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A Day in a Life of the Deaf, and Hearing Impaired. By: Angelica Morris Brittney Coury Emelia Saulter. What is…. Hearing Impairment full or partial decrease in the ability to detect or understand sounds Deaf Culture
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A Day in a Life of the Deaf, and Hearing Impaired By: Angelica Morris Brittney Coury EmeliaSaulter
What is… • Hearing Impairment • full or partial decrease in the ability to detect or understand sounds • Deaf Culture • a term applied to the social movement that holds deafness to be a difference in human experience rather than a disability.
Types of Deafness • Conductive • hearing loss can be described as a temporary hearing loss due to an ear infection, wax buildup, ruptured ear drum, colds, atresia and otosclerosis. • Has to do with the middle and outer ear • Sensorineural • nerve damage due to illness, meningitis, scarlet fever, absence of semicoclear fluid, cronic exposure to loud noises (industrial work), premature birth, head trauma, drug exposure,heredity/genetics and unknown causes.
Deaf Culture • Deaf Community • They feel that there is nothing wrong. • Deaf Children • Parents of the deaf community want there children to stay in the deaf culture and not be able to vocalize.
Contraversies • Cochlear Implants • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKJo-krJJNY • American Sign Language • They prefer it and they feel that it doesn’t give them any disadvantage is society. • There are two perceptions • Something needs to be fixed(those who can hear) • Nothing needs to be fixed (deaf community)
Education • IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) • Mainstreaming • Interpreting/Interpreters