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Oral Method

A method of instructing the deaf by which they are taught to speak and to understand the speech of others by lip reading.

A name sign is what?

A sign that can be arbitrary or descriptive, usually given to Deaf child when they first start school at a residential school, only given to you by a Deaf person and given to children born to Deaf parents at birth.

CSUN

California State University Northridge - One of the first colleges that accepted Deaf and hard of hearing students. This college also boasts that the largest nationwide enrollment of students who are deaf and hard of hearing

The best way to learn ASL is to

Communicate with Deaf people

An appropriate way to refer to a deaf person is to call them what?

Deaf

ASL is a signed version of English. True or false?

False

ASL is a universal language True or false?

False

At the Milan Conference, the International Congress on the Education of the Deaf voted that American Sign Language was a distinct language. True or false

False

Deaf people have always been encouraged to use sign language. True or False?

False

Deaf people value socialization because there are a lot of Deaf people in any given area. True or false?

False

It is ok to eavesdrop on a signed conversation if you are an ASL student. True or false?

False

It is ok to speak English and sign at the same time. True or false?

False

Lipreading and speech is the most effective communication method for most Deaf people. True or false?

False

To be a member of the Deaf community you must possess all four characteristics that define culture, interaction, deafness, ASL and advocacy. True or false?

False

Culture is defined by Carol Padden as a set of learned behaviors of a group of people that share a language, values, rules for behavior, and traditions. True or false?

True

Deaf culture was first truly recognized in 1965 when the Dictionary of American Sign Language by William Stokoe, Carl Croneberg, and Dorothy Caterline was published. True or false?

True

Deaf people are very proud to be deaf. True or false?

True

Deaf people use flashing lights to know when the phone is ringing, when someone has rung the doorbell, when a fire alarm is going off, and when to wake up in the morning. True or false?

True

Deaf people values ASL because ASL is the national language of the Deaf. true or false?

True

Edward Miner Gallaudet founded gallaudet university. True or false?

True

It is best to own an ASL textbook, dictionary, and phrase book. True or false?

True

It is very important to maintain eye contact during a signed conversation. True or false?

True

Ninety percent of deaf children have hearing parents. True or false?

True

One of the reasons Deaf people value their cultural literature is because it gives them a way to express their strong feelings? True or false?

True

One way to meet Deaf people is by attending Deaf events. True or false?

True

Pidgin Signed English is not a real language - it just follows English word order while using ASL signs. True or false?

True

Samuel Heinicke is known as the "father of oralism." True or false?

True

Speech is commonly forced on deaf children and represents confinement and deprivation of one of their core needs - language - true or false?

True

The Deaf President Now movement occured in March of 1988 at Gallaudet University. True or false?

True

The movie Sound and Fury is a documentary about how the deaf community responds to cochlear implants. True or false?

True

n 1960, William Stokoe first published that American Sign Language was a distinct language. True or false?

True

startASL.com is a good website to use while learning ASL. true or false?

True

Name sign is defined as what?

Used to identify and refer to people. There are three types of signs used by Deaf people - arbitrary, descriptive, and a hybrid of both.

Nationalism

loyalty and devotion to a nation

Cochlear Implant

new mechanism for hearing that is used when a hearing aid is not sufficient. Cochlear implants are surgically implanted into the skull and send sound signals directly to the auditory nerve.

Non-manual markers

one of the five parameters of sign and refer to facial expressions and body movements (head shakes, nods, tilts, shoulder shrugs etc.) They are used to inflect signs much like vocal intonations and are used to inflect spoken words.

NAD

National Association of the Deaf and is the world's oldest advocacy organization

NTD

National Theater of the Deaf is a theater group composed of deaf as well as hearing actors who entertain audiences worldwide through sign language, music, and the spoken word.

Residential School

School for the Deaf." - educational facility as well as a housing facility for deaf students.

When you need to walk through a signed conversation it is customary to do what?

Sign "excuse me" and walk right through.

When you are late to an ASL class, it is customary to do what?

Take a moment to explain why you are late.

TTY

Teletypewriter (telecommunication device for the deaf) is a device that enables deaf people to use ordinary telephone lines to communicate.

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

The father of the American Education for the Deaf

When taking ASL class, you should leave English and your voice outside the classroom. True or false?

True

1880 Congress of Milan, Italy

conference where oral was declared better than manual (sign) education and Sign Language was banned in schools for the Deaf.

Audiogram

graph of soundwaves a person can hear at varying frequencies

Gallaudet University

located in Washington D.C. and is the main liberal arts college for the Deaf and hard of hearing students.

Deaf of Deaf

refers to a person who is hard of hearing and is not submerged in the Deaf community.

Most Deaf people support this type of educational environment for deaf children:

residential schools for the deaf, day schools (oral or sign) mainstreaming or home school environment and self-contained classrooms.

Alexander Graham Bell

supported the prohibition of the use of sign language in favor of oralism.

The main values of Deaf Culture are what?

American Sign Language, not speaking, socialization and Deaf poetry

ADA stands for what?

Americans with Disabilities Act

igned english refers to different sign systems that have been developed using borrowed signs from ASL as well as invented signs that represent the words and grammar of English. True or false?

True

Dr. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet did what?

Wanted to teach Alice Cogswell how to communicate, traveled to Europe to learn the most effective way to educate deaf children with Laurent Clerc, started the first free public school for the deaf in America and Learned French Sign Language.

An appropriate way to get a deaf person's attention is to what?

Wave your hand a little bit into the persons train of vision, and to tap the person on the shoulder or upper arm.

Laurent Clerc

he learned French Sign Language and started the first free public school for the Deaf in America.

ASL is not capable of communicating complex ideas?

False

Deaf people do not support any deaf person receiving a cochlear implant. True or false?

False

Manual Alphabet

alphabet especially for the Deaf in which the letters are represented by finger positions

CODA stands for what?

Child of Deaf Adult

Deaf people refer to people who can hear as what?

Hearies, hearing, and hearing people

When you first meet a Deaf person they may ask what questions?

For your first and last name, if you are deaf, hard of hearing, or hearing, where you learned ASL and what your instructor's name is.

NTID

National Technical Institute for the Deaf - located in Rochester NY and is a popular technological college for Deaf students.

The Deaf President Now movement did what?

Showed the world that deafness is a quality that unites Deaf people into a vibrant community, showed the world that deafness is not a disability, demanded that the hearing world respect Deaf people's right to take care of themselves, and proved that American Sign Language is a language that embodies the experiences, thoughts, values, and traditions shared by the community.

A residential school is an educational facility as well as a housing facility for deaf students. True or false?

True

Abbe Charles-Michel de l'Epee is known as the "father of the deaf." True or false?

True

Audism is a negative or oppressive attitude toward deaf people and a failure to accommodate them. True or false?

True