Deaf Perspectives (outline)
...stics from their parents. BOTH CAN OCCUR: Prenatal. Perinatal, and Postnatal IV. Type of Impairment: Conductive, Sensorineural, Mixed, and Central • Conductive refers to a hearing loss within the outer or middle ear • Sensorineural refers to an inner ear hearing loss • Mixed refers to a middle and inner ear hearing loss • Central refers to the damage to auditory nerve network V. Parental Hearing Status: Parental hearing status refers to the hearing acuity of parents and care givers. (Whether the parents have normal hearing or some degree of hearing impairment). All in all the research paradigm compares the deaf children of deaf parents (DCDP) with deaf children of hearing parents (DCHP) Earlier research revealed that DCDP were significantly superior than DCHP on cognitive and academic measures. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHY? These skills are influenced in part by the quality or interactions between parents and their children. VI. Deafness Sociocultural Dimensions: Many descriptions of deafness have focused on the hearing status of individuals. These descriptions have been labeled clinical or pathological. During the 1980’s there was a continuation of attempts to depathologize deafness. Scholars tried to distinguish between the physiological condition of deafness and the association of Deaf people with a language and a culture. … PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT TENET OF VIEW IS THE RIGHT OF DEAF PEOPLE TO ENGAGE IN OR SELECT A LIGE STYLE THAT IS MOST APPROPRIATE TO THEIR BIOLOGICAL NATURE. A) IMPORTANT SOCIOCULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS (ATTITUDINAL DEAFNESS, BEHAVIORAL NORMS, AND ATTENDACE AT RESIDENTIA...