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Deaf T/F

Authored by April Smith

World Languages

KG - 12th Grade

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Deaf T/F
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

90% of the deaf population can read lips fluently.

True

False

Answer explanation

False. Most deaf people are not fluent at lipreading. Only about 1/3 of the English language can be lipread.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

The deaf population accepts the terms of calling themselves "deaf & mute" or "deaf & dumb."

True

False

Answer explanation

False. "Dumb" and "mute" both mean that a person cannot speak. Deaf people can speak; however, some of them choose not to.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

The majority of the deaf population cannot read or write.

True

False

Answer explanation

False. Deaf people can read and write. There is nothing wrong with their eyes or their hands. (or their brains.)

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Deafness is definitely hereditary (passed down from family member to family member.)

True

False

Answer explanation

False. Deafness CAN be hereditary, but it's usually not. Most people become deaf either because of something that happened when they were inside the womb or because they got an illness when they were an infant that caused a high fever which lead to them becoming deaf.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Deaf people's IQ's are lower than hearing people's.

True

False

Answer explanation

False. Deaf people, when given a test in ASL, score just as high as hearing people on IQ tests.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

The deaf are excellent at reading braille.

True

False

Answer explanation

False. Braille is for blind people to read. Has nothing to do with deafness. (Unless the person is deaf and blind.)

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Since deaf people have low IQ's, they cannot go to college.

True

False

Answer explanation

False. Deaf people do not have low IQs and many of them go to college. (I had a deaf girl in my college history class.)

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