Deaf Myths: Do you know the truth?

Question

True or false?
1. Sign language is universal.
2. Deaf people can't drive.
3. Deaf people are not very bright, so they can't have jobs.
4. Deaf people can't talk.
5. Deaf people can't use the phone.
6. Hearing aids, cochlear implants, etc. completely correct hearing loss.
7. Deaf people can read lips.
8. Deaf people have selective hearing.
9. Deafness is an old person's problem.
10. All deaf people are taught in special schools.

Answer them all right with explanations and I might pick your answer for the best answer!

Answer 1

True or false?
1. Sign language is universal. FALSE- While Sign Language is universal in some context you still have British Sign Language and etc.

2. Deaf people can't drive. FALSE- Deaf people can drive

3. Deaf people are not very bright, so they can't have jobs. FALSE- Deaf can be Lawyers, Doctors, or anything they want...smiles!

4. Deaf people can't talk. False- while some deaf people don't talk many do

5. Deaf people can't use the phone. FALSE- You can use TTY's and even use cell phones now days.

6. Hearing aids, cochlear implants, etc. completely correct hearing loss. FALSE- pretty simple many hearing aides don't help and cochlear implants is not complete hearing restoration

7. Deaf people can read lips. FALSE- not all deaf people can read lips

8. Deaf people have selective hearing. FALSE- just not true.

Deafness is an old person's problem. FALSE- Deafness effects all ages, culturals, and etc.

10. All deaf people are taught in special schools
FALSE- many deaf people are mainstreamed into hearing public and private schools

Answer 2

The answer is false for 1-6 and 8-10. Number 7 is true.
1. There is no universal sign language. There was an attempt, "Gestuno," but it is not a communication choice of the Deaf. American Sign Language is based on French Sign Language. In many third world countries ASL is used because there is no established sign language.
2. Why wouldn't Deaf be able to drive? To be able to drive you must be able to see, right? Well, last time I checked Deaf can do that. (Unless they are deaf-blind, of course)
3. Deaf people are very smart. Many go to college. Check out Gallaudet University, a university dedicated to Deaf and hard-of-hearing students!
4. Some Deaf are raised oral, meaning they have vocal communications. In fact, from my experience, some Deaf have excellent vocal skills.
5. Yes they can! Deaf use video relay, a system has several different setup options. They can use text messaging/TTY, much like IM, to communicate with an operator who is voice to the hearing person on the other end. When the hearing person wants to say something to the Deaf person, an operator will type the response back to the Deaf person. Or the Deaf person might have a video phone, where they can sign to an interpreter at the relay center. That part of the conversation is then voiced to the hearing. When the hearing person responds, the interpreter relays the message to the Deaf person.
6. Hearing aids and cochlear implants do not help every Deaf. Much of the gained hearing has to do with how the Deaf person was raised (sign communication or oral) and how early it is utilized. Just like not every person with glasses has the same prescription, not every Deaf person benefits from hearing aids/ cochlear implants.
7. Because this was not an inclusive statement "ALL Deaf..." I have to agree with it. Those who are Deaf, especially from childhood often have at least some ability to read lips.
8. Selective hearing? Not really. It depends on your definition of selective. Most can feel extremely loud noises/sounds either through their body or with their eardrum.
9. No. Some people are born Deaf. Often those who lose their hearing with old age cannot be classified Deaf, but instead deaf. They rarely embrace Deaf culture.
10. No. Many Deaf are mainstreamed (in public schools with interpreters) now and do quite well with it. Some choose to attend a Deaf school during high school. Some parents choose their schooling for them. They don't ALL go to "special" schools, but most of the older generation of Deaf (65+) did attend schools for the Deaf.

Answer 3

1. Sign language is not universal. Most countries have their own.

2. Yes deaf people can drive in fact deaf people usaually ahve a better driving record than hearing people. However there are at least 26 countries that do not allow the deaf to drive USA not being one of those.

3. Deafness doesn't make a difference on the intelligence of a person.

4. Some deaf people can talk I believe that if you were not born deaf you have the ability to talk. I'm not clear on this one though. When I say talk I mean verbally.

5. Deaf people can use phones with tty or ttd a device that has a text screen

6. No they do not completely correct hearing loss.

7. Not all deaf people can read lips. Lip reading is a skill. Their are lip reading classes but some poeple have no desire to read lips while others do.

8.Umm deaf people are deaf no they do not have selective hearing. I think that selective hearing is just a joke anyway.

9. Yes some people go deaf with age but if it was a old persons problem then people wouldn't be born that way.

10. No not all deaf people are thaught at special schools. I went to school with multiple deaf people. They all had a translater.

Answer 4

Deaf Myths: Do you know the truth?
True or false?-------FALSE. There are many variations of sign language.
1. Sign language is universal.------FALSE.
2. Deaf people can't drive. ------FALSE
3. Deaf people are not very bright, so they can't have jobs.------FLASE.
4. Deaf people can't talk.--------False, some deaf/HOH persons do not talk. On average, deaf/oral people speak audibly.
5. Deaf people can't use the phone.--------False, TTY/TDD's use a phone line. FALSE Some D/HOH folks can hear some sounds.
6. Hearing aids, cochlear implants, etc. completely correct hearing loss. FALSE---read a book!
7. Deaf people can read lips. FALSE----many D/HOH persons read lips, not all.
8. Deaf people have selective hearing. FALSE
9. Deafness is an old person's problem. FALSE
10. All deaf people are taught in special schools. FALSE. Please read the IDEA 2004 Act or and creditable source on deaf culture.


Answer them all right with explanations and I might pick your answer for the best answer!

Answer 5

1. false (the uk use 2 hands the usa predominately use 1 hand when signing)

2. false

3. false (thats discrimitory)

4. false (deaf people can talk specially if they became deaf in later years)

5. false (new technology allows people with deafness to communicate via telephone)

6. false (aids/implants only improve any residual hearing thats left)

7. false (people naturally make eye contact and lip reading has to be taught to some deaf people)

8. false (people with hearing problems have them because our hearing covers a range and certain frequencies are more difficult for people with hearing impairments to hear specially if their is bakground noise)

9. false (people can be born deaf eg Helen Keller)

10. false (i had hearing problems as a child but went to mainstream school and graduated from university)

Answer 6

1.sign language is universal but there are dif kinds of sign language( , asl, bsl, etc.)
2.False(they aren't stupid)
3.False(again they aren't stupid)
4.False(my deaf dad talks to me all the time)
5.False(they use a tty or tdd, they also use relay)
6.False(they help some but don't completely help you hear well)
7.True(my dad reads my lips I don't have to sign)
8.False(they can't hear)
9.False(sometimes but not it's not only old people who are deaf)
10.False(my deaf friends go to my school a public school. It's just a regular school)
Deaf people can read lips. My dad can talk to me and I don't have to sign he can read my lips. Deaf people aren't different from others exept that they can't hear. They aren't stupid or anything.

Answer 7

1. yep but there's American sign language, Chinese sign language soo yeah you get it
2. *gasps, "i feel so offended" i'm deaf as well but if you have the device that helps you hear you can drive.
3. .... *stares at you, "that's insulting me! they just can't hear how rude.... that doesn't affect their brains...."
4. THEY CAN TALK!!!! some can't some can :/
5. heyyyyy some can some can't
6. nope! it's not exact like the human ear, they do help hear
7. some can and some can't they can take classes on it
8. maybe
9. many kids are deaf!
10. HEY.... i'm deaf but i'm in a NORMAL school so is many other kids

Answer 8

number one is true
number two is false deaf cannnnn driveeee
number three is false most of them are smart and can have jobs
number four is false deaf can talk in many differents ways
number five is false deaf can use tdd or videophone or sidekick
number 6 is true and false both depend on deaf people s level of hearing loss
number 7 is true half of deaf people in world can read lip depend on indivial deaf person s skill
number 8 true they have a choices in thier opiions
number 9 true and false depend on deaf people s general mind
number 10 false . deaf people go hearing mainstream or go deaf school either and also there is exist of galladuet unveristy there are bunch of deaf people there

Answer 9

1. True
2. Deaf people are not allowed to drive in Oklahoma. I was in a wreck and hit someone who was deaf and driving and they got a ticket because they were deaf and not suppose to be driving.
3. False
4. False some can talk but sometimes it is very hard to understand them.
5. False
6. False
7. True
8. False
9. False
10. False

Answer 10

a million. no there is american sign language that's distinctive i think of than for example ecu sign language. 2. deaf human beings rigidity in basic terms positive. 3. deaf anybody is as smartas everybody and countless have super jobs (hoever they are discriminated against by using fact others have subject conversing with them and don't settle for them each and every so often) 4. some deaf human beings communicate properly (generally human beings who could pay attention in some unspecified time sooner or later). some communicate poorly (by using fact they had to income it devoid of listening to). some deaf human beings in all threat pick to no longer communicate. 5. deaf human beings can use the telephone in basic terms positive with TDY, which I even have used. 6. prosthetic units do no longer thoroughly "dazzling" listening to loss. and that i've got confidence that this question includes the theory deafness is a illness, which deaf human beings might discover offensive. 7. in easy terms deaf people who've been taught and worked confusing on it could study lips. some can, some won't be in a position to. it incredibly is a skill. 8. deaf potential deaf, they won't be able to "selectively" pay attention. until eventually it incredibly is a individual in basic terms pretending to be deaf. 9. loss of listening to is an previous individual's situation, our listening to deteriorates as we become previous, yet many anybody is born deaf. many young babies or maybe toddlers are deaf. human beings of each and every age are deaf. 10. some deaf human beings bypass to specific faculties yet many are mainstreamed. i comprehend some CART human beings who use machines to interpret (prevalent college) training for the deaf. additionally i knew a woman who become an interpreter for deaf young babies in prevalent grade college. many deaf human beings bypass to the comparable faculties as listening to human beings. I actually have a chum whose mothers and fathers have been deaf and so i comprehend the countless matters. the extra debatable matters at the instant are not stated right here, consisting of deaf mothers and fathers prefering a deaf toddler or listening to mothers and fathers prefering a listening to toddler. deaf anybody is a language minority and there is an argument of whether something of the international could "could" learn sign language as a prevalent element to speak.