Deaf History
Evolution of Sign Language
Cochlear Implants
Deaf President Now!
What's That Sign?
100
The first school for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in America was established in this year
1817
100
Name of the Deaf town where all residents learned how to sign
Martha's Vineyard
100
Which is more powerful, Hearing Aids or Cochlear Implants?
Cochlear Implants
100
The year the Deaf President Now movement took place
1988
100
What's that Sign?
Champ
200
The world's first and only liberal arts college for the Deaf
Gallaudet University
200
Era of U.S. History where the use of Sign Language declined in Deaf residential schools in favor of Oralism
The Dark Ages of ASL
200
True or False:
Cochlear Implants can cure deafness
False
200
Name one of the four demands of the protesters
Elizabeth Zinser must resign
Spilman must step down as Chairperson of the Board
Deaf people must constitute 51% majority of the Board
No reprisals against those involved in protest
200
What's that Sign?
vee-vee
300
ASL can trace it's roots from this country's Sign Language
France
300
The variation of Sign Language that is meant to be an EXACT representation of English vocabulary and grammar
Signing Exact English (SEE)
300
The minimum age one could be eligible for a Cochlear Implant with severe to profound hearing loss
2 years old
300
Gallaudet's Board of Trustees eventually meet how many of the protester's demands
all of them
300
What's that Sign?
What are you doing?
400
This French teacher traveled back to America with Thomas Gallaudet and helped establish the first school for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in America
Laurent Clerc
400
ASL was recognized, by experts, as a language since this year
1960
400
Cochlear Implants successfully help people improve their hearing this percentage of the time
90%
400
The name of the first
Dr. I. King Jordan
400
What's that Sign?
That! That! That!
500
The original name for the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut
The Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb
500
ASL is __% related to it's root language
60%
500
Cochlear Implants were invented in this year
1961
500
The protest lasted this many days
7 days
500
What's that Sign?
Hmmmm. I see.