Complete Test Bank Deaf, Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing People Ch8

Chapter 8

Test Bank

1. Hearing loss prevalence

a. is easily counted in the world populations.

b. increases steadily with age.

c. is greater in Canada than in the United States.

d. None of the above

2. Conductive deafness

a. usually is the result of middle ear infections or injury.

b. cannot be helped by hearing aids.

c. comes about because of congenital rubella.

d. results from damage to the inner ear.

3. Sensorineural deafness

a. has been literally wiped out in the world.

b. usually is the result of middle ear infections or injury.

c. has no relationship to genetic factors.

d. results from damage to the inner ear.

4. Culturally Deaf people

a. Make up about one third of the d/D/hoh community

b. Have been strong advocates for closing down schools for the d/Deaf

c. Embrace hard of hearing people within their community

d. Do not consider being Deaf a disability

5. Cochlear implants

a. have been widely accepted by the Deaf community.

b. are controversial in Deaf culture.

c. require surgery but there is no risk involved because it is outpatient.

d. are tools in the social model of Deafness.

6. Prelingual deafness

a. is a term used when deafness occurs after auditory language has been acquired.

b. is a term used after a deaf person learns ASL.

c. is really not a concern with the Deaf cultural community.

d. is a term used when deafness occurs before auditory language has been learned.

7. Post lingual deafness

a. occurs after auditory language has been learned.

b. is very rare in the United States.

c. results in a greater emphasis on learning ASL.

d. usually occurs before the age of three.

8. Which of the following best is most accurate?

a. The later the onset of deafness, the greater the individual’s reliance on spoken language for communication.

b. Visual/manual language such as ASL usually becomes the primary language for those who have acquired post lingual deafness.

c. Issues facing d/D/hoh people a similar regardless of age on onset.

d. Deaf culture excludes post lingual individuals.

9. Which of the following is not true of universal diversity theory relative to d/D/hoh?

a. Deafness is a sensory impairment.

b. The intersections between d/D/hoh people and hearing society are a greater problem than their sensory impairment.

c. D/D/hoh people need more social services programs to support their functioning in society.

d. Ableism led to the Gallaudet uprising.

10. Lingual deafness

a. depends on learning spoken English before the age of two.

b. occurs when a deaf person develops language at a typical age.

c. occurs when a deaf person only develops ASL skills at a typical age.

d. none of the above

11. The medical model of deafness

a. partners d/D/hoh people as equal partners with health providers.

b. assumes that deafness is a difference rather than an abnormality.

c. embraces Deaf culture.

d. assumes that deaf individuals need the help of professionals to help them cope.

12. Which is most accurate of the term Deafnicity?

a. It examines the role of Deafness in ethnic cultures.

b. It is a demeaning term to describe Deaf people.

c. It emphasizes the single cultural bond between Deaf people globally.

d. It examines the relationship between Deaf and hearing communities.

13. Deaf cultures throughout the world

a. are very similar because they all share sign language as a basis.

b. have primarily been transmitted through families.

c. are a recent phenomenon.

d. are unique and heavily influenced by Deaf language used.

14. Deaf children born to hearing parents typically experience language and learning delays primarily because

a. They lack the sense of hearing so critical for language and learning.

b. Their families lack knowledge or skills to teach visual language.

c. Language development in Deaf children is poorly understood.

d. All of the above.

15. People like Alexander Graham Bell

a. Were advocates for the social model of Deafness

b. Advocated for the use of sign language

c. Embraced oralism as the primary means of communication for Deaf people.

d. Fought against eugenic philosophies.

16. Residential schools for Deaf children

a. have contributed to the development of Deaf culture.

b. harbor discrimination against deaf children.

c. created a “separate” but equal status for deaf children.

d. makes deafness an aberration.

17. ASL

a. is used singularly throughout the world and functions to bring deaf individuals together in a national community.

b. tends to segregate deaf individuals thus reinforces their discrimination.

c. transmits the Deaf culture and way of life within the United States.

d. is the same in the United States, Russia, and England.

18. Individuals who are hard-of hearing

a. tend to readily identify with Deaf culture.

b. tend to adopt American Sign Language as their primary language.

c. tend to have a strong identity to the hearing community.

d. tend to be the strongest advocates for d/D/HOH rights.

19. Hard-of hearing children

a. generally develop quite well with little or no intervention.

b. embrace and are embraced by the hearing world.

c. embrace and are embraced by the Deaf community.

d. often find themselves isolated and not fitting into the Deaf or hearing worlds.

20. The video “Sound and Fury” and the TED talk “Heather World” illustrate

a. the pressures placed on Deaf children to get cochlear implants by mainstream American culture.

b. Deaf culture unity relative to cochlear implants

c. the damage done by implanting cochlear implants

d. controversies about cochlear implants in Deaf families

Short Answer/ Essay Questions

1. Briefly describe the 1988 Deaf President Now demonstrations.

Sample

1. Compare and contrast the concepts deaf, Deaf, and hard of hearing.
2. What are some of the primary challenges for deaf children born to hearing parents?
3. Briefly discuss the role of Schools for the Deaf in the lives of Deaf people.
4. Compare the experiences of people born deaf vs. those who become deaf in adulthood.