Hearing

pushes her insistent belief that “lesbianism … was [simply] a passing thing” (90-133). In light of her consecutive breakdowns mid-text, this is ultimately deemed false. “I was bound to come undone,” Galloway writes, referring to both the strain of her hearing guise, as well as her “scarily pent-up sexuality” (103). She notes the crux of her struggles as being in her sophomore year of university, having to spend “three days in the university clinic, crying like a baby” after bursting out into…

I. Summary (1-2 paragraphs) The documentary Sound and Fury addresses the use of cochlear implants for individuals who are considered by a medical professional or speech and language pathologist as either deaf or hard-of-hearing. In this specific film, Heather, age 6, and Peter, who is almost 2 years of age, are individuals who, after the consultation of numerous respective occupations, believes could benefit from a cochlear implant. This documentary focuses on the fact that the implementation…

(Harrington). Regardless of whether the number is half of a million, or two million, there are a plethora of citizens in the United States who use American Sign Language, or ASL, in their everyday lives. These people include the deaf, the hard of hearing, the disabled, victims of mental illness, all of their family members, and so much more. There are a profuse amount of people who rely on American Sign Language as their primary method of communication and yet, there are still those who believe…

Students will complete a seminar ticket prior to entering the classroom for the seminar. The seminar ticket consists of 3 questions that students need to answer based on the text and I will be checking off the tickets as students are arriving into the class. This ticket lets me know that the students read the text prior to entering the classroom and has some recollection of the question they have about the text and their own opinions and values on the text itself. The ticket also lets me know as…

Essay #2: Disability or Enhancement? In this essay, I will argue that Gauvin’s parents were not morally justified in their decision to permanently make their son born and remain deaf because by doing so the parents are treating the child as a lesser equal and are inflicting psychological harm. The role of parents is to ensure the wellbeing, safety, and support of their child in hopes that they can become stable, independent, and functional individuals in the near future. However, choosing a…

born on August 24, 1965, in the suburb of Morton Grove, Illinois. At the age of 18 months, she lost hearing in her right ear and eighty percent of her hearing in the other due to an illness and high fevers. Her parents grieved over the loss of her hearing and refused to send her to a deaf school. Instead, they learned some sign language and put Marlee into special programs for students with hearing loss. Although, Marlee’s parents learned some sign language, they encouraged her to use her voice…

The teletypewriter (TTY) is a device that allows people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or has speech problems to use the phone to communicate. Communicating when using the TTY, it allows you to type text messages but, requires both sides of the conversation to communicate. Both landlines and cell phones can be used with the TTY but, modern cell phones must have a special TTY mode to be compatible. The TTY is basically a text version of a phone call but, is designed for synchronous conversations…

sickness that they have to overcome. In the article “Victims from Birth” founding Editor Wendy McElroy, provides the story of Gauvin Hughes McCullough, whose deaf parents deny him a hearing aid, hoping he would grow up and be just like them. The lesbian couple were delighted to have Gauvin, their child to be born with a hearing disability because he would most likely be involved with the deaf culture. We see how parents want their child to be exactly like them but that isn’t right. A child is…

member joins the Deaf community they often learn about their new culture in forms of storytelling. It is a tradition in the Deaf culture to pass down stories through ASL. These stories are often about forming a Deaf identity. Those children born of hearing parents often do not learn American Sign Language until they entre school, meaning many Deaf people do not join the community until they are older. Deaf people are a group that see the world visually and use sign language to communicate.…

they could see what deafness is all about. Classes that teach ASL should also be teaching the struggle of the deaf community and how we are all equal. Another strategy would be establishing new methods in which deaf people can communicate with the hearing. Taxis and public transportation should provide methods of improving…