Hello Everyone,
Please post your article summary here as well as a link to your article. I will require that we do this from now on. Too many students did not have this assignment done, papers were not stapled to articles, and assignments were hand written. Further, I would like to engage in a more meaningful class discussion. I believe if we post our articles here to share it will give us more opportunities to take this assignment to the next level. Please post your article and your summary here from this week.
The second group will present their article and summary on Monday, Oct. 3, 2011.
Thank you,
~m
http://www.8newsnow.com/story/9133740/deaf-las-vegas-football-player-overcomes-the-odds?redirected=true
ReplyDeleteI enjoy sports, and since football is just beginning I decided to chose an article relating to football. The article I chose is called, “Deaf Las Vegas Football Player Overcomes the Odds.” After reading the title of the article I was excited to find out what this deaf athlete has overcome. However, I was disappointed when I found out the “odd” he “overcame” was playing football. The article discussed how Adam Findlayson is not able to experience a Friday night like the rest of us, he says, “I never got a chance to hear the other players yelling or the cheerleaders screaming or the fans scream.” Adam wears a Cochlear Implant during the day. However, the Cochlear Implant will not fit under his football helmet which leaves Adam completely deaf on game day.
I was slightly disappointed with this article. I think it is great that Adam is such an amazing football player, however, I think the article should have focused more on his accomplishments. Not the idea that he is “overcoming the odds.” I think the title of the article implies that deaf individuals are not able to play football. When, in fact, that is not the case.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/10/BAMP19KL1Q.DTL&type=health
ReplyDeleteIn the San Francisco Chronicle’s article Face Masks Something to Smile About, we learn about one nurse who had the idea to create clear face masks to allow her patients to see her smile and feel a little more at ease. After creating the “Clear Vision” she found that it not only allowed patients to feel more comfortable while being seen but it was also helpful when caring for hard of hearing patients and for communication between deaf health care workers and their colleagues or patients. I selected this article because I do agree with the point made in the article that it can be scary to not be able to see your doc tor or nurses face. I also chose it because I am going into the nursing field and I have never thought about how a face mask could hinder communication for deaf professionals. While some of the language in the article did come from the medical point of view and portrayed deafness as a negative, I do believe that this article is beneficial. It showed the benefits of this new product for all people, hearing or deaf, patient or doctor.
LINK: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/04/18/ST2008041803023.html
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I picked this article because I love soccer and I was curious if there are any pro players that are deaf. There are few deaf players that have made professional soccer teams. The exact number cannot be calculated because there are so many professional soccer leagues and not all of them are well known. Matt Eby plays for Real Maryland as a defender. When Eby first arrived at tryouts the coach Silvino Gonzalo’s eye because an interpreter accompanied him. At first Coach was worried, how would Eby communicate? He cannot hear the whistle when will he know to stop play? Communication is a big part of playing soccer, but Eby said he teammates picked up fast on how to communicate with him. Eye contact is crucial in order for the team to keep contact with Eby. The played at Gallaudet University from 2003 until 2006 and is an assistant coach at the school. He twenty four year old player is a member of the U.S. deaf national team, which will compete in the world championship this summer in Greece. He is an inspiration for deaf and non-deaf players, never giving up with the going was rough: a true mark of a soccer player.
-Libby Jordan
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ReplyDeleteThis article is about a man named Keith who is a 29 year old teacher. He has always wanted to be in the military because his grandpa and uncles were. However, he is Deaf and in America they can not be in the military. He went through ROTC but could not go any farther even though he was in the top of his group. He has support pages, like on Facebook, and speaks at colleges to get his message across. In the past people who were Deaf could serve in our military so he is hoping the rules will be over turned.
I found this article interesting because the information was new to me. I was unaware that Deaf people could not work for any branch of our military. What ever happened to the freedom in America and living the American dream? I think it is unfair to punish someone because they are different. I think this soldier is a good example for other Deaf people to go and achieve their dreams. One part I noticed was how every time the author wrote Deaf they used lower case d, but this man is obviously a proud Deaf man. I think the article is good for the Deaf community because it brings up good points. In Israel Deaf soldiers are able to participate in the military so I do not see why they can’t in America.
http://kstp.com/article/stories/S2249135.shtml?cat=0
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ReplyDeletehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/04/AR2009020403881.html
This is about a Deaf man names, Ryan Bonheyo, he was a star running back at the Maryland School of the Deaf. He accepted the scholarship to attend Towson University where he will play Division 1 college football. This makes him one in a handful of Deaf athletes to receive a scholarship like this for college football. He is aware that a large amount of people will be watching his college career closely. 19 years ago there was about averaged less than one per year. He sees it as he just wanted to play college football and was his life long dream that he is now achieving. Towson is willing to offer interpreters in the classroom, football practice, and games. The coach has been in contact to make sure he gets proper transition, and the coaches have been looking into taking American Sign Language classes. The coach is not concerned about not being about to communicate because in everyday life you read people and use gestures with body language.
Thank you everyone for posting this here.
ReplyDeleteMonica
Here is a link to the article I found for last week.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/news/2002/01/49716
This article talks about how an 18 year old boy invented a glove that reads a persons hand movements while fingerspelling and puts it into text on a small screen. I thought it was intersting but again it would be the Deaf person who would be doing all the work trying to communicate. The whole time I was reading it I though "how weird would it be to have to wear a glove in order to communicate with hearing people?" I mean, people who speak other voiced languages don't wear a translator around their neck or something that changes what their speaking to English. I feel it would be awkward. I do think it is a good idea but it may not be the right direction in order to solve communication issues between the Deaf and Hearing communities.
http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/23/ashley-fiolek-dirt-devil-2/?scp=1&sq=deaf%20dirt%20bike&st=cse
ReplyDeletehttp://culture.wnyc.org/articles/features/2009/nov/27/deaf-actors-demand-equal-stage-time/
ReplyDeleteIn the Juilliard sponsored article “Deaf Actors Demand Equal Stage Time” actress Linda Bove speaks about the new play being produced in New York, The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter, and the directors’ decision to cast a hearing man in the role of the Deaf lead. Bove discusses how it is not only unfair to the deaf actors who could have received the part but also states, “Imagine someone who doesn’t speak Spanish going to take a Spanish 101 class before they prepared for a role that required fluent speaking in Spanish,” Bove said. “I don’t think anyone would buy that.” She goes on to say that even when approached by the Deaf community and their difficulties with the decision was explained to the directors they said that it was not an error in judgment but simple a difference of opinions and that they would not be changing the casting because it was all about artistic choice. Bove explains past hardships of Deaf actors and expresses her own difficulties while working on Sesame Street. The article concludes with the yet another show with a deaf character casting a deaf understudy. Bove comments on how this may not seem like a large accomplishment but it is leaps and bounds farther than where dear actors have been in the past.
I chose this article because I have always been involved in theater whether it is onstage or off and because it connects back to our discussion about Katie Leclerc in Switched at Birth. I think this article is helpful because it clearly displays the challenges and wishes of the deaf acting community. It presents the issue in a understandable and open format that allows people from both the hearing and deaf communities to understand the solution.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8816635/BBCs-mangled-subtitles-anger-viewers.html
ReplyDeleteThis article talks about mis-written subtitles on BBC channels. Live shows subtitles are written by a machine that writes by the sounds it hears so it is not always correct. It has had mistakes during royalty funerals and interviews. Pre recorded shows are written by a person. These wrong words have gone under much criticism and there are even web sites where people can post funny or interesting phrases from BBC. Even though this has gotten a lot of attention for the Deaf community it is negative attention so I do not think it is beneficial to them.
I think this happens in America too. When I go work out I watch subtitles on the tv’s and often see wrong or mis-typed words that just don’t make sense. I think channels should be required to have a live person typing words instead of a computer doing it until someone can make a system that is more often correct so people don’t get wrong information.
http://www.thelocal.fr/1253/20110922/
ReplyDeleteThis article talked about how a group of 22 individuals were banned from taking a flight. Three of them were hard of hearing, eighteen of them were deaf, and one was hearing. They had just checked their bags, and then they were told that they were not allowed to board the plane. Most of these individuals wore hearing aids, and only two were unable to speak. The airline company denied discriminating against the group, but admitted to making “communication errors” about not letting the pilot speak to the group directly. The article also stated that, “In the procedures of Air Mediterranee, the deaf are considered persons of reduced mobility.” This article was extremely offensive, and the airline made a huge mistake.
What really bothered me was the statement the spokeswoman made in the middle of the article, “They felt they were being excluded because of their disability when, in fact, it was just for security reasons.” “Security reasons” does not make any sense. Deaf individuals are capable of following directions, and most definitely are not “persons of reduced mobility.” We allow individuals who speak a different language on planes, as well as children. Deaf individuals are much more capable of understanding directions over children or those that do not understand English. Overall, extremely disappointed with the Air Mediterranee airline company.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-04-18/news/ct-met-sign-language-20100416_1_american-sign-language-silent-dinners-foreign-language
ReplyDeleteMy article is called "Is American Sign Language a 'foreign' Language?"
The article starts out by talking about whether or not American Sign Language is a Foreign language. They say it depends on how you define foreign. Some say it is not since it is an indigenous language which with that definition it makes sense not to count it but since it is another language And culture in itself I don’t know why colleges would even question whether or not to have it in their curriculum.
It was good to read that the whole thought of languages in schools having to be Foreign is changing into “world languages” and “classical and modern languages.” One thing that was said in the article and was a good point to be made was that ASL is no less an indigenous language than Navojo or Ojibwe yet those languages are studied in most colleges and you can even get a degree in them!
After having the background I have in ASL and so far in Deaf Culture I am really frustrated reading the beginning of this article. Why would ASL even be questioned as a language? It just doesn’t make any sense to me.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20111011/NEWS/310110044/New-rules-leave-Iowa-s-deaf-students-without-help?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Frontpage
ReplyDeleteSecond Article
The article I found is about a deaf high school student named Meghan Moratz. During the interview, they talk about a law in Iowa that makes interpreters pass a test which shows that they are capable of accurate translating. Meghan experienced problems with the interpreters that did not pass the test when they did not know certain signs, would not interpret accurately, become involved in the conversation and would wear distracting nail polish. The test has been taken 175 times and only 43 interpreters have passed the test leaving one in seven children with an available interpreter. Interpreters that have yet to pass the test are given a temporary license but Meghan stated that she has been given interpreters with temporary licenses and many of those interpreters lack the ASL skills needed to fluently communicate.
My thoughts on this article is that it is smart for Iowa to pass this law requiring this test although, I do not think it is fair to the other six students to not have an available interpreter. I feel that if the interpreter does not pass the test, they should be immediately enrolled in classes that further their signing skills in order to be fair to the other students.
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2006/11/06/radicalism_in_the_deaf_culture/
ReplyDeleteHere is the link to my article.
The article I picked is “Radicalism in the Deaf culture” by Cathy Young. This article was published in the Boston Globe on November 6, 2006. The first part of the article talked about Gallaudet University and how the students and faculty were protesting the selection of the new president at Gallaudet (Jane K. Fernandes). The article then explains why students and faculty at Gallaudet don’t want Fernandes as their new president. The second part of the article talks about Deaf culture and Young’s viewpoint towards Deaf culture. She talks about how Deaf culture can be viewed as radical and are considered an oppressed minority. Cathy Young also talks about how she thinks that Deaf activists rallying against cochlear implants are harmful.
I think the first part of the article does a good job showing both the hearing world and the Deaf world what is going on at Gallaudet. However, I strongly disagree with Young in the second part of the article. I know that the Deaf community would be offended by her statements. One statement that stands out to me from the article is “Verbal communication aside, surely being unable to hear environmental sounds often places a person at a serious disadvantage.” Deaf people don’t consider themselves to be at a disadvantage. Cathy Young should have done her research. You can tell she is a hearing person and not a Deaf person. Also, throughout the article she mentions Deaf people as having a disability. Being deaf or hard of hearing does not mean you have a disability. They have their own culture and their own way of doing things. At the end of the article, Young writes, “When this sensible view is rejected under pressure from a handful of radicals, it is a testament to the madness that can prevail when oppressed-minority status becomes a weapon to silence critics.” This is talking about Fernandes beliefs about Deaf culture and how she “believes that the deaf community must deal honestly with the challenges posed by advance in medicine.” Fernandes also talks about how she doesn’t want Deaf people to be “isolated from the hearing world or exclude those who don’t meet purist standards of “Deafness.” What Young wrote about the Deaf people being radicals and being “a testament to the madness that can prevail” is offensive. From what I have learned in class, I believe that this article would not go over well with the Deaf community. They are not radicals. It’s their way of life. It is what they believe. It is their culture! Overall, I found this article to be very harmful. This type of writing can lead to stereotypes and negative connotations to the Deaf community.
Here is the link to my second article:
ReplyDeletehttp://articles.cnn.com/2010-02-09/tech/deaf.internet.captions_1_captioning-deaf-people-sign-language?_s=PM:TECH
I really liked this article. It talked about how a deaf engineer working at Google is trying to get captioning for all online videos posted on the web. He helped Google create an captioning system that will translate your voice on a video into text. The article talks about how this system is still trying to work out some bugs though. Ken Harrenstein is the deaf engineers name working at google. When asked why he wanted captioning for the internet Harrenstein said, "It is extremely important [to my work] because I'm creating something I want and need for myself. So, I can identify very well with all of the other people who similarly need and want this. ... This sometimes helps me keep going in the face of frustrations." This does a good job at portraying the collectivism in Deaf Culture. He is relating his work to how it will help out other Deaf people. I think it is a great idea. All videos on the internet should be accessible to everyone including Deaf and Hard of hearing people. This close captioning system would allow everybody equal access to these videos and to understand these videos.
Deaf man waiting to hear first sound after successful operation
ReplyDeleteBy: Adam Morris
A man who was born deaf is now waiting a month to see if he will be able to hear for the first time. His home was in London. His brother spent years raising money and awareness for his brother’s deafness. His wife is Deaf so he doesn’t want to go on too much but he is excited. The doctors will slowly turn up the volume on the implant until it is at the right level. He has always wanted to hear and in a month he will be able to.
http://news.scotsman.com/health/Deaf=man=waiting-to-hear.4703386.jp
Deaf Swimmer Defies Limitations
ReplyDeleteBy: Maryalice Demler
This article was about Scott Ferrell who is Deaf and was able to attend to the Western New York’s sectionals. He was a sophomore that was described as determined, confident, and a fighter. He attended a stateschool but decided it would make him stronger to go outside and experience the world. So now goes to public school and has an interpreter at all of his classes. The faculty treats him like a friend no isolation as “special”. The team became very close and stuck together. One of his teammates that were studying electrical engineering designed a strobe light that flashes when the horn sounds. This leveled the playing field so he can get a good start and reach his full potential.
http://www.wgrz.com/cleanprint/?unique=1317167598670
Deaf, Teen Intern Teaches Local Police New Communications Tools
ReplyDeleteBy: Frederick
When Robert Harris was younger he used to watch cops all the time. He ended up being the first Deaf student intern at Frederick Police Department. He was teaching the officers, firefighters and rescue workers about Deaf culture. Harris is designing a visual communication tool to help first responders interact with Deaf people and non-English speakers in Fredrick. This has exceeded the chef’s expectations for the program to strengthen the connections between police and community. He was teaching American Sign Language to the officers at least just the basic phrases. This is because interpreters are not one the scene immediately they also use laminated cards that are pictures for visualization. Trying to improve the pocket book to incorporate all of the immediate things asked at the scene immediately.
http://www.foxnews.com/
http://www.awareforum.org/2010/08/new-mobile-technology-for-deaf/
ReplyDeleteThis article is about how they are trying to get phones to be deaf friendly. Engineers at the University of Washington are trying to create this for them. They are trying to get every phone with a video camera to be useable. Not phones only off of 3G would be able to use this but every phone and anywhere in the world. This is going to be called MobileASL it’s being tested now in Europe. This would be more than just face time off of an iphone.
Tiff Hudack
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/arizona/article_cb9c88ec-f5fe-11e0-a0fb-001cc4c002e0.html#user-comment-area
ReplyDeleteArticle #3 on movie theaters
This article is about a lawsuit in Arizona against a company with 25 theaters in the state. They did not have the technology for Deaf or blind people to watch the movies with. A court eventually said they were wrong and made them provide one device for every two screens in each theater.
I think this article is good in the sense that it got the necessary devices for Deaf people but it only had one for every two theaters which would not be enough for a big group of people. Another negative thing was when they referred to Deaf as disabled.
This is my third article.
ReplyDeleteHere is the link to my article:
http://www.dibf.org/0_news/articles/031012_marsha_wetzel.html
This article is about a women named Marsha Wetzel. She is an instructor at National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). She became the first female Deaf referee for Division 1 NCAA. She will be refeeing in the Atlantic 10 and Patriots conferences.
I like this article. It talked about if one of the coaches had a question during a game that there is usually an interpreter but if their isn't an interpreter that she communicates through a note pad. I do think that there should always be an interpreter on hand during the games she is officiating. She shouldn't have to always adjust to the hearing world. The hearing world should adjust to the Deaf world. I think it is a great achievement for Marsha and it is a step in the right direction that Deaf people can do anything hearing people can do.