Deaf Culture What is Deaf Culture? The Deaf Culture consists of a multiple deaf communities, language, and deaf identities in the DEAF-WORLD. There are about 70 million deaf people in the world today, and around 400 different sign languages around the world. (FINISH!!!)
There is one Deaf Culture but many deaf communities around the world. "Deafness is a cultural identity." (Catherine O 'Brien, Crystal Kroner, & Peggy Placier (2015) Deaf Culture and Academic Culture: Cultivation Understanding Across Culture and Linguistics Boundaries. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. Vol. 8, No. 2, 104-119.) There are around 70 million deaf people in the world today, about 10% of them have deaf parents, and the other 90% have hearing parents. …show more content…
Deaf people are 100% deaf in both ears. Lowercase d/deaf people are not involved in the Deaf Community. These deaf people are either 100% deaf or lacking the ability to hear but are not involved in the deaf community. They lead more towards being a part of the hearing world. "The d refers to the physical condition, "pathology" or "disability" of deafness, according to which a person is broken or impaired and must be fixed." (Catherine O 'Brien, et al. 2015). In the Deaf Culture, there are actually four "levels" of being involved with the Deaf. These four levels are Deaf people in Isolation, Deaf Community, Deaf Culture, and Deaf Ethnicity. Deaf people in Isolation are deaf people, but they are not Deaf people. These deaf people are those who look to be a part of the hearing world. Deaf Community is a community that involves very few deaf people and hearing people. This includes interpreters for the deaf, hearing families, and ASL teachers, etc. Deaf Culture, is the culture of the Deaf, the people that are involved of the Deaf Culture, will call themselves Deaf and …show more content…
Here are a few pieces of technology. First we have hearing Aids. Hearing Aids magnify sound vibrations that it can pick and projects theses vibrations into the ear creating sound. Second we have the FM System. The FM System is a box the individual would carry with them. The box is like a microphone that picks up speech and transmits the sounds waves through a line attached to the box into the ear of the individual. Lastly, we have Cochlear Implants. Cochlear Implants involve a complex surgery in the head to the ear. They will implant an electrode array behind the ear and attached a line to a stimulator just above the ear. The individual will then place the transmitter, which is magnified on top of the head, over the stimulator, which is also magnetic. Connected to the transmitter is a speech processor/microphone behind the ear that picks up the sound. Because the person is deaf and because of the cochlear implant sound is not heard within the ear. The sound they hear is played within their head, rather than in the ear. The cochlear implants can be a good and bad experience, depending on the individual. Many hearing people think that deaf people cannot play instruments or make music. Those who think they cannot are wrong. The miraculous Beethoven, who had created such amazing music, was, in fact, deaf. Douglas Tilden was a famous sculpture back in the late 1800 's. A few of his sculptures are, The
There is one Deaf Culture but many deaf communities around the world. "Deafness is a cultural identity." (Catherine O 'Brien, Crystal Kroner, & Peggy Placier (2015) Deaf Culture and Academic Culture: Cultivation Understanding Across Culture and Linguistics Boundaries. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. Vol. 8, No. 2, 104-119.) There are around 70 million deaf people in the world today, about 10% of them have deaf parents, and the other 90% have hearing parents. …show more content…
Deaf people are 100% deaf in both ears. Lowercase d/deaf people are not involved in the Deaf Community. These deaf people are either 100% deaf or lacking the ability to hear but are not involved in the deaf community. They lead more towards being a part of the hearing world. "The d refers to the physical condition, "pathology" or "disability" of deafness, according to which a person is broken or impaired and must be fixed." (Catherine O 'Brien, et al. 2015). In the Deaf Culture, there are actually four "levels" of being involved with the Deaf. These four levels are Deaf people in Isolation, Deaf Community, Deaf Culture, and Deaf Ethnicity. Deaf people in Isolation are deaf people, but they are not Deaf people. These deaf people are those who look to be a part of the hearing world. Deaf Community is a community that involves very few deaf people and hearing people. This includes interpreters for the deaf, hearing families, and ASL teachers, etc. Deaf Culture, is the culture of the Deaf, the people that are involved of the Deaf Culture, will call themselves Deaf and …show more content…
Here are a few pieces of technology. First we have hearing Aids. Hearing Aids magnify sound vibrations that it can pick and projects theses vibrations into the ear creating sound. Second we have the FM System. The FM System is a box the individual would carry with them. The box is like a microphone that picks up speech and transmits the sounds waves through a line attached to the box into the ear of the individual. Lastly, we have Cochlear Implants. Cochlear Implants involve a complex surgery in the head to the ear. They will implant an electrode array behind the ear and attached a line to a stimulator just above the ear. The individual will then place the transmitter, which is magnified on top of the head, over the stimulator, which is also magnetic. Connected to the transmitter is a speech processor/microphone behind the ear that picks up the sound. Because the person is deaf and because of the cochlear implant sound is not heard within the ear. The sound they hear is played within their head, rather than in the ear. The cochlear implants can be a good and bad experience, depending on the individual. Many hearing people think that deaf people cannot play instruments or make music. Those who think they cannot are wrong. The miraculous Beethoven, who had created such amazing music, was, in fact, deaf. Douglas Tilden was a famous sculpture back in the late 1800 's. A few of his sculptures are, The