Famous Figures
This character in the TV series, Stranger Things, was born with partial hearing loss in one ear and uses visual cues on set to act and sing.
Who is Millie Bobby Brown?
This device, manually placed behind or in the ear, amplifies sounds for those with hearing loss.
What are hearing aids?
At CWRU, we have this club to help provide a sense of community and support for self-identified disabled members and provide accessibility activism.
What is the DSA (Disabled Spartan Association)?
This visual technology provides text for TV shows, movies, and live events for those who are deaf or hard of hearing.
What is closed captioning?
This form of communication uses hand movements, facial expressions, and body language to convey meaning and is used widely in the deaf community.
What is sign language?
The host of The Late Show is deaf in his right ear due to a childhood surgery to remove a tumor.
Who is Stephen Colbert?
Invented in 1984, this surgically implanted device provides a sense of sound for individuals who are profoundly deaf.
What is a cochlear implant?
This landmark act, passed in 1990, prohibits discrimination based on disability.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
This is a type of accommodation where one sits in the most beneficial place for learning in the classroom
What is Preferential Seating?
This strategy, often used by those with hearing loss, involves understanding spoken language by watching the speaker’s lip movements.
What is lip-reading?
This American actress who starred in the 2018 horror film A Quiet Place wears cochlear Implants.
Who is Millicent Simmonds?
For someone with hearing loss, this device often used in theaters or auditoriums, amplifies sound directly to their hearing aids.
What is an FM System?
The requirement for TV shows to have captions for those with hearing loss became mandatory due to this act.
What is the Television Decoder Circuitry Act?
This university in Washington, D.C., is the only liberal arts college in the world for the Deaf and hard of hearing.
What is Gallaudet University?
In ASL, this feature is essential for expressing emotions, tone, and grammatical structure, as it replaces vocal intonations in spoken languages.
What is facial expression?