Orchid of the Bayou Reaction Paper October 7‚ 2010 The book Orchid of the Bayou was eye opening. Cathryn (Kitty) Hoffpauir Fischer did a good job of being honest‚ which really allowed the reader to get a better understanding of what being deaf in this time period meant. Her writing really allowed me to see the different struggles that deaf children had to face‚ and how these struggles were overcome by Kitty. This book taught me many things about Deaf culture. First‚ this book allowed me to
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My Deaf Day Experience Gena Pullia- Period 2 With my ears plugged‚ my eyes were suddenly opened to see the difficulty of daily life for deaf/ hard of hearing people. On April 10th‚ 2014‚ I became hard of hearing for an entire day‚ and I truly believe it provided me with an accurate insight into the deaf culture. Although my experience was a single day‚ I saw my friends‚ family‚ and teachers change right it front of my face as if I changed into a “deaf‚ dumb‚ and blind” idiot. I will always remember
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World The contributions that Helen Keller gave to the world of the blind and deaf are unforgettable. They continue to this day to influence many people throughout their daily lives. Many of those people are those who are not affected by blindness or deafness‚ but are regular people who became influenced with Helen Keller’s miracle story. Helen Keller has taught me many things about life‚ and how to live it. She has taught me how to not worry about the little things‚ but to take advantage of the big
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“See What I’m Saying” “See What I’m Saying” was a video on how difficult it can sometimes be for the Deaf community to be “heard” by the hearing community. This video showed us four different Deaf people and their daily and life struggles. This video was kind of hard to watch without getting upset and even at yourself. It showed how even finding an apartment to live in is hard‚ along with trying to have an job. You know you are good at this certain job‚ but no one seems to want to even give their
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Cultural Comparison Essay Deafness and/or hearing loss is a medical condition that affects humans across the world‚ and thus d/Deaf individuals include people from all different continents‚ countries‚ towns‚ and many different cultures. No matter what country or region‚ deaf individuals often are faced with the same exclusion from the hearing community and difficulty in finding a sense of strong self‚ confidence‚ and trouble acquiring the same equal access to information that their hearing peers
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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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Daniel J. Moore Sr. Daniela Ioannides Video Report #1 Objective Lara is the daughter of Martin and Kai‚ a couple whom are both deaf and rely heavily on their hearing daughter to navigate through their daily lives. She translates television for her mother and even translates at her own parent- teacher conference (quite favorably to herself). When her little sister Marie is born‚ the responsibility of communicating spoken word falls into Lara’s lap as well. With her constant efforts
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Sensory loss Sensory loss takes place when a person’s sight or hearing becomes impaired. For some people who have been born with a hearing or sight impairment the term “loss” is inappropriate. However many people who have spent their lives hearing or seeing and will experience a sense of loss if these abilities are affected. Very few people are totally deaf or completely blind so design for sensory loss should be about supporting remaining ability as well as compensating by using other senses. There
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sense of pride that is found among Deaf people. The hearing population tends to want to pity the Deaf for their inability to hear‚ but being deaf‚ to them‚ is not a handicap. What I have determined is that it is not their inability to hear – their deafness – that bonds them. It is their struggle for equality‚ and their struggle to be “heard” that forms the pride in their culture. There was a time when people thought that the Deaf could not learn because they were unable to hear. Very few people actually
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Chapter notes: Chapter Notes from Journey Into Deaf-World Chapter 1 Chapter one is basically an introduction to the issues that are discussed throughout the book. Chapter one introduces all the people that are constantly referred to throughout the book. Ben Bahan is the narrator and introduces us to Jake Cohan‚ Laurel Case‚ Roberto Rivera and Henry Byrne. Ben is a CODA‚ Child Of Deaf Adults‚ and like many CODA’s tried to stray from the deaf community be was eventually drawn back to it. He is
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