Through Deaf Eyes Questionnaire 1

1.The only communication mode the deaf community utilizes is sign language

False

2. Why did Sam Supalla think the neighbor girl was strange?

She wasn’t using her hands to communicate.

3. What percentage of all deaf people have hearing parents?

Over 90% of deaf people have hearing parents.

4. About how many Americans are profoundly deaf?

300,000 people are profoundly deaf.

5. Who, in 1817, opened the first permanent school for the deaf?

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

6. In 1864, who signed the law establishing American's first college for deaf people?

Abraham Lincoln

7. How was Alexander Graham Bell (AGB) connected to the deaf community?

He taught deaf children in Boston. His dream was to bring language to deaf people.

8. Why is AGB against deaf people marrying each other?

He was afraid that their marriage would expand the Deaf community

9. Why was AGB considered to be the boogieman in deaf folklore?

He put forth the idea that a life without signing was a better life.

10. Why were the students at oral schools not allowed to sign? What were their teachers afraid of?

They wanted to teach based on speech and lipreading. Their teachers were afraid that if they used their hands, they’d lose the quality of their speech.

11. Why do some successful oral deaf people like Kristen Harmon choose not to use speech even though she is easy to understand?

She was working too hard with lip-reading, and people assume that she can hear them and doesn’t need interpreting.

12. Why did the NAD begin making films in 1910?

In an effort to preserve sign language and shooting footage of signing masters

13. What kinds of activities were available through deaf clubs?

All sorts- sports, etc.

14. What technological development probed to be disastrous for deaf movie actors?

cochlear implants

15. What policy was established by the NAD in 1925 after a black deaf couple tried to attend the annual convention?

In 1925, after an African American couple tried to attend a NAD convention, the deaf organization explicitly banned Black people from joining. The ban was in place for forty years.

16. What is an audiogram?

An audiogram is a graph that shows hearing sensitivity. Along the top of the graph are frequencies noted in Hertz. A frequency is also often referred to as pitch. The higher the frequency, the higher the pitch. The sound levels measured in decibels (dB) are located on the left side of the graph.

17. What historic event occurred in May 1964 through the efforts of Robert Weibrecht and his partners, James Marsters and Andrew Sachs?

Robert H. Weitbrecht, James C. Marsters and Andrew Sachs broke the telephone barrier for the deaf in 1964 when they converted an old, bulky, clacking Teletype machine into a device that could relay a typewritten conversation through a telephone line. The secret was an acoustic-magnetic coupled modem It was the first example of what became commonly known as a TTY.

18. Which Gallaudet professor who is known for playing bagpipes on campus published the first sign language dictionary in 1965 with his deaf colleagues Dorothy Casterline and Carl Croneberg?

William C. Stokoe, Jr., American Sign Language (ASL) advocate (born July 21, 1919, Lancaster, N.H.—died April 4, 2000, Chevy Chase, Md.)

19. How was the dictionary important to the history of ASL?

The ASL dictionary attracted the attention and interest of a number of other linguists and psycholinguists who embarked on extensive additional studies of ASL, mostly with NSF support. This work quickly led to a new understanding that ASL is in fact a full-blown language, with all of the fundamental formal properties of a spoken language.

20. What is the origin of the huddle in football?

Gallaudet deaf football teams!

21. After Ben Bahan studied the grammar of ASL in college, what did he realize about the signing style of his father?

Oral failure, not very smart, languageless

22. List two techniques that are common to ASL storytelling and film making?

Audience involvement, Timing

23. what year was the national theatre of the deaf established?

1965

24. Which college for the deaf was opened in Rochester, New York in 1968?

Rochester Institute of Technology

25. What are some “movie effects” that are used in ASL?

Slow motion, timing, …

26. List at least 3 classifiers Wayne Betts used in his film Vital Signs. What did each classifier represent?

Vehicle (3 handshape); person (1 handshape); heart (5-claw handshape)

27. In the play My Third Eye, what do you think the “bucket” scene represents?

Torture/bad experience in speech therapy, punishment

28. Why was Children of a Lesser God so important to deaf people?

First film with a leading Deaf role that was seen as a smart/regular person, not “dumb” or uneducated

29. Why were leaders of the deaf community upset with the way Marlee Matlin presented the names of the nominees for the best actor at the academy awards?

Deaf wanted to see a Deaf representative sign, not speak

30. During the Gallaudet Deaf President Now (DPN) protests of 1988, how did the students’ leaders block the entrances and exits to the university?

They drove several cars to each of the University's entrances and deflated their tires, blocking the way onto as well as off the campus. The students even prevented some administrators from walking onto the campus by forming a human chain, but most faculty and staff attempting to enter the campus were allowed to do so.

31. Name some of the reasons why it was important to the deaf community to have a deaf president at Gallaudet University.

to prove to hearing world that Deaf can do anything, it is a Deaf university, etc.

32. What is “the most celebrated event in deaf history” known as?

Deaf President Now

33. According to a 1988 News poll, what percentage of the general public supported the student leaders in DPN protests at Gallaudet?

93 percent

34. How did Americans with disability act (ADA) that was passed by the U.S. congress in 1990 benefit American citizens?

It guarantees equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities in public accommodations, employment, transportation, state and local government services, and telecommunications.

35. Why are cochlear implants not “an automatic way to pick up spoken language”?

Millions of hairs in the cochlea, and only limited number of processors

36. How do teachers communicate to students at the Maryland School for the Deaf?

American Sign Language

37.When is sign language used in the classrooms at the Clarke School for the Deaf in Northampton, Mass?

1867

38. what percentage of deaf children spend their entire education mainstreamed in regular public schools

50% of deaf children spend their entire education mainstreamed in regular public schools.

39. What does deaf professor, Gina Oliva, mean when she says “Met deaf, WOW!”?

The thrill of finding another deaf person with a common experience, and to know you aren't alone.

40. how many deaf musicians are in the band Beethoven’s nightmare?

Three

41. According to musician, Ed Chevy, what is the huge important part of deaf culture?

Sign Language

42. According to author Tom Humphries, what are deaf people afraid of?

Audism

43. According to actor and director, CJ Jones, what is the most powerful vehicle to success and the power of the universe?

Knowledge

44. Most deaf children today are mainstreamed into regular public schools. What resources do they have to help them learn?

Interpreters, hearing aids, cochlear implants

45. Name 5 things you learned while watching this film that you didn’t know before.

Audism, Audiogram, Sign Language, Cochlear implant, TTY (Teletype)