For decades‚ Deaf student’s reading levels have been consistently lower than their hearing peers‚ despite multiple interventions being implemented to target this issue. Over the years Deaf education has adopted teaching methods hoping to increase the test results of the students in all areas including their reading and writing scores. So far‚ research has not been able to pinpoint a cause to why Deaf students’ results are lower than hearing students on average. It has seemed that researchers have
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Chapter I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction Education is everyone’s concern. In 1990‚ the United Nation Education‚ Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) launched Education For All (EFA)‚ the movement to provide quality education for all children‚ youth‚ and adults globally by the year 2015. The right to education is universal and extends to all children‚ youth and adults with disabilities. This right is enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) and the
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Going deaf was a different experience for me. It was the most difficult challenge I’ve ever done. It completely sucked that I couldn’t use most of my electronics. I couldn’t use my phone to call my mom but I was able to text her. I couldn’t listen to music which was the worst because I have to listen to music when I’m working out‚ cooking or doing work for school. But being deaf wasn’t all that bad. One of the best things of being deaf was not listening to my mom complain! My mom couldn’t get mad
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The hearing aid industry is not an emerging industry anymore but by no means is it at a mature stage. The industry is still growing for several reasons. Aging is the most important cause of hearing impairment and the world population is aging very quickly. Also over exposure to high decibel sounds is driving up the number of hearing impaired people. Moreover‚ demand from emerging markets is growing as GPD per capita and life expectancy increase. Technology innovations that improve product quality
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Despite what is commonly believed by hearing people who do not understand deaf culture‚ most deaf children are born to hearing parents. It can be challenging to raise a deaf child‚ as a hearing parent. One major decision on a parent’s plate for their deaf child is the choice of a residential or oral school to enroll their child in. Even though the students will be less exposed to deaf culture‚ parents of deaf children should send their kids to an oral school because they graduate with a higher reading
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ITP 120 Intro to Deaf Culture Professor McCray July 13‚ 2008 Through Deaf Eyes PBS 2008 Through Deaf Eyes is a film outlining deaf history and deaf culture. The movie touches on many key milestones in deaf American’s lives including: community interactions‚ education‚ recreation and work. While we have been learning much on deaf history‚ I was fascinated to hear the many obstacles deaf people had to overcome to reach where they are today. I am one to always route for
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A Loss for Words is narrated by Lou Ann Walker. From the time she was a toddler‚ Lou Ann Walker was the ears and voice for her deaf parents. Through the narration of this book‚ she recounts the stories about her growing up with two deaf parents. "To the hearing world the deaf community must seem like a secret society. Indeed‚ deafness is a culture every bit as distinctive as any an anthropologist might study." (pg.22). The journey of this secret society for her and her parents begins as her parents
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Hearing Loss Informative Outline Attention getter: Has anyone told them they couldn’t do something due to a physical disability? Statement of topic: Today‚ I am going to talk about hearing loss. Establish importance of topic: I chose this topic because….. Preview statement: I am going to tell you about hearing loss‚ what types there are‚ what causes it‚ and what treatments or interventions are available. Transition: A lot of people assume there is only one type of hearing loss‚ but what they
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The history of educating deaf people dates back long before Thomas H. Gallaudet and Alexander G. Bell squared off at the end of the 19th Century. Each of these men believed that deaf people could and should be educated‚ but each differed in how to accomplish that feat. However‚ for most of recorded history‚ deaf people were treated as nothing more than animals. Aristotle believed that because deaf people did not speak the superior Greek language‚ they could not be civilized. Christianity perpetuated
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Deaf children suffer from a lack of information and education of Oralism‚ which is the use of spoken language consisting of lip reading‚ speech and mouth movements. I have dedicated my time and study towards this very form of education and I feel as though parents and deaf students still are unaware of what Oralism is and how it works. Upon making the big decision of choosing which method to become educated with‚ its important parents understand every component and how their child will become educated
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