Visual impairment

posted daily schedule that is being followed, but I think about the various needs being unmet in my classroom. For starters, I have two SLP’s and two PT’s that come and leave valuable information in order to meet my two kiddo’s needs with hearing impairments. This is wonderful but overwhelming. I am in need of picture flip books for transitions, sign language posters, Spanish talk phrases for toddlers, and a picture schedule. Although three teachers in a classroom, I still feel the weight of the…

The intervention strategies the clinician will use to target Amanda’s specific language weakness are narratives and discourse. The client’s teacher main concerns were the areas of expressive language skills as well as limited vocabulary. The clinician will target narratives and discourse to increase the client’s expressive language skills. Research by McCabe and Bliss, supports that children should have the ability to provide with a minimum of two events in a narrative. The clinician can…

What Are Cochlear Implants? In the past thirty years, scientists and researchers have been developing and improving an electronic medical device, referred to as a cochlear implant (Cochlear Celebrates, 2016). This small therapeutic device replaces one’s damaged cochlea, and is responsible for providing the proper sound signals to the brain so that one can hear. Not to be confused with a hearing aid, a cochlear implant is very different. A cochlear implant is responsible for bypassing the damaged…

Critical Thought Question #1 Why is the theory of culture important to Deaf people? What is the goal of the field of Deaf Studies? This essay will be delving into two thoughts on the subject of Deaf Studies and Deaf Culture. One thought we will be exploring is why theory if culture is important to Deaf people. What does the Deaf community have to gain from this study of theory? How does it tie into Deaf Studies? The second thought we will be exploring is the goal of Deaf Studies. What does it…

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…

The Social Development of Children with Deaf Parents The ability to listen and recognize a mother’s voices plays an intricate role in one’s development. Mehler et al (1976) conducted a study and exposed one-month-old infants to their mother’s voice and the voice of a stranger. There were two conditions applied to each mothers’ voice. The first condition was that the mother focused on communicating with the infant, and the second condition was that the mother spoke without “prosodic and…

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…