Mark's Early Life
Was Mark born Deaf or did his hearing loss progress?
Hearing loss progressed
What percentage of deaf people are born to deaf parents?
10%
What skill did Mark find exhausting?
Lip-reading
What form of communication did Mark embrace?
Sign language
What is the central theme of Deaf Again?
Self-acceptance
Was Mark born to hearing or deaf parents?
Deaf Parents
What language is central to Deaf culture?
ASL
What approach limited Mark's communication?
Oralist approach
What school did Mark go to after PMFS?
Germantown Friends School (GFS)
What is crucial to Deaf identity?
Language
What method of communication did Mark’s parents encourage?
Oralism
What is the device that tries to help deaf people "hear" in a different way, not a hearing aid?
Cochlear Implant
What is Mark’s critique of oralism?
Isolating
What did Mark realize about his Deafness?
It's an identity
How does the book view Deafness?
Cultural experience
Where was Mark born?
Philadelphia
Where did Mark find community?
Gallaudet
Why did Mark's parents say no to PSD?
Mark was academically ahead of PSD's students
How did "failing" the audiology tests mae Mark feel?
Like a failure
How does Deaf Again portray being “Deaf in a hearing world”?
Exhausting
What sport did Mark enjoy playing?
Baseball
Why did the students at Gallaudet go on strike?
They wanted a deaf president
How did Mark feel in the hearing world?
Misunderstood
What time in Mark's life did he write the first edition of Deaf Again?
Right Out of College
What did Mark learn from Sekou and his parents?
How to be proud of your culture