they hear. For example, if a one or two year old constantly hears his parents argue and curse back and forth to each other he may go to daycare and repeat a curse word that he heard from his parents. This happens simply because he is in the deferred imitation phase and this is what he has picked up on. Learning language for a baby who is not hearing impaired or hears multiple languages will learn to speak very ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 33. Deaf Education Technology Essay Deaf Education Technology Technology has advanced our school systems and provides many new and helpful products into the classrooms. Technology has also provided specialized products for students that are hearing impaired. There is no lack of opportunities for the deaf and hard of hearing in the school system. There are many ways to innovate the way they learn. Children learn best through a visual mode. Providing an environment where the child can learn things through the use of their sense of vision is very important. They teach students to think, process, organize, and prioritize new information. It is also said that visual diagrams expose patterns interdependencies, interrelationships, and stimulate creative thinking. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Which is sometimes difficult to provide in a classroom full of students. A company named SignTel, Inc. has developed a program called the Signtel Interpreter. It is the most advanced communications tool that enables direct communication between hearing and deaf persons. It recognizes over 30,000 words and phrases. This is a powerful translation tool from text or speech to sign language. It can be used on most laptops or desktop computers. This program enables viewing on the screen, seamless signing in real–time, translated from text or captured voice. A teacher can now use this program in the classroom to make learning experiences less complicating. A second program that uses Voice– to–text technologies is the icommunicator. This system allows voice–to–text–to–sign language access using video clips. The current versions available do not hold various meaning words or idioms. They are currently developing a new version that will deal with the language issues. The last Voice to text technology that I researched was the Personal Communicator. It developed from 1994– 1996 and was funded in part by a grant three year grant from the U.S. Department of Education. This program won Discover Magazine's Software Innovation of the Year Award in 1995. Originally this software was created using HyperCard. As digital video and compression technology improved, they were able to rerecord the ASL signs, expanding to beyond 2500 signs. They added ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 34. A Paper On Existential And Behavioral Therapy Throughout the fall semester, I have been exposed to a multitude of therapeutic modalities and felt overwhelmed with the idea of choosing one of these approaches to utilize during encounters with future clients. Also, I harbored anxiety over envisioning myself as an art therapist and picking a specific population to work with. However, I feel that I have come along way since my first class at Adler and feel more confident about my decision to enter the field of art therapy. Although I expect my approach to art therapy to grow and develop though out my career as a student and practioner, I have started to define certain aspects that I hope to implement once I start providing therapy in the outside world. While writing a paper on existential and behavioral therapy, I found myself agreeing with concepts represented in both methods. Existential therapy is appealing because of its focus on encouraging the client to take responsibility for their actions. Viktor Frankl, a psychologist who made a considerable contribution to existential therapy, once said, "Freedom is only part of the story and half the truth ... That is why I recommend that the Statute of Liberty on the East Coast be supplanted by a Statute of Responsibility on the West Coast." I think that it is dangerous to consider yourself a "victim" and that you aren't accountable for your actions. I agree with the importance of understanding environmental factors and how it affects how a person processes information. Viktor ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 35. Analysis Of Sylvia Plath 's ' Cinderella ' A Moving Reading ' Cinderella a Moving Reading Believing love and romance encompass haunting uncertainty and excitement, Sylvia Plath's poem connects my personal experiences and those depicted within a classic fairytale, I loved all my life and enjoyed hearing my parents read day after day. Having had many relationships begin with an unforgettable moment, blossom through school dances and dates with friends, and end instantaneously, I relate with how the prince feels. I too have leaned forward and kissed a date, whirled around the dance floor envisioning combined futures, and then experienced pain as my date rapidly disappears from my life. Plath's Cinderella adaptation focuses on the moment Prince Charming and Cinderella dance right before they separate, symbolically representing my experiences and inspiring my poetry choice. During scenery description, Path brings a haunting excitement and motion within the room and readers together. Plath brings forth memories covering past and current loves. While reading this poem, I utilized underscoring, voice tone changes, and varying length pauses, capturing the constant movement and the progressively building excitement throughout the scene. During the first stanza, Plath utilized both visual and auditory imagery, such as the Cinderella's description, thus setting a romantic, slow and almost haunting tone for the piece. Showcasing the romance between the girl and the prince depicted here, with some haunting overtones, I underscored the word ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 36. Black Lives Matter Movement Analysis I thought this topic was very interesting in how they looked at the Black Lives matter movement. This podcast has me thinking about how the activists in the Black Lives Matter movement can maybe become lobbyist after hearing what the individuals on the podcast mentioned. I feel like they take on the position as lobbyist but they are more aggressive but not in a bad way. I know many that see the Black lives matter movement as sometimes being rude. For instance, the whole Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton incidents that recently occurred while they were campaigning. The Black Live Matter activist are more so trying to get their voices heard rather than how over the years everyone listens but yet nothing really gets accomplished. Recently, I ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 37. Is The Fairy Tale Tell Heart Mentally Insane Exist many crimes that had a high relevance because in that cases the accused is declared mentally insane. Many of these criminals try to get protected by the Mental health law. This one has one that clause that protects offenders from the lethal injection if the offender is declared mentally insane. For example, this infamous case of John Wayne Gacy. This individual that worked as a party clown, under the alias of Pogo the Clown. Wayne raped and killed 33 boys and men, and buried in a crawl most of the bodies. He and his defense team tried to get Wayne protected by this clause and avoid the lethal injection. Finally, Wayne was found guilty of each murder and sentenced to death penalty. This case was only an attempting to prevent the law, but exist many criminals that suffer from insanity, and they do not know what are they doing. In Tale Tell Heart, our narrator is apparently insane and doesn't know what is he doing. Trough imagery, plot, and characters, Edgar Allan Poe, shows the insanity of this personage. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... At the start of this story, the narrator recognizes that he has been ill but don't have lost control of his mind, and instead the illness have increased his feelings, "True!–I am nervous–very nervous! But don't say I am mad. The disease had sharpened my senses–not dulled them–especially my hearing. I could hear everything in heaven and in hell" (Poe). The narrator states that he can hear everything from heaven and in hell. These signs are a clear sign of insanity, to be specific, this happens to people with schizophrenia. Exist cases where persons are completely sure that hear voices, and tell them to do certain things. For example, how the Schizophrenia and violent behavior study ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 38. Hallmark Symptoms Of Schizophrenia Today, the hallmark symptom of schizophrenia is psychosis, meaning a patient experiences hallucination and delusions. The hallucinations usually manifest as the patient hearing voices inside their head. With delusions, patients think that a person in trying to read their mind, control their thoughts, or that someone is trying to hurt them ("Schizophrenia," n.d.). With these types of symptoms, it makes it very difficult for a patients to manage their emotions, make decisions, think clearly, as well as live successfully independently ("Schizophrenia – Fact Sheet," n.d.). For example, often times patients with schizophrenia do not make sense when they talk or just sit for a very long time without talking at all ("Schizophrenia," n.d.). This ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
• 39. Communication Disorders COMMUNICATION DISORDERS What is Communication Disorder? a speech, language and hearing disorder which refers to problems in communication and in related areas such as oral motor function. The symptoms vary depending on the particular type of communication disorder, but they generally center around problems communicating. Children with communication disorders have deficits in their ability to exchange information with others. COMMUNICATION a multidimensional dynamic process that allows human beings to interact with their environment. Communication also includes cues such as intonation, pace of speech, and stress (emphasis), as well as nonverbal information such as gestures, facial expressions, and eye contact. The ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Other names for receptive language disorder include central auditory processing disorder and comprehension deficit. They have a problem in language processing which is half of language. Language processing is essentially listening to and interpreting the spoken language. In most cases, the child with a receptive language problem also has an expressive language disorder, which means they have trouble using spoken language. Receptive Language Disorder Prevalence It is estimated that between three and five percent of preschool children have a receptive or expressive language disorder and 3% of school–age children but is probably less common than Expressive Language Disorder, or a mixture of both. Receptive Language Disorder
• 40. Symptoms There is no standard set of symptoms that ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...

Essay About Deaf Culture

ASL Midterm Essay I’ve learned so much about the deaf culture in these past five weeks. Being deaf can set anyone back from certain activities and cause them to miss out on some. There have been many different ways discovered to help out a deaf person with daily activities. There are many misunderstandings about deaf culture as well. “Many people believe that all deaf people sign, or that all deaf people speak funny” (Signsoflifeasl.com). There are many different ways that you can tell if something is a myth or a truth. There are many different deaf people you can contact or you can research lots of different information if you wanted to find out more information on the deaf culture. Many people misinterpret the disabilities of a deaf person. They assume that they can and can’t do certain things just because they’re deaf. Some rumors that many people believe are that all deaf people sign, hearing aids can make a deaf person hear, or that deaf people can’t speak or speak funny. All of these things are not true. It is true that most people sign, but not all do. They chose whether they prefer to sign or not. Hearing aids can’t make a deaf person hear, they can help amplify the noise around them though. They cause the person to be able to hear some speech sounds. How well they can hear depends on …show more content…

Many people chose to and not to believe them. There are many different ways that someone can tell if what they hear is a myth or not. They could talk to someone who has a deaf family member. They have probably heard many myths about the deaf culture and could inform you on whether something is a myth or not. Another way could be to talk to someone who is deaf. They would know more about the myths than anyone else. One last way you could find out whether something is a fact or a myth is to research it. You can find a lot of accurate information about the deaf culture online if you use the right sources

A Journey Into The Deaf World Chapter 1 Summary

Deaf children with Deaf parents usually develop a strong sense of self and know who they are. While many Deaf children with hearing parents grow up and have resentment for their parents and professionals. They usually they feel as if they weren’t exposed into the deaf world enough. Both parents face considerable challenges in raising their children. They face their children being “educated below their capacity, employed below their capability and viewed negatively in the hearing world because they are deaf” (28).

Cochlear Implants Video Summary

From watching the video I've learned a lot of interesting things. Some Deaf people although there's a implant called cochlear implant that would basically give them hope of hearing wouldn't want to do it because some of them said that they're so used to the Deaf culture and that it wouldn't really change how they are as a person. Some said they wouldn't want to undergo cochlear implant because hearing wouldn't change anything and that they're happy of how they are born, and that they love their language they don't care about having an implants. There is a guy in the video and he said that Deaf people are normal, although they have some accommodations to be made to survive in a society where it's dominated by hearing people, but at the same time, if a hearing person come into the room and it would be full of Deaf people then that hearing person would need the accommodation as well which is true, I felt that when we came into few of the Deaf events.

A Brief Summary Of Burn Down The Ground By Kambri Crews

I read a memoir called Burn Down the Ground written by Kambri Crews. Kambri wrote about her rough childhood and growing up with two deaf parents. One parent, her father, was born completely deaf, and her mother was born with a little bit of hearing which was enhanced with hearing aids. Kambri acquired both English and ASL as a child, and still signs ASL and speaks English fluently. Kambri Crews' life story shows what it was like to be raised by deaf parents and how both the hearing world and Deaf culture impacted her life.

Through Deaf Eyes Documentary Summary

There different short documentaries give us a glimpse into the lives of the deaf. Life was very difficult for deaf people years ago. Many believed that they could not learn and would never be able to communicate. It wasn't until the 1800's that a man named Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet opened up a school for the deaf. He hired a French teacher named Laurent Clerc, who was deaf himself.

History Through Deaf Eyes Analysis

I was surprised to see how quickly it caught on throughout schools across America. The notion that deaf people should learn to speech and lip read to be like everyone else seems unreal to me. Alexander Graham Bell’s belief that “a life without signing would be a better life” was surprising especially after learning his mother and wife were deaf (“History: Through Deaf Eyes”). Bell’s oral method, to

Deaf Culture In Switched At Birth

Everybody faces challenges and uncertainties and a daily basis. Fortunately, for hearing people their troubles can be trivial. For those who are in the Deaf and hard of hearing culture, however, challenges and uncertainties are not relatively trivial. Over the past several years, the Deaf community has been enterprising for culture awareness. Historically, the media have played an important role in the portrayal of deaf individuals.

Alexander Graham Bell: Discrimination Against The Deaf Culture

The Deaf community has been faced with discrimination all throughout history. This has made it difficult for Deaf to people to find jobs and has spawned many false misconceptions about the Deaf. One the most famous people to discriminate against the Deaf was Alexander Graham Bell. Bell wanted to eradicate sign language, stop Deaf intermarriage, and in effect squash Deaf culture (Signing the Body Poetic). Bell played a major role in discrimination against they Deaf but in the end the Deaf culture persevered threw it and became stronger.

Deaf Again Reflection

While reading Deaf Again, I couldn’t help from thinking, how I would have treated Mark through elementary school and high school. I was amazed when he said that he was so used to reading people’s lips and didn’t even notice he was deaf. I know that when I try to read people’s lips without hearing their voice it is very hard. It’s crazy how we take advantage of sound in our everyday lives as human beings. I know that I could not imagine not having the ability to hear sounds of the world.

Inside Deaf Culture Summary

Inside Deaf Culture Inside deaf culture is a very strong book written by carol Padden and tom Humphries in this book authors have tried to give a tour of the most important moments that has shaped the Deaf culture. Book starts by showing how much power hearing people have had over the deaf population in the past and how they saw death people almost the same as criminals and also how they tried to get rid of them by placing them into asylums and intuitions and how this was a beginning of first schools for the deaf and how much power and control they had over the children under their care also there was a lot of rumors of how children were molested in these schools and because they

Cochlear Implants Persuasive Essay

They believe that once your born deaf you should stay deaf because that’s the way it should be. Getting a cochlear implant doesn’t detracted from being a part of the deaf culture when the person is taught his or her original culture. Hearing people think that not giving the implant to their child is child abuse. It is not child abuse it’s a personal choices, if the deaf community were not supposed to be deaf deafness would be nonexistent. There are two sides to that don’t understand one another’s reasoning for cochlear implants.

Drug Usage In The Deaf Community

Drug usage is a big problem in the hearing community and is talked about almost every day, but not the deaf community. Believe it or not, drug usage is a big problem within the deaf community and no one really takes action because obviously communication is much more harder than it is communicating with someone that can hear. The hearing community tends to not care about people who are not relevant to them at all; thus making the deaf community feel different and lonesome. Deaf people are not granted certain jobs, they’re not treated the same, and they are not thought of as the same. When in reality, we all have skin, we all have bones, we all have or have had hair, and we all are capable of doing tasks.

Deaf Culture Essay

With language, deaf people use ASL, which is American Sign Language and it is the preferred language in the deaf community. It is a visual and gestural language. Despite what many people believe, those who use ASL do not sign in English word order, nor an auditory or written language. However, ASL has its own syntax and grammar. With Behavior norm: in deaf culture, eye contact is necessary for effectively communication because in ASL facial

Through Deaf Eyes Documentary Analysis

What was your experience and feelings about watching it?   Throughout the documentary film Through Deaf Eyes, I felt amazed by deaf culture. The deaf culture is a versatile, rich, and unique community that more people need to be aware of. When the film was covering the transition of ASL schools to oral only I mostly felt ashamed of my own culture.

Summary Of The Feel Of Silence By Bonnie Tucker

Bonnie Tucker and Matt Hamill; How are They the Same and How are They Different In the book, The Feel of Silence by Bonnie Tucker, you see the story of a young woman growing up deaf. Although medically and physically she is profoundly deaf, in the mind and heart she desperately wants to be a part of the hearing world. Even in her older years she never really accepted her deafness totally. On one hand you have the Deaf people in the world who are like Bonnie, but on the other you see people like the hammer, formally known as Matt Hamill.

Deaf Personal Statement Essay

My qualifications that demonstrate my ability to be an asset to your Master Degree program of Education of the Deaf, is my background in Deaf Studies where I have received my Associate degree at Quinsigamond Community college. Furthermore, my degree has allotted me the necessary communication skills and cultural sensitivity, needed in order for me to work with the individual who has been the diagnosis of hard of hearing and deaf. In addition to my educational background, some of the following course have further my ability to better understand and work with individuals within the American Sign Language community is my Intermediate ASL 1&2, Introduction to the field of interpreting, and American Deaf -Culture to name a few. My reasons

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Deaf Culture is often misunderstood because the hearing world thinks of deafness as a handicap. The Deaf are not given enough credit for their disabilities even though they are unable to hear. Being misunderstood is the biggest reason why they are not accepted in the world of hearing. The learning process for them may be slower and more difficult to learn, but they are still very bright individuals. The problem at hand is the controversy of trying to “fix” the Deaf when they may or may not want to be “fixed”. The hearing world should give Deaf people a chance to show their true talents and abilities of intelligence before rushing to assumptions, such as hearing aids will fix all Deaf people, because Deaf are dumb, have social problems, and …show more content…

(Baker- Shenk & Kyle) Despite many social problems and unnecessary prejudices, deaf people dot consider themselves as having a disability. Having the lack of hearing is not about just being Deaf, but accepting that challenge and being all you can be with yourself, and going through life the strong individual you are. The real issue is if the Deaf want to stay Deaf or rise above and get the surgery for the hearing aid, or cochlear implant. Deafness does not have to mean you are disabled. The approaches on a Deaf person’s life are just as significant as a hearing persons (Vicars). Deaf people are not dumb since the Greek period Deaf were thought to be dumb. Even after all the events in history 350 years ago, the Deaf are still misunderstood. There is no time like the present and future. The hearing world needs change their perception. Three hundred fifty years ago Europeans understood the Deaf could learn and express their intelligence (MacDougal). Deaf people have come a long way in history from that many years ago to now, because even being pushed around for so long they still proudly stand tall with their lack of

Deaf Again by Mark Drolsbaugh

I learned a lot about Deaf people, ASL, and/or Deaf Culture after reading this book. Deaf people are normal just like anybody else and they should not be treated any differently. Some people treat Deafness as a disease that needs to be cured, but it's not. If a parent comes to learn that their child is deaf they react very crazily and act like their child is dying and that deafness is some fatal disease. Deaf people should be treated just like anyone else and no differently. They are not disabled and can do great things in this world.

For Hearing People Only: Chapters 71-131 Book Reaction

In the following chapters, there is an extensive amount of knowledge to learn about how Deaf culture is involved in our modern world. The pages assigned give us an outlook of how Deaf people are treated in our daily life, and how we should learn from it. Its gives a clear line between what are myths and what are facts, to those who are curious about the Deaf community or have specific questions. This book has definitely taught me new things that I could put to good use in the near future. In specific chapters, my mind really opened up to new ideas and made me think hard about questions, like “why don’t some Deaf people trust hearing people,” or “do we need another ‘Deaf president now’ revolution?” I realized many new things in the course of reading this book, and have recommended this to my family.

Eradicating the Deaf-World

Just like members of other minorities, such as Hispanics and African-Americans, Deaf people experience some of the same oppression and hardships. Although the attempts to "fix" members of and obliterate the DEAF-WORLD are not as highly publicized as problems with other minorities, they still exist. Throughout time, hearing people have been trying to destroy the DEAF-WORLD with the eugenics movement, the mainstreaming of Deaf children into public hearing schools, and cochlear implants.

Do Deaf People Ever Wish They Were Hearing

My response to this question is two-fold. Firstly, I believe that (for the most part), Deaf people actually like being deaf. While observing my neighbor (who happens to be deaf), I realize, he is never unpleasant, he keeps an unceasing smile on his face, is eager to help us hearing neighbors whenever applicable, and in general, he always looks for the silver lining in the clouds. I don’t think that I could ever work up the nerve to ask him if he’d desired the ability to hear. I’ve never seen him preoccupied with his inability to hear, so why should I. His deafness is a part of who he is. In our book, it mentions that being Deaf is a part of the individuals’ personality, an attribute just as important to a person that is right or left-handed. Why would Deaf people want to be hearing? If a person is born deaf, such as my neighbor, they don’t find themselves missing what they never experienced. Our book lends to us the illustration of someone who is

Cochlear Implants Argument Essay

In support of Gallaudet University's, “Deaf President Now!” protest, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson once said “The problem is not that the deaf do not hear. The problem is that the hearing world does not listen.” (Lee) This concept been seen throughout Deaf history; Today it is especially noticeable now that technology has been developed to restore some hearing to many who are deaf. However these seemingly miraculous devices such as hearing aids and cochlear implants (CI) are a gilding for the real problem. CI’s in particular are thought to be a miracle cure for deafness, this misconception causes a great friction between Deaf and hearing culture. Deaf people should not be expected to get CI’s to “cure” their deafness for three primary reasons: CI’s promise more than they can deliver, they are an affront to Deaf culture, and ASL is a more effective way to insure development.

Analysis Of Through Deaf Eyes

After watching the video ‘Through Deaf Eyes’ I’ve gained a better insight into the history of not only deaf people, but deaf culture as well. Even after our eight week course on deaf culture I was still able to be surprised, shocked, and fascinated, and educated by this video. ‘Through Deaf Eyes’ serves a reminder of all the things we learned throughout the semester and those who are familiar with dead history, but a great learning tool for those who are uneducated on the subject matter.

Analysis of Mark Drolsbough´s Deaf Again

In the autobiography Deaf Again, Mark Drolsbaugh writes about his life being born hearing, growing up hard of hearing, to eventually becoming deaf. By writing this book, he helps many people view from his perspective on what it is like for someone to struggle trying to fit in the hearing society. Through his early years, his eyes were closed to the deaf world, being only taught how to live in a hearing world. Not only does the book cover his personal involvement, but it covers some important moments in deaf history. It really is eye-opening because instead of just learning about deaf culture and deaf history, someone who lived through it is actually explaining their experiences.

Reflection Of Through Deaf Eyes

The documentary of “Through Deaf Eyes” has open my eyes to the deaf culture. The movie has made it “click” that deaf people are just that people and individuals like me. Deaf community has its struggles just like everyone else. They struggle with growing into who they are as a person, harmful situations, and feeling a sense of belonging. They just speak a different language like Italians and Hispanics. Communicating with a different language does not make them lesser than a hearing person. When able to learn to communicate, the deaf are able to learn and gain knowledge just like a hearing person. The only difference is they have to learn more and work harder to achieve their goals and gain knowledge, which a hearing person learns just by hearing their surroundings.

Deaf Culture Reflection Paper

Throughout the course of the semester, I have gained a new understanding and respect of Deaf culture and the many aspects it encompasses. The information supplied in class through discussion, movies, and guest lecturers since the previous reflection have aided in the enhancement of my knowledge of Deaf culture and nicely wrapped up all of the information provided throughout the semester.

Ben Jarashow Journey Into The Deaf World Analysis

What I found most interesting about Jarashow’s presentation were the two opposing views: Deaf culture versus medical professionals. Within the Deaf culture, they want to preserve their language and identity. The Deaf community wants to flourish and grow and do not view being deaf as a disability or being wrong. Jarashow stated that the medical field labels Deaf people as having a handicap or being disabled because they cannot hear. Those who are Deaf feel as though medical professionals are trying to eliminate them and relate it to eugenics. It is perceived that those in that field are trying to fix those who are Deaf and eliminate them by making them conform to a hearing world. Those within the Deaf community seem to be unhappy with devices such

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