Art And The Bible: Image Content Analysis

In “Through Deaf Eyes” you will find a range of perspective on the question what is deafness? This film is a balanced presentation of deaf experience. I believe that the film does a good job of revealing the struggles and triumphs of deaf people in society throughout history. The documentary covers a span of close to 200 years of deaf life in the United States. You will see experiences among deaf people in education, family life, work, and social activities.

Mark Drolsbaugh’s Deaf Again book gives a detailed account of his experience with becoming deaf in both a hearing and deaf world. It includes the awkwardness and un-comfortability he felt in hearing environments, within is personal family dynamic and in deaf safe havens where he learned to adjust, and grow for the betterment of him learning ASL and in general, becoming emerged within Deaf culture. Drolsbaugh starts the book off by introducing how life for deaf people, even when giving birth, can be a struggle (due to society not being well informed on how to effectively communicate and treat Deaf individuals). Drolsbaugh’s mother, Sherry, wasn’t properly given epidural while giving birth to him, and as she made noises to best express that something was wrong, the nurse brushed it off. Once Mark was born, and Sherry got up the needle wasn’t in her back but on the bed. Looking at how communication issues can lead to negative results, throughout the rest of the book Drolsbaugh sheds light on this phenomenon, specifically focusing on the educational environment and the interactions between and among hearing and deaf communities.

Have you ever wondered the differences between deaf and hearing cultures? Last week I had a chance to watch "See What I Mean" and this video gave me a humorous and enlightening look at the differences between them. In this movie "See What I Mean", issues such as attitudes toward time, taking time to say goodbye, complain about the use of phones and pagers, sharing information, giving and receiving criticism, and comments on personal appearance are explored and humorously discussed from the point of view of both cultures.

First, this book allowed me to see the negative way in which deaf people were perceived. This book is not old by any means, and I was taken aback by the way deaf children were perceived by not only others in the community, but often times by their own parents as well. The term

Introduction to American Deaf Culture by Thomas K. Holcomb is a “comprehensive textbook” that explains a cultural perspective of Deaf people, and how Deaf culture is experienced and has evolved over time. He defines culture and how it relates to the Deaf community, while also teaching the audience about demographic data, misconceptions, and diversity. This book talks about the tensions between the Deaf community and the disabled community, Deaf literature and film, and effective living solutions for Deaf individuals. Thomas K. Holcomb is a Deaf Studies professor at a college in California, where he teaches his students ASL/English interpretation, along with Deaf education and culture. Many people in his family are deaf, and he is considered a “leading authority on Deaf culture”.

Society is better than it used to be at recognising the needs of deaf people; there are more public buildings such as cinemas, theatres and conference facilities that have loop systems so that people who can use hearing aids are able to listen to what is being said or performed. There some events that now have signers to translate speeches and performances. Many television programmes now have access to subtitles and some have signers, although these tend to be late at night. People with any kind of sensory loss can have difficulties in finding employment. Even though the Equality Act and the Disability Discrimination Act mean that employers cannot discriminate, it is hard to convince an employer that a sensory loss does not necessarily mean that someone is unable to do a job.

Throughout the article, "Seeing at the Speed of the Sound" the author Rachel Kolb takes the reader on a voyage to better understanding the struggles, the trials, and tribulations of a lipreader as well as the feeling of accomplishment that can be gained from successful lipreading. Rachel Kolb achieves this effect by using a variety of anecdotes mixed with facts about individuals who rely on lipreading. The author uses her personal experiences to help both inspire those with difficulty hearing as well as those who are not part of the deaf community and do not understand the day to day labors and triumphs.

The growing numbers of both hearing and deaf people wanting to understand the deaf community and be apart of it allows for an optimistic outlook. In 2001, Lucas, Bayley and Valli, emphasise the importance of pursuing research in sign language, commenting that it will help contribute to the empowerment of deaf people in society. (Johnston and Schembri 2004, p. 3). This empowerment will allow for deaf people to be treated and seen as equal members of

“Through Deaf Eyes” was a documentary that really opened my eyes and allowed me to understand just a small fraction of what it may be like for a Deaf person to live in a hearing world. The first thing that really stuck with me was the fact that the film was all silent. The part that made it easy for me to understand was the fact that there was closed captioning. All throughout the film, all participants, both Deaf and hearing, were signing at what seemed like lightning speed. If it were not for the closed captioning, there was no way I would be able to catch up and really engage in the film. Then it hit me: this must be how Deaf people feel if the situation was reversed. I always used to get irritated

The book also describes how life has changed for deaf adults through the years. Previously, many deaf adults were not able to get jobs in many places, because there were not many places that were accepting to them. These days, however, almost every business or company is looking for those that are fluent in American Sign Language, due to the simple fact that they would be able to accommodate that many more people and earn more money for their business. Also, there were not many outlets for deaf adults to use in relation to entertainment or basic needs, because again, mostly everything was catered to hearing adults only. However, they have recently developed many different ways for the deaf to communicate with the hearing and with one another, including TTY, full-keyboard, and internet phones and closed-captions on television stations and movies.

Thomas is a famous presenter that provides different workshops only for the deaf students (Nowak 2016). His main purpose is to provide teaching to the deaf individuals. The underlying DVD helps to differentiate the hearing and the deaf culture and also the politeness of the deaf culture. It defines the deaf culture and the changing experiences of the deaf individuals. The attendance and the participation of the deaf students are becoming enhanced in the deaf events. “A sign of respect” also provides the inter-cultural communication between the deaf individuals and interpret the sign language. It also helps to adjust the culture of the deaf individuals because the polite of each deaf student is totally different with the other so that different individuals should treat differently. The underlying video separates the deaf culture and the telephone

Two centuries ago, the Deaf community arose in American society as a linguistic minority. Members of this community share a particular human condition, hearing impairment. However, the use of American Sign Language, as their main means of communicating, and attendance to a residential school for people with deafness also determine their entry to this micro-culture. Despite the fact that Deaf activists argue that their community is essentially an ethnic group, Deaf culture is certainly different from any other cultures in the United States. Deaf-Americans cannot trace their ancestry back to a specific country, nor do Deaf neighborhoods exist predominantly throughout the nation. Additionally, more than ninety percent of deaf persons are born

Individuals in relationships will try anything they can to gain power, creating a negative outcome in the situation they are in. In the play Macbeth, William Shakespeare displays a strange relationship between Lady Macbeth and Macbeth. Both of them want absolute power at different times of the play which negatively impacts their lives. First, Lady Macbeth holds the power and is a very fierce women, while Macbeth has no confidence and is constantly changing his mind. As the play progresses, Macbeth gains more confidence and feels like he can do everything on his own, which takes away some power from Lady Macbeth.

Tamara is hard of hearing (HoH), and though her hearing aids help her navigate the world of the hearing, she describes her daily struggle to “make an unnaturally forced effort to communicate with people” (Deaf Unity 2016). Job searching is an especially stressful experience for someone like Tamara, but the problems don’t stop once she’s hired. Tamara works in an office, and the constant background noise, talking, and typing make it very difficult for her to communicate with others. She not only finds it challenging to communicate professionally with her boss, but is also encounters barriers to casual side conversation or comments with her co-workers.

“I do not have money but,You can take my flowers and make things to sell at the market”