Sound And Fury Summary

Sound and Fury follows a family with one deaf brother, one hearing brother, and their respective wives and families. The specific communication disorder displayed is deafness, which is a cognitive sensorineural hearing impairment in this film. The individuals have been deaf since birth, and it is because of a reduction in sensitivity caused by the cochlea and/or auditory nerve. Peter, Nita, and their children are all deaf, while Chris and Mari are hearing. However, one of Chris and Mari’s newborn twin sons is born deaf. Peter’s five year old daughter Heather tells him that she wants a cochlear implant in order to communicate with her hearing friends. Nita researches cochlear implants for herself, but decides that it is too late for her to learn
I was curious once I started watching the film; I learned new information about deafness and the culture. I have seen individuals with devices that look like the cochlear implants shown in the film, but I never knew what they were. I have not been exposed to the deaf community, and I only have minimal experience with sign language. When my youngest sister was born, she was diagnosed with 22q.11 deletion syndrome and could not speak until she had submucous cleft palate repair surgery when she was two and one half years old. I watched children’s sign language videos with her and she used the limited signs to explain what she wanted. However, my sister became easily frustrated because it was difficult to communicate. While we were in the car, my sister would scream and throw her shoes because my mom could not see her signs in the rearview mirror. After my sister’s surgery, my mom no longer needed to interpret; people could understand her much more clearly. Even after she was able to speak, my family still used a little sign language to communicate. For example, if my sisters and I were across the room, my dad could tell us to say “please,” “thank you,” “wait,” etc. However, I have never used sign