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Disabilties Presentation by Diana Palacio

My part of the project was to interview someone deaf/hard of hearing, and it was not until then that I realized that sign language is super important. It should be universal. That way, people with this type of disability do not feel excluded. Angel, the kid that I was interviewing to mention that he does not like going out, and seeing deaf/hard of hearing people struggling just for being how they are, makes him mad. Angel is the only one in his family with this disability, but his family makes him any judge. He says that it is sometimes hard to see people looking at you because you have hearing aids. He is scared that when he grows up, people will not make him feel accepted, but he also reads about these disabilities and knows that deaf/hard of hearing people have more acceptance in society throughout the years. People with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) often have social, emotional, and communication skills. For example, they might repeat certain behaviors and might not want change in...
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Christopher Rodas Presentation summary

    Group one was led by Armando Abud and presented/. The topic this group covered was deaf/hard of hearing and speech (language) impairment, chapters 4, 11-14. I thought their presentation was very informative and extensive. They started with the anatomy of the ear; external, middle, and internal ear and what each part does. They discussed the three different types of hearing loss: conductive, sensorineural, and mixed. The audiological assessment, hearing test will start low, then gradually increases to determine the threshold of someone’s hearing. I was surprised to hear that there are babies can fail the test because of the embryonic fluid still in their ear canals. The anatomy of speech and speech mechanism is divided into four parts. Having family members who have difficulty with speech as adults, I can see how it is prevalent and if left untreated can affect adulthood. There are different types of speech impairments, fluency, voice, and articulation disorders. It is sad ...
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Presentation Summary by Geovani Hoyos

  Presentation Summary by Geovani Hoyos I found these presentations to be very informative. It is interesting to learn about different conditions and disabilities. I think these are topics that should be taught in middle school and high school. I will try to summarize what I learned from the presentations. Deaf/Hard of Hearing and Speech Impairment My group went first, and our group presentation was on the topics of deaf/hard of hearing and speech impairment. We talked about how the ear is divided into three parts: the outer ear, middle ear, and inner ear and three types of hearing losses: conductive, sensorineural, and a mix between the two. Next, we presented on language and speech impairments. It makes it hard for children and adults to communicate with others. The most common type of speech impairment is stuttering. We learned about the mechanisms of speech which are respiratory, phonatory, resonatory, and articulation. We also learned about American and other countries...
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Disabilities presentation reflection by Angela Acevedo

      I underestimated how much I was going to learn from these presentations. Truth be told, I did not think that I would be interested in them. But then again, this class has a fun way of proving me wrong. These presentations are the reason why I have a newfound respect for people with disabilities and have brought me closer to my loved one who currently lives with a disability.      The first presentation was about loss of hearing/deafness and speech impairment. Right off the bat, I thought I knew everything I needed to know about it but having this as my group topic allowed me to do some much-needed research. Especially considering how my brother has a speech impairment. I was so intrigued by what I discovered that I shared my groups presentation with my brother. He was relieved to know that we were taking his disability seriously and not shrugging it off as something that is insignificant.      The second presentation was about learn...
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disabilities reflection by Francisco Alcantara

with the presentations on disabilities, just like the first presentations that we did, I have learned a lot of new stuff. learning about the disabilities, their history, the different agencies that help people with disabilities and watching those wonderful interviews has been a great experience. For me, the most interesting disabilities, and the ones that I mostly learn about were: the deafness, which has an interesting background as deaf people in the past used to be persecuted by religious people because they couldn’t hear the word of god. With the time, deaf people were slowly being introduced to the society, special schools for deaf people were created, the sign language was improved, organizations and events for deaf people were created and devices to improve the hearing were invented. The speech impairment, which is mostly found in children and is the most common childhood disability. It has different types and depending on the type of speech impairment, it can affect the tone ...
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Disability Project

Christopher Falcon Disability Project Summary In class we had the ability to listen to a few presentations that had to do with various disabilities, one being hearing disability. We learned about the parts of the ear that gives us the ability to use the function. The outer ear which is the pinna picks up the sound waves that are projected to the ear. Then in the middle of the ear, it is made up of three tiny bones, malleus, incus and stapes, These are responsible for the vibration to the ear drum and also the equilibrium of the body. The inner part of the ear is the last important part that allows the sound waves to be turned into information. Through the research that was talked about in the presentations it is know that hearing loss effects about 48 million people in the united states today. It can occurs through either direct from birth, through a traumatic experience, or developmental. About 2 to 3 out of every one thousand child in the United States are born with a detectable ...
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Disability Project Summary

  Gabriel Fernandez    Disability Project Summary           My group project was based on speech impairment and hard of hearing. The ear is divided into three parts: the external ear, internal ear, and middle ear. There are also three types of hearing losses, and they are conductive, sensorineural, and mixed. Language and speech problems make it hard for your child to communicate with others. This usually affects one in twelve kids and teens in the U.S. Kids aged 1 to 2 years old struggle with p,b,m,h, and w sounds. Kids between the ages of two and three usually struggle with k,g,f,t,d, and n sounds. Suppression of sign language in schools started in the 1900s. Over five percent of the world is entirely deaf, which is 466 million people that are a part of our population. The most common type of speech impairment is stuttering. The rate found between the age of three and six is eleven percent. Between the ages of seven and ten are 9.3 percent,...
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