slh perspective on deafness quiz 1

what is protactile interpreting

used by deafblind people; communication by touch as a way to express a facial expression/emotion through the communication

why is “help” a bad word

the deaf community doesn’t want “help,” they want “access,” to the world around them

what is different about the lifestyle of the hearing vs the deaf

deaf community has its own culture; need to be particular about the space you engage in (how to arrange your office, buying houses, what restaurants, etc.) because you need space to communicate visually; in society’s view, deafness is not something desirable so that perception is already setting up deaf people for a life of challenges

is deafness considered an invisible disability

yes; if someone wasn’t wearing a hearing aid/device or using sign language, you may never know that they are deaf

what are the parts of the deaf cultural iceberg

observable: behaviors

not observable (just beneath the surface): interpretations (how we feel the core values should be reflected in specific situations in daily life such as working or socializing)

core values (deep below surface): learned ideas of what is considered good or bad, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable, acceptable or unacceptable

what kinds of things impact the deaf cultural iceberg

formative factors (what creates, defines, and molds a culture’s core values), including religion, history, the media, educational systems, family, and economics

hearing disorder

result of impaired auditory sensitivity of the physiological auditory system; words like “disorder,” “impaired” or “limit” have negative connotations, so they are not labels that the deaf community adopts

deaf (audiological term)

a hearing disorder that limits an individual’s oral aural/oral communication performance to the extent that the primary sensory input for communication may be other that the auditory channel; this is less negative

hard of hearing (HoH)

a hearing disorder, whether fluctuating or permanent, which adversely affects an individual’s ability to communicate; refers to an individual who has a mild-to-moderate hearing loss who may communicate thru sign language, spoken language, or both

why would a HoH person just tell people that they’re deaf rather than HoH

often if u say you’re hard of hearing, that gives people the idea that you can hear them just fine and will yell at you (i.e. using their own preferred form of communication) versus if you tell them you’re deaf, then they’ll immediately think of using a way of communicating that works best for you rather than themselves (i.e. jump straight to sign language or whatever else)

what does the hearing spectrum look like with a “hearing” center

the goal is often assimilation:

in order, it goes

• hearing

• a little hard of hearing (almost hearing)

• hard of hearing

• very hard of hearing (almost deaf)

• deaf

what does the hearing spectrum look like with a “deaf” center

in order, it goes

• hearing

• very hard of hearing (almost hearing)

• hard of hearing

• a little hard of hearing (almost deaf)

• deaf

in this context, saying “very hard of hearing” doesn’t refer to not being able to hear audio well, it refers to being closest to being able to hear; in the deaf community, it used to be bad to be HoH (like oh you wanna be a part of the hearing world and not like us) but this has changed with time

what’s the deal with marlee matlin

deaf actress who won an oscar, her first acceptance speech was in sign language; a year later when she announced the next winner, she stopped signing and started speaking; made the deaf community very upset, it was as if she was trying to cater to hearing society and it took marlee a long time to heal her connection with the deaf community; her speaking showed the film industry that it was easy for them to just hire a hearing person to pretend to be deaf, so the deaf community didn’t have a lot of representation in the film industry for a while

what is senate bill 281

effective sept. 1, 2019; in texas, these terms are no longer acceptable to refer to people as formally

what terms are no longer acceptable to refer to people as based off senate bill 281

• deaf and dumb (dumb and silent)

• deaf mute

• auditory impaired or speech impaired/speech impediment

• auditory handicap

• hearing impaired/hearing impediment, hearing loss

• hearing handicapped

frowned-on by some: deafness as a disability

these terms imply that being deaf means you’re broken and need to be fixed

what are the acceptable terms to call someone

deaf or hard of hearing

congenital deafness

at birth, prelinguistic

adventitious deafness

acquired, post linguistic; late deafened (deaf later in life)

difference in medical-pathological view vs. cultural view

medical-pathological: deafness as a “defect”

cultural: deafness as a “difference”

in D vs d, what does the D refer to

an identity of being deaf within the deaf community, i.e. culturally deaf

in D vs d, what does the “d” refer to

someone who does not identify themselves with the deaf community; can be seen as “not deaf enough” :(

what percent of deaf children are born to hearing families?

90%

what is the nash and nash model (1981) dynamic social adaptation model

an early attempt to explain the deaf experience; says some spaces are navigated better than others (ex. my place on campus is a student, but when i go home, my status as a student isn’t as evident and im more so a daughter, sister, girlfriend, etc.);

• x-axis: how much more you connect w a group

• y-axis: how much you assimilate with hearing society

what groups make up the deaf community and its members

• deaf children of culturally deaf parents

• deaf children of hearing parents

• hearing members in deaf families (CODA’s)

• hard of hearing individuals

• late-deafened individuals

• deafblind individuals

• multiple other communities (ethnically)