Deaf Community
True or false: Everyone in the Deaf community has different reactions to the ILY sign.
True
How common is hereditary deafness?
A. Very common - 90% of deaf people have hereditary deafness
B. Approximately 75% of deaf people have hereditary deafness
C. In general, it is present in approximately 50% of deaf people
D. Not very common - it is only present in a small percentage
E. Only a fraction of the deaf population is born with hereditary deafness - the number is statistically insignificant
D. Not very common - it is only present in a small percentage of families
Shifting _____ allows the storyteller to move rapidly between the narrator's perspective and direct depiction of the events through the eyes of a character.
A. eye gaze
B. location of the sign
C. movement of the sign
D. brow movement
E. dominant and non-dominant hands
A. eye gaze
Alexander Graham Bell felt deaf people:
A. should not incorporate spoken language into their signed communications.
B. should maintain connections only with other deaf people.
C. should use written communication as a primary method of communication with hearing people.
D. should assimilate into hearing society.
E. should sign in a more English manner.
D. should assimilate into hearing society.
What are some impacts of having a large Deaf community?
A. Better schools for Deaf children
B. Job opportunities for Deaf individuals
C. Local colleges offer ASL
D. More opportunities for interpreter-training courses
E. All of the above
E. All of the above
At this time, why are hearing aids more culturally acceptable to the Deaf community than Cochlear Implants?
A. Hearing aids don’t require an invasive procedure
B. You can remove both hearing aids and cochlear implants
C. Hearing aids are cheaper than cochlear implants
A. Hearing aids don’t require an invasive procedure
Which of the following syndromes present as a combination of deafness and blindness?
A. Waardenburg Syndrome
B. Albinism-deafness Syndrome
C. Charles Bonnet syndrome
D. Anton Syndrome
E. Usher’s Syndrome
E. Usher’s Syndrome
In ASL, ways of indicating a change in viewpoint include: shifts or changes in eye gaze, __________________, and ____________________.
A. brow movement and body position
B. mouth movement and head position
C. facial expressions and eye contact
D. eye contact and mouth movement
E. body position and head position
E. body position and head position
Which of the following best describes how Deaf people interacted with hearing people in the old days?
A. They relied on them completely, they could not be independent
B. communication options were often limited, so Deaf individuals avoided interacting with hearing individuals
C. Deaf people only interacted with hearing people because by law they were not allowed to get together.
D. They only wrote things down on paper
E. A made up sign language was used
B. communication options were often limited, so Deaf individuals avoided interacting with hearing individuals
What are homesigns?
A. signs made up by your town
B. signs about the home
C. signs to describe furniture
D. hearing organization meets expectation signs
E. self-created symbolic gestures, not official ASL signs
E. self-created symbolic gestures, not official ASL signs
How and when can you let a Deaf person know that you enjoy their language?
A. anytime, they always love to be approached
B. Never, they always prefer to be left alone
C. The best time is if there are few distractions and more captive time
D. Anytime quickly, for example in line at the bank when they have things to do
E. You don’t need to, because they already know
C. The best time is if there are few distractions and more captive time
Deaf-blind individuals often communicate in what way?
A. by using an intermediary.
B. written responses that a hearing interpreter translates into spoken English.
C. tactile signing - signing into the palm of someone’s hand so they can feel the handshapes being made.
D. by using their residual vision, they are able to use sign language for both expressive and receptive information.
E. They use the Rochester method of signed communication.
C. tactile signing - signing into the palm of someone’s hand so they can feel the handshapes being made.
When talking about ________ itself, ASL places people and objects in locations that map real relations.
A. verb agreement
B. negation
C. space
D. pronoun placement
E. perspective
C. space
The Oralist movement was fueled by what event?
A. The Milan Conference of 1880
B. Alexander Graham Bell’s address to the U.S. Congress in 1935
C. The lack of qualified teachers due to the U.S. entry into WW1
D. The establishment of Gallaudet University in 1867
E. The invention of the telephone.
A. The Milan Conference of 1880
Why are Deaf individuals attracted to larger cities?
A. All residential schools are located in large cities
B. Deaf culture began there
C. Greater opportunities for success
D. Better educational opportunities
E. Easier to walk the areas for work, school, and entertainment
C. Greater opportunities for success
I King Jordan, first Deaf president of Gallaudet University, was cited as an example of someone who experienced hearing loss due to:
A. Childhood disease
B. Sudden trauma
C. Family heredity
D. Exposure to loud music over a prolonged period of time.
E. Congenital birth defect
B. Sudden trauma
A progressive hearing loss is one that:
A. begins at birth.
B. can be cured with medical intervention.
C. is always trauma related.
D. Is initially identified and then followed over time.
E. is usually caused by illness at an early age.
D. Is initially identified and then followed over time.
In ASL which comes first: setting then object OR topic then comment?
Topic then comment
The second wave of Oralism resurfaced in the past 30 years. This was due to what?
A. Changing attitudes due to declining English comprehension assessments in k-12 schools.
B. The popularity of mainstream education.
C. The lack of qualified interpreters in education.
D. The rapid development and advancement of the internet and digital communication.
E. The introduction of the Cochlear Implant
E. The introduction of the Cochlear Implant
Which best defines “Social Deafness”?
A. The effect of hearing individuals on Deaf culture
B. Being in a Deaf space where everyone is signing but you didn’t learn ASL
C. The effect hearing loss has on one on one conversations when the hearing person is signing
D. The effect hearing loss has in social interactions where a Deaf individual struggles to be involved in groups of people having conversations
E.The refusal of Bilingual-bimodal approaches in school and social settings
D. The effect hearing loss has in social interactions where a Deaf individual struggles to be involved in groups of people having conversations
What percentage of deaf or hard of hearing people are diagnosed with Usher's Syndrome?
A. <1%
B. 3-6%
C. 10-15 %
D. 15-20%
E. 20-25%
B. 3-6%
When a person gives birth to a deaf child, who generally relays the information about the infant’s hearing loss to the family?
A. hospital midwife
B. deaf mentors employed by hospital administration
C. hospital social work staff
D. the nursing staff
E. Audiological personnel
E. Audiological personnel
Hearing people convey sarcasm through inflection of their voice. How do Deaf people convey sarcasm?
A. Through facial expressions and non-manual markers
B. Through the use of specific signs
C. Through the use of their eyebrows only
D. Through the use of bigger signs and gestures
E. Through the use of their sign space
A. Through facial expressions and non-manual markers
Alexander Graham Bell introduced different preventive measures to reduce the occurrence of congenital deafness, these included:
A. eliminating residential schools, forbidding sign language in education, and prohibiting deaf teachers from instructing deaf children.
B. forbidding deaf children from signing at home with their families, forbidding deaf teachers from traveling to residential schools.
C. outlawing signing deaf people from congregating in public buildings together.
D. forbidding deaf people from using public transportation and public displays of affection.
E. he did not introduce any preventive measures to try and prevent the occurrence of congenital deafness.
A. eliminating residential schools, forbidding sign language in education, and prohibiting deaf teachers from instructing deaf children.