Deafness

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…

A dominant part of the understudies announced having no past connections with Deaf culture and had insignificant to no ASL aptitudes. This finding is reliable with those of past investigations of medicinal understudy members who had little involvement with restorative gesture based communication and were not all around educated regarding the matters of ASL and Deaf culture (Lock, 2003; Thew et al., 2012). These discoveries highlight that a huge subset of restorative understudies need not just…

According to American Counseling Association, vicarious trauma is, “The term vicarious trauma… sometimes also called compassion fatigue, is the latest term that describes the phenomenon associated with the ‘cost of carrying’ for others” (2011). An interpreter’s job is to convey communication from one person to another person. Sign language interpreters also do this while interpreting, but there are more parts to this process than just language between the clients. First, sign language is a…

I was interested to learn that Clerc brought over the old french sign language and over time it adapted and mixed with the signs used in Connecticut. I was also surprised that there was a lot of hereditary deafness in their communities and how sign language was accepted as well as any speech. I felt sad to hear that people were ashamed for using sign language. It made me think of my younger sister and her best friend. My sister is special needs and she had an ear infection when she was very…

Critical Race Theory as a Lens for Exploring Health Disparities in the Deaf Population Among persons who are deaf and hard of hearing there is much variation regarding their lack of hearing ability. These variations include level of hearing, how deafness occurred, age of onset, method(s) of communication, educational background, and cultural identity (National Association of the Deaf, n.d.). In the book Deaf in America: Voices…

Deafness or hearing impaired refers to the inability to hear things, either totally or partially. Deafness is classified as a special need, or developmental delay, resulting in atypical development. The book I chose to review is called Some Children are Deaf. This book is written for children in the age range of pre-kindergarten to the second grade. To help educate children without the special need, and raise awareness for children with the special need. Throughout the book many things about…

people live in a silent world; having a deaf child is tragic; all deaf people would like to be cured. All these statements are false and the documentary clearly breaks this all down with the history of Deaf life in America. It was once thought deafness…

I agree, Cece’s partial deafness interferes with her ability to develop relationships with others. I agree because she would confuse words that others will say. I also agree because her hearing aids would run out of batteries and not have extra. Lastly, I agree because everyone would stare at her because of her hearing aids. But I disagree that Cece’s partial deafness does not interfere with her ability to develop relationships with others. If you want to know more about why I agree and not…

In the Role of the Oppressed, the author stated, “the behavior of the oppressed person responds to the context of oppression. Hostility finds safe channels and its redirected. Deaf humor frequently includes the theme of the deaf person using deafness to outwit hearing people”(Lane, p. 88). Oppression is when a person or a group of people to make someone feel sad or worried. People have their own label such as gay, deaf, hearing, homosexual, color of people, and others that they label…

My thoughts about the experience and blindness and deafness are it sucks to be deaf, but it sucks more to be deaf and blind. This experience made me feel lost and frustrated. Getting around the house when you’re unable to see is hard. Although I had friends helping me by guiding me through my house, it was kind of difficult to follow their direction when being deaf. I often felt dragged and scared. I didn’t know what direction I was heading. The communication between my friends and I wasn’t…