Popular Media Quiz 2 Flashcards
If a cochlear implant surgery is conducted perfectly, a person’s hearing will be completely normal.
False.
Which of the following is not part of a cochlear implant?
A) A computer chip that converts radio frequencies to digital information.
B) An electrode implanted in the temporal lobe.
C) A speech processor which turns sounds into radio frequencies.
D) A microphone to pick up sound.
B) An electrode implanted in the temporal lobe.
The majority of Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals now use cochlear implants.
False.
Cochlear implant surgery does not require an overnight stay in the hospital.
True.
The best outcomes for cochlear implants occur when a person receives the implant…
A) As a baby.
B) As a teenager.
C) As an adult.
D) During a busy time in their life.
As a baby.
Once a cochlear implant has been implanted and turned on, there is a training period where the individual with the implant must learn how to process sounds in a new way.
True.
A cochlear implant has an external component that is worn…
A) On the wrist.
B) Around your neck.
C) Behind the ear.
D) There is no external component to a cochlear implant.
Behind the ear.
The Alexander Graham Bell society has been criticized by some members of the Deaf community because they deemphasize the use of…
A) Lip reading.
B) Breathing exercises to help with speaking.
C) Sign language.
D) Cochlear implants.
Sign language.
Another critique of the Alexander Graham Bell society is that they partner with and profit from companies that make cochlear implants.
True.
The main controversy regarding the use of cochlear implants is that…
A) Many Deaf people make the argument that there is nothing to be fixed.
B) They do not work.
C) They are costly.
D) None of the above.
Many Deaf people make the argument that there is nothing to be fixed.
