ASL 2 FHPO – Flashcards
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Why Gallaudet and Clerc are important to American Deaf education?
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They started up the education for the deaf.
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Where is ASL from?
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Hearing and deaf people
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Are Sign Languages universal?
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No, but they are similar
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What is different about BSL and its fingerspelling?
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It was created from a different source (British)
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English and ASL have different structures (T/F)
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True
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What is SEE?
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Signing Exact English
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What percentage of Deaf have Deaf Parents?
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90%
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How do MOST deaf learn about culture?
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Deaf children who have Deaf parents tend to teach other students about Deaf culture at residential schools
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Do signs have regional variations or differences?
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Yes
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ASL is and always has been neutral concerning racial signs
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False. However, it is now more neutral concerning racial signs.
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What is Pidgin Sign English?
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An impromptu blend of American Sign Language and American English Signs.
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What is the difference between ASL and signed English?
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The difference is that one of them is more aurally based, when the other one is visual/gestural/spatial equivalent.
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Define Total Communication
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TC utilizes all modalities of communication (spoken, signed, and written) as well as lipreading, and gestures in the education of deaf children.
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What is SimCom?
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SimCom (Simultaneous Communication) means any deaf person who can speak and sign at the same time.
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Why is English hard for many deaf people?
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English is a spoken language, and to approach it is a lot different than approaching ASL. Deaf people don't benefit from the "language bombardment" when they're born.
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Why don't some deaf like to read?
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It may depend on if they learned English in a positive way. A lot of Deaf people do like to read, though.
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What is different about how deaf are taught today vs. the 1800s?
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The schools today have bilingual and bicultural settings for the children. The schools in the past had less bilingual and bicultural settings, but their schedules were a lot different.
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Why are some residential schools closing?
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The main reason for some residential schools to close is the lack of money and students enrolling.
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Why don't some deaf like speech pathologists?
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I think some deaf people see speech pathologists as villains- brutal, insensitive, demanding, etc.
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What does the author say about asking a Deaf person to speak or verbalize?
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The author didn't know if it was wrong to ask/want her to verbalize. The author started learning ASL to be able to communicate with the woman.
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What is a word for one who doesn't speak?
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Deaf, or mute
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Be familiar with various terms used in the past to describe deaf people
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Deaf-mute was once acceptable. Deaf and dumb was common in the past, but it has been outmoded. Silent doesn't really refer to Deaf people because they can still make a lot of noises. The current acceptable terms are hearing-impaired, deaf, or hard-of-hearing.
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Explain what it means to be means Hearing or Deaf
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To be Hearing means that you are not part of the Deaf community. Deaf means that you are part of the Deaf community.
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Can one use ASL and have a cochlear implant?
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Yes. There is no reason that one should not be able to use ASL with a cochlear implant.
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Why are Deaf people concerned about newborn screenings?
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I think some Deaf people are concerned if the parents know that they need to teach their children a language immediately.
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Why do deaf people ask other deaf parents if their kids are deaf or hearing?
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Deaf parents with deaf children are a rarity. 10% of deaf parents have deaf children.
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Why does the author argue that deaf parents are better parents of hearing children than hearing parents of deaf children?
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The author says it's sad if a parent can't communicate with their own child. It depends on the parents, not whether or not they're hearing or deaf.
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Know what Eugenics is
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Eugenics is a pseudo-science that deals with inherited characteristics and the possibility of improving those of succeeding generations by choosing "suitable" parents.
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Know what Alexander Graham Bell thought about Eugenics
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AGB agreed with the principles of Eugenics.
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How did the Nazis feel about the deaf?
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Nazis forcibly sterilized many deaf Jewish and Christian children, teenagers, and young adults to ensure that they would never be able to breed "defectives."
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Name some reasons Deaf people become deaf
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- Repeated exposure to very loud noise - hardening of the bones of the middle ear (common among older people) - bomb or shotgun blasts, injuries, sickness
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What is the difference between deaf and hard-of-hearing?
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"Deaf" means unable to hear normally. "Hard-of-hearing" means having a mild to moderate degree of hearing loss.
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Define Deaf Culture
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One possible definition of U.S. Deaf culture is: a social, communal, and creative force of, by, and for Deaf people based on American Sign Language (ASL).
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How did AGB try to destroy deaf culture?
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He suggested three "preventive measures": eliminating residential schools, forbidding the use of sign language in the education of deaf pupils, and prohibiting deaf adults from being teachers of deaf children.
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Explain the medical and cultural views of deafness
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Deafness is a disability physically and medically. It is a culture because the people can communicate with each other using ASL.
