Background & Terminology
The percentage of deaf people born with deaf parents
What is 10%
What type of captions are always on the screen?
What is open captions?
Invented by A.G. Bell in his efforts to improve the lives of deaf people.
What is the Telephone?
This technology converts spoken conversations into text in real-time
What is Speech-to-text?
Augmentation to restore lost function
What is Prosthesis?
TTY, TDD, and TT all refer to what?
What is Text-based telecommunication equipment?
The "FM" in "FM Systems" stands for what?
What is Frequency Modulation?
This "tooth" is becoming an industry standard for hearing aids and other assistive devices as well
What is Bluetooth?
Deaf people are patients who need treatment and/or cure
What is Medical Model?
The Deaf world was connected by TTYs by what year?
What is 1980?
About 28.8 million U.S. adults could benefit from this
What is Hearing aids?
The first broadcasts of a regular series were captioned by ABC in what year?
What is 1980?
Severe hearing hearing lost but knows no sign language is identified as what?
What is deaf?
Deaf man who invented the acoustic modem in the 1960s so that he could use the telephone through a TTY
Who is Robert H. Weitbrecht?
The first electric hearing aid was invented in 1898 by who?
Who is Miller Reese Hutchison?
Bone conduction allows you to "hear" sound through the vibration of what?
What is the Jaw and cheek bones?
A member of the deaf community that uses sign language socially and possibly at work is identified as what?
What is Deaf?
What is the Captioned telephone?
The first patent in the United States for a hearing aid is issued to Edward G. Hyde of Camptown, New Jersey for what?
What is earscoops?
An acoustic throne created by F.C. Rein was used from about 1819 to 1826 by this Portugal King
Who is King (Goa) John VI?