Deaf people

Artinian family and their decision on if their children should have a cochlear implant or stay deaf, remaining in the deaf community. The main conflict is determining if they are making the right decision for their child. Sound and Fury revolves around two families who have deaf children. One family, who is hearing, has a deaf infant. While the other child, Heather a four and a half year old, is from a deaf family. The issue here, is Heather wished for a cochlear implant. She had the desire to…

cool experience for me. I really enjoy Deaf Culture, but I do not really know all that much about it. This film showed the lives of four different entertainers and how they live their daily life. I was able to lean many new things from this film and I found certain parts to be very interesting. Through watching this film, I have learned many things that I did not know before about hearing loss and Deaf Culture and have also learned what life is like for the people that starred in the film. I…

reason why celebrities rise to stardom. People gain fame across a spectrum of ages and ethnic backgrounds. But through the variety of celebrities and casting roles, Hollywood is still struggling through bias and discrimination. There is a dispute of people of color not having the same opportunities as white people as well as how historical roles are compromised of accuracy by white actors playing them. This struggle of equal opportunity is the same for Deaf entertainers trying to break through…

A child of a deaf adult (CODA) is something that nobody really hears about unless they are learning American Sign Language or learning about Deaf Culture. A CODA is an individual that is raised by one or more deaf parents. Most CODAs are bilingual in a signed language and spoken language. These individuals are also bicultural because they identify with both the deaf and hearing communities. However, this can be a struggle because they have to negotiate between two completely different cultures…

Deaf history month is celebrated every year from March 13th to April 13th according to byui.edu. Sign Language is a big part of our country; it’s the fourth most common language and is over 200 years old. Also, in the US alone, there are more than 1,000,000 people over the age of five who are deaf (research.gallaudet.edu)! Although all of these people are unable to hear sound; they have a life that is just as rich as any hearing person. Many deaf people are involved in the communities of the…

“See What I Mean” In the video “See What I Mean” I noted numerous differences between the hearing and deaf communities. During the video in a class of hearing students and teacher, a student arrived late to class and when he arrived he spoke nothing, made no eye contact, did not disrupt the class, and the teacher did not acknowledge his tardiness. In a deaf class, the student arrived late and the teacher stopped class to ask why he was late, made eye contact with each other, and the…

In mainstream society, we, as hearing people, tend to consider deafness as a defect. We tend to look at them with a feeling of pity. If they success in the hearing world, we will applaud them for overcoming a severe deficiency. We tend to consider signing as an inferior replacement for “real” language such as English or Spanish. We believe that all Deaf people will try to lip-read when communicating with hearing people as the only way to interact. Finally, when we heard about the devices such as…

A community is a group of people who live or work together in the same area. Also having a particular characteristic in common, such as a social, religious,or other group sharing common interests as well. People in communities might have the same schools in common, speak the same language and do other common things together. Community is used to categorize people with the same characteristics, but who also have many differences from each other. Different types of communities are Muslim community…

I used to think sign language was just other form of aid to help people better understand and communicate with the world today. Come to find out that it is its own language and comes with history behind it. As I’m learning about the history and the culture of the Deaf community, it feels like there is so much more I could be learning. After reading Deaf Again by Mark Drolsbaugh, I have learned more of what it’s like to be deaf through a 1st person point of view. Drolsbaugh goes through great…

positive.” I like this quote because it encourages me as a deaf woman who still struggles and fights with many issues. I was born deaf and grew up having trouble communicating. This caused me to have trust issues. I had to move to move to different schools and travel to many different states with family and friends that I barely knew. Growing up deaf has made me learn the importance of patience, perseverance, and overcoming adversity. Growing up deaf was challenging for me in many ways. I was…