It is possible for an individual to be Deaf and still be successful. It is also possible for an individual who is Deaf to have the ability of speech. It is possible for a Deaf individual to be treated equally in this world. Often times‚ the world categorizes a deaf person as someone who will never amount to the same abilities as a normal hearing person. In reality‚ a Deaf person could amount up to and even surpass some hearing person abilities. In the BBC documentary‚ Deaf Teens: Hearing World‚
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Interview with a Human Services Worker I chose to interview my mother. Her name is Barbara Lee and she works for the Riverside County Office of Education. She is an infant teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing. She has been working in her position for about 30 years and she still loves it! The human problems she works with are working with hearing impaired children and their families. There are both parent-child classroom settings and in-home settings. Some of the technologies used are
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Real Case Study on a hearing impaired student at a school Background of Student The student has a bilateral hearing impairment. He wears 2 hearing aids and uses a radio system in school. All staff are aware of the student’s difficulties and use the radio and microphone system appropriately. An STA meets with the student each day to check his hearing aids and ensure there are no problems. At present the student is also undergoing the process of assessment to determine if he has an autistic
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The deaf community distinguish themselves from hearing impaired‚ the deaf individual complete loss of the ability to hear from one or both ears‚ and hearing impaired differentiate‚ because they wear hearing aids. Deaf people irrespective of their culture of self-identity‚ they are continuously looking to be socially accepted by their abilities not by the disabilities within the societies. (Masitry‚ Toh‚ Herawan 2013) Deaf community as a cultural minority is focus on consciousness and understanding
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One of the most annoying aspects of my job is interviewing an elderly patient that has come into the hospital‚ and they have some sort of hearing impaired. Trying to have a conversation while almost yelling‚ and having words get lost in translation‚ can be very frustrating. So for this assignment‚ I decided to impair my hearing with ear plugs in both ears to simulate aging. I did this on two separate occasions‚ once at home for about a half an hour while everyone was home and I was doing my normal
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The film Through Deaf Eyes demonstrated a great understanding of the death community. I found this short film extremely educational as well as informative of the Deaf culture and its people. This film opened my eyes and broaden my education in the Deaf culture. Growing up I never came into the situation of interacting with someone who was Deaf‚ before my ASL class I had absolutely no idea that there was such a rich and interesting history in the Deaf community. I found this movie to be extremely
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First‚ an anecdotal record can be defined as a short written story of one incident that is developmental significance (Nicolson & Shipstead‚ 1998‚ p. 151) The story is short and records the child’s or children’s age. In addition‚ the developmental significance is stated. The second method is a checklist (Nicolson & Shipstead‚ 1998‚ p. 158-172). A checklist is a list of behaviors/ noticeable behaviors. A checklist is easy to use and leaves little room for bias. Checklists can be used to determine
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When I took American Sign Language I was amazed by how different it is from English. In mid-semester‚ as part of a volunteer assignment for that class‚ I attended a homecoming volleyball game at The Texas School for the Deaf. It was such a cultural shock to “see” everyone communicating. Instead of hearing people’s voices‚ I “saw” their voice. It was amazing to me to finally witness people hearing with their eyes and speaking with their hands. It was then that I realized I wanted to major in Deaf
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Everyone in this world has their own opinion of things. In deaf culture‚ people frequently talk about the two main perspectives of deafness. “Pathological" perspective that versus the "cultural" perspective of deafness. Both hearing and deaf people can accept whichever perspective. These two main perspectives of deafness are pretty different. The Pathological view can also be called the medical view. Because doctors usually have a pathological view of deafness and look at it as an impairment‚ disability
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Listening is one of the most important forms of communication‚ with the multiple ways of doing it‚ and the everyday importance of it. Can you imagine not hearing things? The music you listen to‚ TV shows you watch‚ people you speak to‚ all of them dead silent event when they are playing. Now imagine you can hear‚ but only half of what normal people can. That’s what it’s like to hear things from my perspective. It is normal for me because I was born half deaf‚ so my hearing and my listening skills
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