The video started off by having individual deaf people talk about how they felt about deaf culture and deaf heritage. Some of the things that they said were very interesting, like how deaf people are no longer just participating in exclusively deaf activities but branching out into the rest of society. ... In an interview he talked about how there has always been the misconception that deaf people aren't capable. ... However, the NAD has worked to make people aware of the fact that deaf people are fully capable to do most things that hearing people can. ... He believes that sports are jus...

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What seems like a simple task for most, used to be anything but for people who are Deaf or hard of hearing. ... Similar functionality is also available through several mobile apps, such as the Z5 Mobile app that allows Deaf and hard of hearing people to make and receive point-to-point calls to/from any videophone, as well as make and receive calls to hearing people using VRS. ... Previously, Deaf family members were not privy to much of these insights, but now a mobile app called Tap Tap helps hearing-impaired people to be aware of sounds in their environment. ... While viewing the video por...

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The Broadcaster is a "Deaf friendly" publication that seems to target only Deaf people or those directly involved in the Deaf community. ... A total of 2300 people were registered for the conference by the last day. ... Besides the articles and columns there are many advertisements geared only toward Deaf or hard of hearing people. ... There are also some ads for teletypewriters (TTY's), another quote "Deaf Friendly" technology that allows Deaf or hard of hearing people to communicate by telephone via an operator or another TTY at the other end of the line. ... If I became Deaf one da...

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Deaf culture, community, and hearing people As hearing people, we need to respect the Deaf culture and community. ... The first goal of Padden and Humpries is to promote the acceptance of Deaf people. ... Some specific things hearing people could do to demonstrate the acceptance of Deaf people is through meta awareness; the hearing people need to be aware of ideas about Deaf people. ... Promoting respect for the Deaf culture is another goal Padden and Humpries had for the Deaf community. ... The hearing culture must look past the stigma and realize they are normal people too. ...

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Deafness cannot be noticed by the people you are surrounded by. ... Most people would agree that a small tube sticking out of your ear is far more attractive than the shiny and glassy eyes blind people end up with. Deafness has a cure. ... What a great advantage over normal people. ... Deaf people would therefore have a better quality of life. ...

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They produce their own movies and hold their own film festivals, to accommodate the interests of deaf people. Many deaf people have written and published books with themes of Sign Language and deafness. ... Deaf people pick up signings and unique little things that different groups do. ... Deaf people are considered a group, a culture. ... Helen Keller made a big impact on deaf people. ...

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Deaf Culture Culture results from a group of people coming together to form a community around shared experience and common interests. ... It is also important to point out that not all deaf people know ASL. ... In the same way there are many hearing people in the deaf community, such as children of deaf parents that are hearing but the first language that they learn is actually ASL. Many People mistakenly believe that ASL is English made known through signs. ... Culture results from a group of people coming together to form a community around shared experience and common interests....

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Perspectives of Deaf Culture With the awareness of the Deaf Community becoming stronger with everyday people are beginning to form two major positions on Deaf Culture. ... The cultural model sees the Deaf community as a group of people that are bonded together by a language and culture of their own. Most Deaf people and people that have been exposed to Deaf culture share this opinion. ... I also chose this topic because I know it is relevant to deaf people. ... He is a student at OSU and I know he has problems with people that don't have any knowledge of the Deaf Community. ...

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According to Gallaudet University Library, there are about 38 million people who are deaf in the U.S. ... However, if one lives in a small town, which usually has a rather low population of deaf people, there may not have deaf-only schools. ... Levy notes that "The deaf will always [be] restricted to a narrower of jobs. " Deaf people cannot do jobs that require plenty of communication. Deaf people would have difficulties being a lawyer because a lawyer needs to communicate with judges, his own clients and some other people. ... Although some people may empathize with Gauvin being deaf and adju...

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There are people out there that were meant to dance, as luck would have it, they ended up deaf, but they were still meant to dance. ... Some people think of it as an art form. People tell all the time that they like to watch me because it is pretty. ... Many people have the misconception that deaf people "hear" by feeling vibrations through the floor. ... Personally, I don't like people holding him as a role model of what deaf persons can achieve. ...

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There are many deaf children who are born to hearing adults. ... It was that of two deaf children born to hearing parents. ... One of those are the teachers using manual communication which allows the deaf people to become teachers. ... Oral skills are often not very useful for communication among deaf people and the use of the oral method bars the deaf from ever becoming teachers. ... Deafness is a very low incidence condition and very few public schools have more than one or two deaf students within their districts. ...

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There are four major categories of deafness; people born completely deaf, people born hearing impaired, people that become deaf, and people that become hearing impaired. ... After all, most deaf people are not actually completely without hearing. ... On the other hand, there are many deaf or partially deaf people whose lives would be dramatically changed by a deafness cure. ... Deaf people therefore typically also have a greater dependence on other people. If these dependent deaf people were to develop hearing, than they would have to become far more independent....

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Technology Research Hearing Dogs for Deaf People was started in America. ... At the conference, they mentioned Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. ... Bruce Fogle is now the Vice-Chairman of Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. ... The next 4 years he trained Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. ... In 1986, Hearing Dogs for Deaf People became a charity. ...

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Where I was working there was a deaf woman, and this is how she managed to talk with people. ... The deaf are subjected to peoples" stares and they have feelings of isolation. ... On page 23 of chapter 2, it was mentioned that deaf people have been shot in the back by police when they had not heard the command to halt, so, rare as it most likely is, that would be yet another deaf issue. ... Mom got locked out of the house and she didn't want people thinking she was less capable or more dependent because she was deaf, so she broke a window and crawled in the house to get her keys. ... ...

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Sexually Abused Deaf Children Sexual abuse among the deaf community is not uncommon. ... Recent studies show deaf children twenty percent more likely to be abused than hearing children. It has also been proven ten percent of all abused deaf children were abused sexually. Some therapist believe communication problems make deaf children more susceptible to sexual abuse. ... This group believes people can make responsible decisions regarding their sexual behavior only if they are educated properly. ...

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Prelingual deafness refers to a person who was or becomes deaf before having learned a language. ... One additional fact is that deaf children who are more likely to obtain high reading levels and graduate from college were the children whose parents were themselves deaf, although 90% of deaf children are born to hearing parents. ... Still, this is where the deaf child begins learning to speak, usually at a deaf institute of some kind. ... It is a common myth that all deaf people can read lips when in fact it is actually a very ineffective way of communicating. ... Ben Bahan has sug...

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Children that are Deaf have always have had a difficulty when it has come to school. ... Studies conducted by researchers at Gallaudet University found that as many people that live in Houston, Texas (nearly 3 million) use American Sign Language (Mitchell, Young, Bachleda, & Karchmer, 2005). ... Because most children who are not Deaf learn to speak at a very young age they are able to advance in their phonetic milestones quicker than those who are Deaf (Accredited Language, 2010). ... The purpose behind this type of communication to educate Deaf or hard of hearing students is to allow them to ...

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Most people are aware that there are at least two main opinions on how to approach a child with reading. ... Whether the phonics method or the whole word method is the best process to teach a person how to read, people who are deaf have no other choice but to use the whole word method when they try to learn how to become literate. ... According to a recent article published in the respected journal Amercian Annals of the Deaf, "[t]he general progression of reading development for deaf children begins with the labeling of people and objects represented by pictures in books, followed by develo...

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Understanding deaf culture is difficult for people who don't know anything about it. This is because most people don't understand that deaf people are often fighting to achieve their dream and they are fighting for their disability rights so that they can achieve those dreams. ... It could be hard for deaf people who used to live in bad neighborhoods and try to be friendlier with the people in the neighborhood but it wasn't that easy, if I live in nice neighborhood then people will be friendlier and respect who I am. ... Let me give you another positive example about deaf cultu...

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Hearing people have a lot to offer to the deaf when it comes to language, such as the teaching of sign language, proper English, ways to communicate effectively, and much more. What they don't realize is that deaf people can indeed return the favor. For instance, one could say that the majority of deaf people acquitted their knowledge of sign language from a hearing teacher. There are times where, after being taught, deaf people would give their teachers little cues that allow them to communicate with them more effectively. ... I"m a deaf student, but there are some things about the...

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Advances in technology, including cochlear implants, have changed the lives of people with hearing problems. ... People who are deaf are those with profound hearing loss who cannot understand sounds without or without hearing aids and people who are hard of hearing are those with hearing losses that impair their understanding of sounds, including communication, profit from listening devices and other hearing technologies that enable them to comprehend oral speech and communication (Smith, 2007). ... The development of the hearing aids has had a significant impact on the lives of people with h...

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A century ago, deaf and blind people had been viewed as being in an animalistic state and not possess the dignity of a man. ... Up until the mid to late eighteenth century, deaf or blind people were unable to inherit property, get married, receive an education and obtain adequate work. ... Sacks goes on to say that he saw a new image for the deaf people, a new strength and sense of community. ... Lane states that the hearing people have obstacles placed in their way by hearing people (the dominant culture), but could only be removed "if only they came know the deaf community" (lane 271). ... H...

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When law enforcement agencies and courts violate the rights of deaf and hard of hearing people occasionally nothing is done to resolve the problem. ... When they are not provided sometimes people are wrongfully imprisoned and mistreated, but often enough hearing people are too afraid or do not feel that it pertains to them and so nothing is said to aid the deaf or hard of hearing. According to Rights of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Under the ADA law enforcement agencies and courts must accommodate people with disabilities. ... If the courts or law enforcement agencies do not provide these ...

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More than 25 million of those people who were hearing impaired did not have hearing aids. ... With that being said, it is obvious that there are many ways for the deaf to communicate with each other and also with hearing people. ... It can also be referred to as a TDD (Telecommunication Device for the Deaf). However this term is not widely used because deaf people are not the only ones who use a TTY. ... They were also very expensive which kept many of the deaf from purchasing one. ...

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