with a sensory loss are things such as aids to help them adjust with their sensory loss‚ for example a hearing aid for an individual with hearing loss‚ a walking aid for someone with a sight loss. Individuals with a sensory loss can be disabled by attitudes and beliefs as people assume because they have a sensory loss they should be treated differently. For example an individual with a hearing loss‚ people will assume they need to shout so this individual can hear them when as a fact they are able
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There is no reason why they should not be counted as part of the population or be considered as people. When people who can hear see deaf people‚ they pity and treat them differently. Most people assume that people who are deaf want to be fixed with hearing aids and speech therapy‚ or that it’s hard to live like that. Why? The only thing that makes their lives harder is the attitude they get from people who can hear. People who are deaf have the same qualities‚ which means they are capable of learning
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communication and a markedly restricted repertoire of activity and interests. 2. Asperger syndrome- a persuasive developmental disorder with severe and sustained impairments and social interaction and the development of restricted‚ repetitive patterns of behavior‚ interests‚ and activities. Disorder causes clinically significant impairments in other important areas of functioning. 3. Speech- the expression of language via sounds; the oral modality of language. 4. Language- a code used to communicate
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much different culture and lifestyle‚ and have a different perspective of the entire world. The deaf have been looked down upon by society for a long time‚ changing the way they think‚ and to prove others wrong.Some aspects of life different from hearing and deaf people are their perspective on life‚ language‚ and how they are viewed upon by others. Many people think they truly know what a deaf person thinks and feels‚ but only the deaf can understand the pain and life of no sound. "When they laugh
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terms goes back quite some time‚ but neither have ever seemed to override the other. People who have hearing loss were not only known for their deafness‚ but also for how it disables them. It is common for the average hearing population to assume that a deaf person is disabled or uncappable because they lack common knowledge of Deaf culture. Instead of creating a way to advance the deaf person‚ hearing people have tried to compel deaf people to accept less of themselves.
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“I don’t want to be bothered by noise. I’m tired of hearing awful things.” I do not complain anymore… well‚ about noise at least. I am now deaf. I see smiling faces but cannot hear laughter. I am able to sense concern and fear‚ but no longer can I hear someone’s cries and screams. Spoken discourse differs from written because one is able to establish emotionally the direction of the conversation through voice. The inflection of one’s voice can change the form of the words to express particular
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10-22-12 ASL-7 Marlee Matlin Marlee Matlin is a famous actress who is deaf since she was 18 months old. Marlee has a deformed cochlea‚ which is genetic. This also means she had a good change that she could not hear when she was born‚ instead her hearing got worst over the first year of her life. Marlee’s deafness has not stopped her from doing the things she loves. “I have always resisted putting limitations on myself‚ both professionally and personally.” The first time Marlee was noticed was in
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that have full hearing capabilities too. Teaching children sign language has gotten very popular over the past 10 years. Parents find it very helpful with communicating with a child who is not able to speak or
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Niki Brown Randi Nedom ASL 1 11/21/11 Loss for Words Paper The book A Loss for Words by Lou Ann Walker is a biography about Lou Ann. Her parents are deaf and she and her sister are hearing. The book describes the troubles and embarrassment she felt and had while growing up. She loved her parents dearly but often felt embarrassed‚ or infuriated about comments people would make to her about her parents. Lou Ann exclaims that “their world is deaf‚ their deaf culture‚ their deaf friends‚ and their
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pediatrician and everyone dismissed her in the same way. The doctor told her to come back in a year if she still had the same suspicions. She returned to see the pediatrician after the year‚ and she still had the same assumptions about Landy’s hearing. The doctor instructed her to make an appointment to see a doctor specializing in the ears‚ nose‚ and throat. At this time‚ Tressa was pregnant and had her third child‚ a son‚ named Lyndle Paul III. He was Tressa’s second child that didn’t live
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