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    Sign Language Oralism

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    Although sign language was nearly lost by the year 1913 due to the dominance of oralism in the educational system of the deaf in America, many deaf people still communicated with each other using sign language regardless of their own personal risk and other environmental pressures. Also sometime later, many advances developed especially in the technological fields, which enabled the deaf to express themselves in completely different, new ways and helped them share their ideas and concerns with…

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    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…

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    Deaf Culture Reflection

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    (concepts) are processed in the minds of Deaf adults and children as compared to their hearing counterparts. Information about this event was presented on the syllabus of this course. Additionally, the Talking Hands club sent out a flyer on the event through Owl Connect. I chose to go to this event because I am very interested in studying linguistics. Having taken and precepted for several linguistics classes within this department I…

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    The book “Deaf Hearing Boy” is way more than just a story about a hearing boy. It has a really big and important meaning to it about how deaf people used to be treated, but also how they still are treated. This book is a story about R. H. Miller’s life story and the complications he had to face being one of the four brothers all whom were hearing and his parents being deaf. His parents had a hard life to try and make it through. They loved the urban life. They felt as if the deaf community was…

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    When someone finds out my parents are Deaf, they often ask me “what is that like.” This is the worst question because there is no proper answer for it. My stock answer has always been; “well, it is just like growing up in a Spanish, or Polish speaking home.” My answer only tackles the language aspect of their question, which always seems to satisfy. But the difference here is that a Spanish child can identify with their parents culture, where as I cannot. Those children have a cultural group…

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    Through Deaf Eyes Summary

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    Through Deaf Eyes was an extremely enlightening documentary about deaf life in America. The film begins with the question, what do you think it would be like being a deaf person? They explain that, whenever you ask a hearing person this question they respond with a lot of “can’ts”. I can’t, I can’t I can’t. Deaf people, however, do not think like that, they think of all the things they can do. They presented these statements: All deaf people use Sign Language; Sign Language is universal; Deaf…

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    something with that to help more deaf people. Therefore, in 1771, he established the first free educational institution of sign language in France. He modified the Old French Sign Language constantly, and then it became to his own form named Old Signed French. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was the most important people of American Sign Language. He was a congregational minister in America. In 1814, Dr. Gallaudet was influenced by his neighbor Mason Fitch Cogswell’s deaf daughter Alice Cogswell.…

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    international conference was one of the most impactful events, in the lives and learning of the deaf community. This conference tried it’s hardest to ruin sign language. The conference consisted of how in their opinion oral education was far greater that sign language. An order passed prohibiting sign language, the United states did not stand behind this. This ban was instituted because of ignorance and people tend to be afraid of what they do not understand. It was an inevitable conclusion.…

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    E (sign exact english) is a form of nonverbal english which deaf people who have chosen not to do ASl would do SEE. deaf people that speak/sign S.E.E are not apart of the Deaf community/culture. S.E.E is different from sign language because it uses signs that go along with english, uses plurals, has verbs, etc. S.E.E is controversial in the Deaf culture because Deaf people feel like that the people using S.E.E aren’t accepting the Deaf culture/communication. Sign Exact English is exactly…

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    American Sign Language

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    Regardless of whether one lives in an area with a high deaf population, there will always be those who are deaf or hard of hearing. There are also many children with disabilities that keep them from being able to verbally communicate. These citizens primarily rely on Sign Language to communicate, but hearing people often have a difficult time understanding them. As it is with any other language, hearing people are ignorant because they don’t understand sign language and haven’t had a chance to…

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