Deafness is a form of mental
deficiency or retardation.Questions on Deafness
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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