EEX 3093 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Speech-Language Pathology, Signing Exact English, Cochlear Implant

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Education - Special Education, School Psychology and Early Childhood Studies
• Course: EEX 3093
• Professor: Nelson Mary Ann

Document Summary

For those who could benefit from hearing aids. Cochlear implants in the us: 58,000 adults, 38,000 children. 90% of deaf children are born to hearing parents. Less than 10% of parents of deaf children learn to sign. 26 million persons between the ages of 20-69 have hearing loss due to exposure to noise at work, during leisure activities. Asl: physical language used by members of the deaf community. Gets to the point, to the literal meaning. Different regions in the us use different sign dialects. Every english word has a corresponding sign in the order it appears in the sentence. Deaf individuals do not consider themselves handicapped or disabled. Deaf i(cid:374)di(cid:448)iduals co(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)icate i(cid:374) a variety of ways. Asl, see, read lips, cochlear implants, heari(cid:374)g aids, speak, do(cid:374)(cid:859)t speak, (cid:449)rite. Deaf with a capital d: embraces cultural norms, beliefs, and values of the deaf community deaf with a small d: does not fully embrace or identify themselves with the deaf community.