Famous People
Trained to be a preacher, this young man was the first principal of the first Deaf school in America.
Who is Thomas Gallaudet?
EXTRA points: Where did Gallaudet travel?
The predominant spoken language in the United States
What is English?
Look in their eyes
Where do you focus when signing with someone?
A person who hears and uses speech to communicate
What is HEARING (SPEAKING)?
90%
What percentage of DEAF children have HEARING parents?
EXTRA points: How likely is it a Deaf couple will have a deaf baby?
GIRL & BROWN
What is HANDSHAPE?
This Deaf teacher brought French Sign Language to the United States
Who is Laurent Clerc?
EXTRA Points: How did Clerc become deaf?
Method of using speech, speech-reading and residual hearing to teach deaf children without the use of signed symbols or language.
What is the Oral Method?
Tap the shoulder, wave your hand/arm, stomp the floor, flash the lights, ask someone physically closer for help
What are ways to get a deaf person's attention?
A person who has a hearing loss, yet communicates orally (uses speech and residual hearing)
What is HARD-of-HEARING (HH)?
Speech Training and Speech Reading (easy or difficult)
What is extremely difficult?
GAME - WITH
What is PALM-ORIENTATION?
This daughter of a doctor was the first student at the first school for the Deaf in America.
Who is Alice Cogswell?
EXTRA points: How many Deaf students arrived the first year?
A method that uses ASL signs, adds prefix and suffix hand symbols and follows English word order to teach deaf children English
What is Manually Coded English (MCE)?
Walk straight through
How do you walk through 2 signers if there is no way to walk around?
A person who cannot hear
What is deaf ("little d")?
Early language (ASL) exposure
What do deaf children need to learn to read and do well in school ("literacy")?
EXTRA points: Why is reading difficult for Deaf children?
GIRL & TOMORROW
What is MOVEMENT?
This French man was headmaster at the Institut National de Jeunes Sourds de Paris and wrote a book about teaching deaf children using sign language
Who is Abbe Sicard
BONUS point: Where did Gallaudet meet Sicard and Clerc?
This "bridge" between Signed English and ASL typically uses ASL signs and follows English word order
What is Pidgin Signed English (PSE)
BONUS points: What is another name for PSE?
Talking instead of signing in the presence of Deaf people AND asking about their speech or speech-reading skills
Two things that are considered RUDE by Deaf people
A person who cannot hear who uses ASL and considers him/herself part of a linguistic and cultural community
What is Deaf ("big D")?
The institutions where historically ASL and Deaf Culture have been maintained and passed down
What are residential schools for the deaf?
GIRL & WITH
What is LOCATION and MOVEMENT?
This famous American was an Oralist who believed deaf people should not marry each other
Who is Alexander Graham Bell
EXTRA points: What is the Milan Conference?
A visual-spatial-gestural language with its own grammar and syntax
What is ASL
Deaf children, ASL, residential schools for the deaf, eyes/vision, autonomy AND community, reciprocity...
What does the Deaf Community value?
BONUS points: Define "reciprocity"
This term is used in medical and educational settings and is generally NOT accepted by the Deaf Community
What is Hearing-Impaired
The American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut
What is the first permanent school for the deaf in America, founded by Gallaudet and Clerc in 1817?
For EXTRA points: What was it originally called?
GIRL & AUNT
What is PALM-ORIENTATION & MOVEMENT?