Deaf Culture
This is the percentage of deaf children born to hearing parents.
What is 90%?
This group is usually opposed to the idea of cochlear implant surgery.
What is the Deaf community?
This is the year that FDA officially deemed the cochlear implants safe for children.
What is the year 1990?
This is the most important piece of legislation that the Deaf community values got passed.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act?
Some young children still believe in this guy that wears red in December, drives a sleigh pulled by reindeer, and gives out presents.
What is the belief of Santa Claus
When the cochlear implant is removed for sleep, how can a child still be in danger being Deaf.
House catches fire
Not being able to communicate in an emergency
Anyone wanting a cochlear implant, doctor's will most likely perform the surgery as long as it is paid for..
True or False
True. Some insurance companies will fund implant surgery.
Sign three things you and your family value.
Health/Fitness Independence Community/Friendships Self-Care Connection Entertaining Privacy Faith/Religion Family Patriotism Education Environmentalism
When people believe in a higher power/spirit and worship on a regular basis in a church, mosque, temple, or a building designed for worship/prayer is known as...
What is a belief in religion.
These are two reasons why cochlear implants are controversial.
What are surgery risks and cultural pride?
This is one of the risks associated with cochlear implant surgery.
What is damage to facial nerves?
This is an activity that children should abstain from when wearing the external speech processor. Many of us have these round things to jump on.
What is jumping on a trampoline?
Deaf Heart has to do with the willingness of a hearing person to KNOW both Deaf people and the Deaf community. It’s not enough to know a set of facts and statistics or even to know ASL.
It has to do with knowing and understanding from the heart.
What is Deaf heart.
Sign three denominations. (Types of religion).
Baptist Episcopalian
Methodist Methodist
Catholic Muslim
Jewish Spiritual
Hearing people may find this rude.
What is pointing or walking through a conversation.
This is the biggest psychological risk associated with cochlear implant surgery in children.
What is being torn between the Deaf and the hearing world? Having to talk versus sign.
A cochlear implant simulates sound by placing electrodes in the cochlear. How many electrodes are placed in the cochlear with today's surgeries?
What 22 to 24 channels.
When signing the concept VALUE for Black Lives Matter (valued).
Symmetrical Claw at your chin pulls down into a S handshape.
A quote coined by the first Deaf president of Gallaudet University that now has become a belief in the Deaf community.
Deaf people can do everything hearing people can do, except hear.
Name how an individual has a Deaf identity.
What are viewing oneself as being culturally different, being fluent and respectful to American Sign Language, what is to hang out with other Deaf folk.
Parents should realize this when getting cochlear implant surgery for their children.
What is the fact that cochlear implants do not provide people with perfect hearing? The implant doesn't always work.
The cost to receive an implant without the assistance of insurance.
What is $3,000 to $4,800.
The cost to receive an implant without the assistance of insurance.
Demonstrate the three types of way we learned the sign for VALUE.
V-A-L-U-E (native E)
Symmetrical Claw at your chin pulls down into a S handshape.
Use the sign for IMPORTANT
What are two Deaf culture norms.