1Laws in which language denied rights to Deaf people as early as 1000 years BC?
Hebrew
2The early version of which religion believed that Deafness was a punishment from God?
Christianity
3In which ages were Deaf people subject to ridicule as court jesters?
The Dark Ages (500-1000AD)
4Italian physician who taught his Deaf son with written symbols; recognized that Deaf people were capable of reason.
Girolamo Cardano
5Spanish monk who invented manual alphabet--credited as "first teacher of the Deaf"
Pedro Ponce de Leon
6Founder of the first (oral) school for the Deaf in Germany
Samuel Heinicke
7French priest who established free public schools for the Deaf, where fingerspelling and signing were taught
Charles-Michel de L'Epee
8Inventor of an early form of British Sign Language
Thomas Braidwood
9French physician who used outlandish treatments to try and cure Deafness, and the child he tried to teach to speak
Jean Itard, Victor of Aveyron
10founders of first American school for the Deaf
Thomas Gallaudet, Laurent Clerc
11Why did Martha's Vineyard have their own sign language in the 17-19th centuries?
Because 1/4 of the islanders were Deaf
12When was the Golden Age of Deaf Education?
1843-1912
13Why was Alexander Graham Bell interested in Deafness, and what did he do about it?
His mother and wife were Deaf, opened a school for the deaf with an oral emphasis
14When was the conference of Milan?
1880
15What were some declaratiosn made at the Conference of Milan?
spoken language was declared superior to sign, that sign should not be taught alongside sign, and that the Deaf should be educated
16What were the repercussions of the Conference of Milan?
Deaf teachers lost jobs, National Association of the Deaf was formed, Gallaudet decided to retain sign on-campus
17Who initiated the practice of fitting hearing aids at 6 months, and later formed the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing?
Marion Downs
18What did the 1965 Babbidge Report show?
That Deaf adults had an average of a 3rd grade reading level
19Education for All Handicapped Children Act, what it did
1975, guaranteed free and appropriate public education
20Education of the Handicapped Act, what it did
1986, extended services from birth-3 and 3-5
21Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, what it did
1990, combined existing services from birth-21
22F1 varies inversely with what tongue parameter?
height
23F2 varies proportionally with what tongue parameter?
backness
24consonants tend to be above this frequency, while vowels tend to be below this frequency
2000Hz
25semivowel acoustic cues
fast formant transitions
26nasal acoustic cues
weak formants, increased resonance <500Hz
27stop acoustic cues
timing of voicing during closure, aspiration after release
28fricative acoustic cues
presence of voice, duration of frication, intensity
29auditory capacity
the ability to detect and discriminate sounds
30dynamic range
difference between loudest and softest audible sound
31auditory resolution
how well the ear can discriminate frequency, temporal, and rhythmic components of sound
32Sound decreases by how many dB every time distance is doubled?
6
33what is RT60?
How much time it takes reverberation to decrease the intensity of a sound by 60dB