Test 1 Flashcards
first to have a claim record about the deaf (deaf people were seen as being unable to learn or be educated)
aristotle
first scholar to identify that learning does not require hearing (deaf were able to be educated by using written words)
Geronimo Cardano
esablished the school known as the National Institue for Deaf-Mute
Abbe Charles Michel de Le’Eppe
father of the deaf
Le’Eppe
first deaf-blind person to be educated
Laura Bridgman
most well known deaf-blind person
Hellen Keller
established the American School for the Deaf
Gallaudet
what was the national deaf-mute college renamed as
gallaudet university
started an institution to train deaf people to use oral education
Alexander Bell
what organization did Bell found
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf
association that fought for the use of sign language
The National Association of the Deaf
proved taht ASL is a genuine language
Stokoe
logarithmic unit that indicates the ratio of a physical quantity
decibel
occurs when sound is not conducted efficiently through the outer ear canal to the eardrum and the ossicles of the middle ear
conductive hearing loss
occurs when there is damage to the inner ear or to the nerve pathways
sensorineural hearing loss
conducting hearing loss occurs in combination with a sensorinueral hearingloss
mixed hearing loss
severity of hearing loss
degree of hearing loss
the configuration or shape of the hearing loss refers to the degree and pattern of hearing loss across tones
configuration of hearing loss
hearing loss in both ears
bilateral
hearing loss in one ear
unilateral
degree and configuration of hearing loss are the same in each year
symmetrical
degree and configuration of hearing loss are different in each ear
asymmetrical
hearing loss becomes worse over time
progressive
hearing loss requires immediate medical attention to determine its cause and treatment
sudden hearing loss
hearing loss that changes over time
fluctuation
