Mild cognitive impairment

Individuals who have a deaf consciousness believe that they are unjustly treated within society based on their hearing impairments that lead them to “reject the legitimacy of their subordinate position,” (Mansbridge & Morris, 2001, p. 69). People who are deaf often feel that they are treated unfairly in situations of “domination created by hearing people” (Mansbridge & Morris…

If we take a look back in history and study deaf people, it is easily found that they did not have it easy. They were considered a lower class along with lepers and other people who suffered from any sort of mental or physical health. They were forced into asylums and treated poorly. (Jankowski 44) This was a result from not being able to have a voice because they weren’t able to hear. Things changed when they created their own form of communication, which we now recognize today as ASL or…

1.-When I think about what being Deaf is like I imagine a quiet life. Like you know that feeling when your ears are all clogged up and you can 't really hear anything, like the world feels congested? That is kind of how I imagine it is like except for you can not hear anything at all. I imagine it is a life of having to be extra cautious when out, and also a life of having to work around certain hurdles. - I imagine that Deaf individuals go through all types of experiences that I cannot even…

I address four questions in this analysis: How does being a child of a deaf parent affect the child’s sense of identity? Is the child’s cognitive development hindered? How do the personalities of CODAs (Children of Deaf Adults) differ from children with hearing parents? Lastly, how do the parent-child relationships compare between hearing children and their deaf parents, and hearing children…

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…

After reading the article “Do Deaf People Have a Disability?” by Harlan Lane with my peers very throughly and understanding the concept of the article I have educated myself even more since I read this article. Before I even took sign language I didn’t even think about the deaf community, much less if they were being oppressed or not. I never thought that they were oppressed for being Deaf something which isn’t wrong, just like your race (racism) and your gender (sexism). I believe that the word…

Life Lesson The author of the American Idol, Leah LaBelle, once said, “Work hard for what you want because it won 't come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something 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…

Cochlear implants, also known as the “bionic ear”, are devices that help provide aid for those hard-of-hearing. These devices are extremely complex and contain parts that are forced to work as a functioning unit. I will be going into more in depth with cochlear implants as well as defining what a cochlear implant actually is. I will also explain the costs that are involved, who the “best candidate” would be for implantation, and the risks and benefits involved with the implant. According to the…

"Sound and Fury," a documentary by Josh Aronson, is a compelling story of a struggle between two cultures; the hearing community and the deaf community, grounded in a conflict between members of one family, split over the perceptions and beliefs of what it means to be"normal." It is a film about identity and culture, belonging and being an outsider, misconceptions and a desire to be understood. It is a film about the struggles of a cultural minority to find its place and acceptance in the…

In recent years, numerous technological advances have come forth in an attempt to resolve or dampen the effects of different sensory impairments. Since around the intermediate years of the 1900s, one invention in particular has been designed, revised, and debated over with the purpose of aiding individuals who suffer complete and various partial forms of hearing loss. Hearing loss involves cochlear malfunction, and the cochlea is the primary hearing organ in the inner ear. Over the past few…