Deaf History Vocabulary Flashcards
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Linguistic Minority
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A group of people who communicate in a different language from the majority of people around them.
2
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Speech reading
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A technique of watching a speakers lips, facial expressions, and gestures to understand speech.
3
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Methods debate
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Pitted oralism against manualism
4
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Ethnicity
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State of belonging to a social group with a common cultural or national tradition
5
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Genetic
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Passed down through families
6
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Infectious Disease
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Disease caused by an organism entering the body and multiplying
7
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Profound deafness
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Person who can’t perceive any sound with their ears
8
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Manually Deaf
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Person who predominantly uses sign language
9
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Cochlear Implants
A
Devices surgically implanted to help sense sound
