Chapter 4: Identity and Communication in Deaf community Flashcards
Hearing view of deafness
focus on ears defined as inability to hear viewed as deficit/impairment connected to specified decibel loss uses terms to indicate degree
Deaf view of deafness
label of pride and solidarity
shared form of communication and experiences with others
subscribes to deaf cultural values, norms, and traditions
positive, normal, sometimes inconvenient
Multilingual Nature of Deaf community
ASL and English based signs
“contact variety” blending of both
Sign Supported Speech
- Rochester Method: each letter of Eng alphabet assigned a handshape and all words are fingerspelled (rare)
- Seeing Essential English SSE! each syllable given separate manual movement
- Signed Exact English SEE2 combines SEE1, initialized signs, and some ASL signs.
- Signed English SE combines English grammar with ASL signs and some initialized sign
Contact Varieties (PSE)
reflects mixture of ASL/Eng structures as result of prolonged language contact. code-switching, code-mixing, lexical borrowing. Pidgin Signed English
Home signs
system of pantomime, gestures, and manual signals used within family and close friends to support communication in place of formal sign language
Minimal Language SKills
MLS
MLC Minimal Lang Competency
HVO High Visual Orientation
terms used to refer to those with no language skills: spoken, written or signed. due to lang deprivation, developmental DA.
Mime, gestures, drawings and pictures useful
Oral Deaf Individuals
Do not use SL but rely on speech and speech-reading
Speech-Reading
a skill employed by deaf and HH to comprehend spoken communication
deciphers lip, cheek, throat movements, clarifying gestures, contextual clues
Deaf-Blind
Require adaptive communication techniques
tactile and close vision signing
palm printing
