Inventions
Technology
Famous Deaf
Acronyms
Miscellaneous
100
ASL (American Sign Language)
What is the language that was created for Deaf to be able to communicate with each other?
100
Hearing aids
What device amplifies noise to help Hard of hearing hear?
100
Marlee Matlin
What famous Deaf actress and book writer has appeared on Dancing with the Stars?
100
CODA
What is the acronym used for children who have a deaf parent?
100
Gallaudet
This university is the only Deaf university and is located in Washington D.C.
200
Football Huddle
Paul Hubbard created this for football in 1894.
200
Closed captioning
This display of text on a television is helpful to Deaf and hearing when a room is noisy.
200
Starting Girl Scouts
What is Juliette Gordon-Low famous for?
200
NAD
What is the biggest organization for the deaf in the world?
200
American School for the Deaf
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet travelled to Europe to learn how to educate Deaf. When he returned to America he founded what?
300
William "Dummy" Hoy
Fans loved watching this baseball player, so to show their love they waved their hats and handkerchiefs in creation of Deaf applause.
300
Vibrating alarm clock
How can Deaf/Hard of Hearing wake up in the morning?
300
Nellie Willhite
In 1928, this female was the first deaf to earn a pilot's license.
300
Americans with Disabilities Act
What does the acronym ADA stand for and why is it important for people who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing?
300
Sound and Fury
What movie released in 2000 is a documentary of two families struggling with the decision to give their young deaf children cochlear implants?
400
Eugene "Silent" Hairston
Ringpost lights for boxing, which are still used, were added because of this boxer.
400
Cochlear Implant
What is the hearing device that uses surgery to implant an electronic device that provides a sense of sound to a person that is severely hard of hearing?
400
Switched at Birth
Sean Berdy is an actor on what popular TV series on ABC Family?
400
NTD
What is the touring theatre that includes Deaf and hearing actors who use music, sign language and spoken word to entertain worldwide?
400
Martha's Vineyard
For over 200 years, deaf and hearing people used sign language on what island?
500
Umpire Bill Klem
Which umpire is credited with creating the hand signals for strike, ball, out and safe in baseball in 1905 for a deaf player?
500
Videophone
With this device you are able to use an interpreter when making a phone call.
500
Ashley Fiolek
This famous Deaf female is a motocross racer and was the 2008 WMX Pro National Champion.
500
IDEA
In 1975, Congress established _________ to ensure that children with disabilities have the opportunity to receive free, appropriate public education.
500
Deaf art known as Deaf View/Image Art
What is De'VIA?