deaf 60 all quizzes
Look at the audiogram graph. At what deciBel range might you hear a rock band?
120 decibels
Look at the audiogram graph. At what frequency range might you hear a lawn mower running?
250 hertz
Look at the audiogram graph. At what frequency range might you hear a person whispering?
400 hertz
Look at the audiogram graph. At what decibel range might you hear a vacuum running?
60 decibels
People with cochlear implants cannot use them when:
All of the above: Playing on plastic slides, Engaging in extreme sports, Using MRIs, Sleeping
A "semilingual" person often:
B, C, D, E, and F only, Is called "Low Verbal" , Has limited world knowledge. , Has limited social awarenesss/understanding. , Is unready for learning academic skills and knowledge., Never "catches up" in language abilities.
Which one is NOT one of Slobin's "Four Charges" to language?
Be complex.
Otosclerosis, in which the auditory ossicles become calcified, is an example of both:
Conductive and adventitious cause of hearing loss
The cochlea transforms sound into _________ energy
Electrical
"Hard of Hearing" means you can talk with your voice.
False
"Hearing Impaired" is an acceptable term to use in describing the Deaf community.
False
"Home Signs" are abstract and complex.
False
"Home Signs" are standardized gestural systems.
False
"Pidgin Signed English" presents a full, accessible, linguistic model.
False
"Pidgin Signed English" typically follows ASL word order.
False
"Simultaneous Communication" provides an effective, complete language model for Deaf children.
False
"Total Communication" means using speech and sign at the same time.
False
A Deaf person can have full and equal participation in class discussion and activities when an ASL interpreter is provided.
False
A child who was raised orally and is now 9 years old, but without well-developed speech and language can "catch up" to his/her peers in language and academics after transferring to a school in which ASL is used.
False
ASL is directly related to English.
False
ASL is the "native language" of all Deaf people.
False
About 60% of speech is visible on the lips.
False
Bilingual/Bicultural education for the Deaf is based on a "Transitional" model.
False
Cochlear implants have a high degree of success rate.
False
Cued Speech was invented for the purpose of developing speech skills.
False
Cued speech was developed as a means of communication for Deaf people.
False
Culturally Deaf people identify others by audiograms or audiological status.
False
Deaf Students have equal opportunities to participate in the "unwritten curriculum" within a mainstreamed setting.
False
Deaf children exposed to signed languages from birth demonstrate different patterns of language development due to the visual nature of signed languages in comparison to spoken languages.
False
Deaf people comprise a homogeneous community.
False
Deaf people learn best to write grammatically through structural patterned approaches.
False
Deaf written grammatical errors in English can be directly attributable to the use of ASL.
False
Deafness is classified as a "high incidence" population.
False
Educational interpreters are required to have the highest levels of certification to work in the schools.
False
Hearing ability is measured in percentages.
False
Hearing aids can help Deaf people to hear everything.
False
Hearing parents with weak ASL skills cannot contribute to the successful ASL development of their Deaf children.
False
Like most Hearing people, most Deaf parents are upset when they find out their baby is Deaf.
False
Most Deaf parents are upset when they find out their child is Deaf.
False
Most patterns of language are learned by age 5.
False
Most patterns of language are learned by the age of 5 in normal language acquisition.
False
Oralism is an example of a "language mixing" approach.
False
P.L. 94-142/IDEA REQUIRES that Deaf students (like other handicapped populations) be "mainstreamed" in their local public school program.
False
People with sensorineural hearing losses can usually perceive sound without distortion.
False
Providing a sign language interpreter allows a Deaf person to have fully equal participation in class discussions and activities.
False
Research has long discounted the notion that Deaf readers make use of phonological cues in their reading process.
False
Sign language is mostly "iconic".
False
Signed English systems are languages in their own right.
False
Signing Exact English (SEE) is a language, because it is based on English, which is a language.
False
Simultaneous Communication represents a bilingual approach for education.
False
The "window" for learning language natively "closes" at the onset of adulthood, around age 18.
False
The Bilingual/Bicultural model believes Deaf children do not need to learn speech, and therefore speech therapy is not provided at schools employing this model.
False
The Deaf community views the Residential School as the "Least Restrictive Environment" for Deaf children.
False
The audiogram is an important criteria in determining who is "culturally Deaf".
False
The culturally Deaf community views being Deaf as a problem to be "overcome".
False
The eardrum is part of the Middle Ear
False
The financial and social costs to society are the same whether a Deaf person is semilingual or literate because being Deaf itself is a problem in society.
False
The intensity or "loudness" of a sound is measured in Hertz.
False
The use of ASL as a language of daily interaction with Deaf children leads to delays or disruptions in daily living activities, such as academics or employment, in later life.
False
Training programs for teachers of the Deaf have traditionally offered the same coursework in instructional practices and strategies as teachers of Hearing students typically receive.
False
Within the majority "Hearing" society, "Hearing Impaired" is the "politically correct" way to refer to Deaf people.
False
You can learn a second language natively after your "language learning window" has closed.
False
Which is NOT a factor in determining a Deaf person's ability to lipread?
Gender of the speaker
This image is of a: y: -1.0, 0, 1.0 x: time very wavy blue line
High frequency sound wave
Waardenburg Syndrome is an example of a:
Mixed cause of hearing loss
Which is NOT an advantage of centralized schools for the Deaf?
None of the above
What are the auditory ossicles?
The bones inside the middle ear
"Home Signs" are gestural attempts to communicate for Deaf children without exposure to formal signed languages.
True
"Home Signs" are nonstandardized, gestural systems developed by Deaf children without exposure to standardized signed languages in their environment.
True
90% of Deaf children have Hearing parents.
True
ASL-English Bilingual Education utilizes an "additive" model which promotes the acquisition and maintenance of both languages.
True
An "adventitious" hearing loss means that it occurred at some point after birth.
True
Being culturally Deaf is based in part on one's attitude toward being Deaf.
True
Charter Schools theoretically offer the "best of both worlds", combining elements of Day and Residential/Center schools for the Deaf.
True
Cochlear implants require much training to use.
True
Deaf children exposed to natural signed languages from birth display similar language development patterns to Hearing children's spoken language development.
True
Deaf people sometimes engage in "code switching", in which they will sign in a more English-like manner to achieve a specific purpose.
True
Deaf people typically define a person as being "Hard of Hearing" based on whether they can use the telephone.
True
Deaf readers sometimes use fingerspelling as a "placeholder" when they don't recognize or understand a word they are reading.
True
Gestuno is an invented international signed language.
True
In Signed English (SEE 2), a legal right is signed the same way as the directional "right", even though the meanings are not related.
True
It is possible to identify a one-day old infant as Deaf.
True
It takes more than twice the amount of time to make an utterance in Signed English than it does to speak it.
True
Mainstreaming and oralism are mechanisms aimed at instilling an identity resembling that of a Hearing person in Deaf people.
True
Many people identify themselves and others as "Hard of Hearing" if they can talk with voice.
True
Oralism focuses on the form rather than the content of the message.
True
Oralism is an example of a monolingual approach to communication.
True
People without consistent linguistic input attempt to regularize their input through a mental process called "nativization".
True
People's attitudes toward languages are determined to a great part by the societal context in which those languages are found.
True
Research shows that parents who have relatively weak skills in ASL can still help in boosting a Deaf child's linguistic competence in ASL.
True
SEE2 uses a "three point" rule to determine what sign to use for certain words.
True
Semilingual Deaf people are sometimes also called "LOW-VERBAL" in the Deaf community.
True
Signed English is a method of encoding English on the hands.
True
The "Rochester Method" involves the use of fingerspelling and speech at all times.
True
The number one cause of hearing loss is:
Unknown
There are tiny hairs inside the cochlea called _________ that grow smaller the further they are inside the cochlea; the size of the hairs at which sound is detected helps the brain determine the ________ of the sound that was produced.
cilia, frequency or pitch
Which has NOT been a term used to describe the "Deaf Personality" by psychologists and sociologists of the past?
independent
A person exposed to poor, inconsistent linguistic input may undergo a process called -------, in which the brain attempts to "create sense out of nonsense". When later exposed to regular, consistent and rich linguistic input, a person may then ------ their linguistic output.
nativization, denativize
The three bones in the middle ear are named the stapes, malleus and incus. In English, the names for these three bones are the:
stirrups, hammer, anvil
