ASL 1 Final

A device that can be surgically implanted into a person cochlea to stimulate it to cause hearing

(medical) the focus is on the amount of hearing loss and how to correct it

a wide-ranging civil rights law that prohibits, under certain circumstances, discrimination based on disability

lacking or deficient in the sense of hearing

A communication/learning option that involves using American Sign Language to teach English

occurs when there's a problem with or damage to one or more parts of the ear

Used primarily by deaf deaf-blind people who, for obvious reasons, would really like to keep their sign language and use it partly by holding the hands of the other conversational partner and feeling the hand movements

a unified body of individuals; the people with common interests living in a particular area

an electronic device usually worn in or behind the ear of a hearing-impaired person for amplifying sound

Deaf and hearing people who adopt the cultural perspective embrace deafness as a unique difference and do not focus on the disability aspect

A set of learned behaviors and perceptions based on their shared or common experiences that shape the values and norms of Deaf people

Refers to someone who doesn't hear well. This may be because they were born with a hearing loss or they may have lost some or all of their hearing later in life

visually perceived language based on a naturally evolved system of articulated hand gestures and their placement relative to the body, along with non-manual markers such as facial expressions, head movements, shoulder raises, mouth morphemes, and movements of the body

the process, function, or power of perceiving sound; specifically: the special sense by which noises and tones are received as stimuli

the act of developing the intellectual and moral faculties especially by education