Family Tree
The two deaf children that we learn about in this documentary are...
Who are Heather and Peter.
The technology used by deaf people that requires surgery.
What is a cochlear implant?
The two perspectives on cochlear implants are...
What is the medical perspective and the cultural perspective?
Peter (Deaf) and Chris (hearing) are brothers.
Peter married Nita (Deaf) and Chris married Mari.
Mari is...
What is a hearing aid?
The cultural perspective feels that...
Deafness is okay!
Positive outlooks (what you gain instead of what you lose)
Does not focus on speaking and listening
Promotes ASL and fully accessible language
Peter and Chris's parents (hearing) both feel that the cochlear implant is...
A miracle, the best; something they want for all deaf people, and especially their grandchildren.
List 3 other types of technology that improved the lives of D/HH individuals.
What are... phones, FaceTime, texting, vibrating alarms, digital signs for announcements in transportation, etc.
The medical perspective feels that...
Negative
Deafness needs to be cured/fix
Focus on listening and speaking
Does not promote or encourage ASL
The decision for Peter (deaf baby) at the end of the documentary was... (surgery & school placement).
Chris and Mari (his parents) decided to go ahead with the cochlear implant for their deaf son, Peter. He was put into an oral program with no signing, just speech and listening skills.
True or False: If deaf children who get a cochlear implant continue to use ASL, they will not be able to fully develop their speech and spoken language skills.
False!!
- ASL
- Access to language and information
- Community & togetherness
- Not prioritizing speech and voice
The decision for Heather (deaf child) at the end of the documentary was... (surgery and school placement).
Heather didn't go ahead with the cochlear implant srugery. Her family moved to Frederick, MD where there is a larger Deaf community and the Deaf schools are better equipped. She attended MSSD (a Deaf school in MD).
- Deaf culture will die out
- No ASL will be used anymore
- Language deprivation and lack of access will occur if children are in a hearing/mainstream/oral program
Two examples of Deaf Gain are...
- Community no matter where you go
- Visual abilities
- Communicating clearly when hearing people can't (inside/outside, through glass, on the train)
- Deaf culture & arts