Deafness

an amplification device to assist persons with hearing loss

• hear aid

• aid

• hearing aid

• ear aid

an electronic device that is surgically implanted

• hearing aid

• cochlear implant (CI)

• plant

• FM-system

a wire that circles a room and is connected to the sound system

• CI

• cochlear implant

• audio loop

• hearing aid

a system used to make difficult

listening situations easier, it removes noise

• CI

• FM-system

• hearing dog

• vibrating alarm clock

a dog that has completed training to alert its owner to a variety of sounds in different environments

• vibrating alarm clock

• hearing aid

• hearing dog

• dog-hearer

a skill used by a person with hearing loss to try to understand speech by watching the lips and facial expressions

Two correct answers

• lipwatching

• speechreading

• lipreading

• speechwatching

Percentage of students that receive special education due to deafness or hearing loss

• 40%

• 1%

• 50%

• 10%

individuals who participate in the culture, society, and language of Deaf people, which is based on sign language

• Deaf people

• deaf people

• blind people

• hearing impaired people

35 Million people in the United States has a hearing impairment.

• True
• False

Alexander Graham Bell didn't want deaf people to marry because deafness was undesirable and he believed in Eugenics

• True 
• False