Deafness

Peter Hauser did a presentation with TEDx at Gallaudet University titled “Liguisticism and Audism on the Developing Deaf Person.” Hauser obtained his Master’s degree from Gallaudet and went on to obtain a PhD in Psychology. At the time of this presentation, he was working at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) within the Deaf studies lab. His presentation focused on Audism, Linguisticism, and resilience. According to Hauser, audism was defined as “being Deaf is bad” by Dr. Tome Humphries…

Historical Events is a theme that appears in Deaf literature to show the struggles and achievements that the Deaf community faced throughout the years. The Deaf community as a whole has faced many obstacles such as being considered unintelligent, disabled, and unable to perform in a normal society. Through the years the community has also achieved many significant things for example, the student, faculty and members of the Deaf community around the Gallaudet University fought for the first deaf…

theme of “love hurts much less in [deafness’] serenity” (Diaz line 28) through vivid imagery, simile, and tone. When Diaz writes “love hurts much less in [deafness’] serenity,” (Diaz line 28) she means that all of the hardships her father had to hear are now silenced by his deafness. She makes this…

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…

Once all plausible options have been presented, the next step would be to analyze each one in detail, weighing pros and cons of each (DECIDE, n.d., para. 3). If I were to go with my first option, and divulge this information to my friends, the negative consequences of my actions would far outweigh the positive. This decision would not only jeopardize my future as an ally to the Deaf community, but also as an interpreter and potentially negatively impact other interpreters in the community. I…

Sound and Fury The Cochlear Implant will help the hearing impaired to once again hear; but controversy between a family and the treatment and the established a culture within the hearing impaired community would send shock ways thru the hearing impaired society; How the deaf reveal their own identity for themselves; the deaf society don’t consider it handicap and most have a successful job. Peter worked for a successful Wall Street firm, but peter would never move up into higher position; as…

Fred Beam was born in Covington (near Atlanta), Georgia. His family moved to Tampa, which is near Florida, when he was a little boy. Fred’s parents were teachers, who were very devoted to their work. Fred was raised in a very mature and hard-working family. He was very persistent, patient, and very devoted to his work. It happened so that he was the only deaf member in the family. He got a good oral education in his childhood and early teens. After graduating, Fred entered Tampa Technical…

So being verbal is not easy for some deaf people and some just don't like to use verbal communication at all. Just because a person is deaf doesn’t mean they can’t completely understand you. People give off vibes with their facial expressions and hand movements even when they are not using American Sign Language. In fact we see hand gestures just about everyday. Sometimes you can tell what someone is thinking just by the look on their face. For example, we wave hello or goodbye to people. A…

Sign language is one of the many languages that have different controversies within it. Sign language is a system of communication using visual gestures and signs, as used by deaf people (Shkoukani, 2013). Many people believe that sign language should be treated like any other language that is used all around the world. One of the biggest controversies that sign language has, is whether it should be accepted as a foreign language. Some problems associated with this language is that many people…

“Genetic Dilemmas and the Child’s Right to an Open Future,” by Dena Davis Thesis 1: Whether deafness is viewed as a disability, which narrows a child’s future options, or a culture, which narrows the child’s option to not be associated with that culture or participate fully in mainstream culture, purposefully having a child who is deaf is a moral harm to the child. Allowing an adult to make a decision for a child before they are born to place her in the Deaf culture or otherwise limit her…