Famous Figures
Hearing Loss Technology
Legal Rights & Accessibility
Miscellaneous
Sign Language & Communication
100

This character in the TV series, Stranger Things, was born with partial hearing loss in one ear and uses visual cues on set to act and sing. 

Who is Millie Bobby Brown?

100

This device, manually placed behind or in the ear, amplifies sounds for those with hearing loss.

What are hearing aids?

100

At CWRU, we have this club to help provide a sense of community and support for self-identified disabled members and provide accessibility activism.

What is the DSA (Disabled Spartan Association)?

100

This visual technology provides text for TV shows, movies, and live events for those who are deaf or hard of hearing.

What is closed captioning?

100

This form of communication uses hand movements, facial expressions, and body language to convey meaning and is used widely in the deaf community.

What is sign language?

200

The host of The Late Show is deaf in his right ear due to a childhood surgery to remove a tumor.

Who is Stephen Colbert? 



200

Invented in 1984, this surgically implanted device provides a sense of sound for individuals who are profoundly deaf.

What is a cochlear implant?

200

This landmark act, passed in 1990, prohibits discrimination based on disability.

What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?

200

This is a type of accommodation where one sits in the most beneficial place for learning in the classroom

 What is Preferential Seating?

200

This strategy, often used by those with hearing loss, involves understanding spoken language by watching the speaker’s lip movements.

 What is lip-reading?

300

This American actress who starred in the 2018 horror film A Quiet Place wears cochlear Implants. 

Who is Millicent Simmonds?



300

For someone with hearing loss, this device often used in theaters or auditoriums, amplifies sound directly to their hearing aids.

What is an FM System?

300

The requirement for TV shows to have captions for those with hearing loss became mandatory due to this act.

What is the Television Decoder Circuitry Act?

300

This university in Washington, D.C., is the only liberal arts college in the world for the Deaf and hard of hearing.



What is Gallaudet University?

300

In ASL, this feature is essential for expressing emotions, tone, and grammatical structure, as it replaces vocal intonations in spoken languages.

What is facial expression?