Deafness is a form of mental deficiency or
retardation.1) Which of the following is a correct statement?
Deafness is a form of mental deficiency or
retardation.
Deafness is a
lack of or a loss of the ability to hear and the ability to
speak.
Deafness is a
lack of or a loss of the ability to hear.
Deafness is a
lack of or a loss of the ability to communicate with other
people.
a form of
speech.
electromagnetic waves, similar to radio waves.
a form of
telepathy.
vibrations in
the air.
at
birth.
in the teen years or young
adulthood.
in old age.
at any age.
Most people who are deaf also have some degree of mental retardation.
Most deaf people have perfectly normal intelligence.
6) You are speaking with a deaf person and you notice that his or her speech is different from yours. This is because...
it is very
difficult to control your own voice when you cannot hear your own
voice.
they probably
had a very poor speech teacher.
deaf people's
voices are different from hearing people's voices.
this
particular deaf person is probably mentally retarded as well as
deaf.
7) Which of the following statements about sign language is true?
Sign language
is crude, but it does help hearing people and deaf people
communicate.
Sign language is a poor substitute
for a real language, but it's better than nothing.
Sign language is a beautiful and
expressive form of communication.
Sign language is great because it's
universal; deaf people from all over the world can communicate with
one another without knowing another language.
8) Deafness can be caused by..
diseases.
loud noises.
accidents.
all of the above.
9) One type of noise that can cause deafness is...
loud rock
music.
a nearby clap of
thunder.
the constant "whirr" of a computer's
fan.
none of the above; noise can't cause
deafness.
10) Often deaf people can communicate by...
sign
language.
writing notes.
lipreading and
speaking.
all of the above.
11) Which of these statements is true about deaf people driving cars?
The Deaf can't drive because they can't hear other
traffic.
The Deaf can drive, but only in specially equipped
cars.
The Deaf can drive and are often better drivers than
hearing people, because they are more used to watching things going
on around them.
The Deaf can drive, but must have a hearing person
with them.
All deaf people can read lips. It's a natural
ability they
get when they lose their hearing.
13) A common way for the Deaf to enjoy television is...
closed captioning.
actors in TV movies who know sign
language.
turning up their hearing aids.
none of the above; deaf people don't watch
TV.
14) A TTY (sometimes called a "TDD") is...
a "picturephone" used by the Deaf so they can see each
other's faces and read lips.
a keyboard and display device used together with an
ordinary telephone.
a device used for sending Morse code by flashing
light.
none of the above.
15) Flashing lights are commonly used in Deaf homes to signal...
a crying baby.
a ringing doorbell.
a ringing telephone.
all of the above.
16) Since deaf people often cannot hear alarm clocks, they often know when to get up in the morning by...
using an alarm clock with a
vibrator.
training a dog or cat to tell
time.
having a friend or relative call them on the
phone.
none of the above; deaf people oversleep a
lot.
17) A hearing aid cannot help a person who is...
mildly deaf.
moderately deaf.
profoundly deaf.
severely deaf.
18) Which of these body parts is NOT associated with hearing?
hammer.
auditory nerve.
appendix.
cochlea.
19) Because a deaf person might not hear the sound of a smoke detector going off in case of a fire, they...
shouldn't live alone.
should have a fire alarm which connects directly to
the fire department.
should have a smoke detector with a strobe
light.
should ask their neighbors to knock on their door if
they hear the smoke detector going off.
20) Which of the following is true about the Deaf?
The Deaf are very different from hearing people. They
don't enjoy the same activities, like watching TV, going to movies,
talking on the phone, and so on.
The Deaf have mostly the same interests as hearing
people, but because of their handicap, they usually just sit at
home.
The Deaf are just like hearing people and they never
encounter prejudice because of their deafness.
Except for the fact that they can't hear or have some
degree of hearing loss, the Deaf are just like hearing
people.
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