Unit 8

Question 1

order of description

Answer 1

gender ethnicity height body-type etc

Question 2

negative connotations of disabled/handicapped

Answer 2

disadvantaged, deficit, helpless

Question 3

what is a cochlear implant

Answer 3

an electronic device used to help people hear, it bypasses the inner ear hair cells and directly stimulates their auditory nerves

Question 4

define DEAF-TEND-THEIR

Answer 4

what Deaf people do to refer to a specific attitude, belief, habits, or other characteristics

Question 5

what sign language is used for Deaf-blind

Answer 5

tactical sign

Question 6

how are descriptive signs made rude in ASL

Answer 6

facial expressions

Question 7

anvil/incus

Answer 7

passes vibrations from the hammer to the stirrup

Question 8

hammer/malleus

Answer 8

passes vibrations from the eardrum to the anvil

Question 9

pinna/auricle

Answer 9

collects sound and directs it to the outer ear canal

Question 10

stirrup/stapes

Answer 10

passes vibrations from the anvil to the cochlea

Question 11

cochlea

Answer 11

lined with tiny hairs that move when vibrated and cause a nerve impulse to form

Question 12

eardrum

Answer 12

thin membrane that vibrates when sound waves reach it

Question 13

eustachian tube

Answer 13

equalizes the pressure between the middle ear and the air outside

Question 14

nerves

Answer 14

carry electrochemical signal from the inner ear to the brain

Question 15

outer ear canal

Answer 15

the tube through which sound travels to the eardrum

Question 16

semicircular canals

Answer 16

help us maintain our sense of balance