Name ___________________________________

On a separate piece of paper, answer the following review questions.

1. Describe the dominance condition.
Your dominant hand is the one you right with. If a sign is produced with two hands and one
hand moves, your dominant hand should move. You should fingerspell with your dominant
hand.

2. Name the 5 parameters of a sign.
Handshape, movement, palm orientation, location (in signing space) & facial expression

3. Know what DPN stands for and why its important in the Deaf Community
Deaf President Now movement: A culturally significant even in the Deaf Community. In 1980,
the Gallaudet University students called for the removal of a hearing president staging sit-ins
and effectively closing the University until their demands were met. I. King Jordan became
Gallaudets first Deaf President when Elizabeth Zinser stepped down.

4. Know where ASL is used and where it came from.
North American and Canada. Based on French sign language and came over to the United States
from France with Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc who eventually founded the first
school for the Deaf in America.

5. Name several important historical figures in the Deaf Community and why they are well known.
Thomas Hopkins Galludet, Laurent Clerc, Alice Cogswell, George Veditz, Laura Bridgeman,

6. Name famous Deaf artists / actors / athletes.
Marlee Matlin: Deaf actress, William Hoy: Deaf baseball player, Juliet Gordon Lowe: founder of
the girl scouts, Chuck Baird: Deaf artist and actor


7. Appropriate ways to get a Deaf persons attention.
Tap them on the shoulder, wave (small wave) in their periphery, use and intermediary

8. How to ask for a sign when you dont know it (different strategies).
1. Point to the object with a question face
2. Draw a picture
3. Use opposites
4. Describe the object / act it out
5. Use categories

9. Lower case d deaf vs. upper case D Deaf.
D=member of the Deaf Community who values the cultural norms and uses ASL
d=medical term that describes a persons ability to hear
10. Name two important college in the U.S. for Deaf students.
Gallaudet University (Washington D.C. 4 year liberal arts school)
NTID=National Technical Institute for the Deaf (Rochester, NY)

11. Describe some classifiers and what they are used for.
A:CL = stationary object (water bottle)
B:CL= flat surface (table or floor)
S:CL= a persons head
2:CL (or V:CL) = two people walking

12. Describe Real World Orientation.
Using directions (NSEW) to describe where a place is in relation to where you are located when
you sign it. Point / glance in the direction of the actual location you are referring to.

13. Describe sensorinural hearing loss and some causes
SNHL=inner ear or nerve damage (cochlea), usually permanent, not correctable with surgery,
causes heredity, ototoxic drugs, head trauma, high fever

14. Describe conductive hearing loss and some examples.
Sound cannot reach the middle ear bones properly because something is blocking the sound
waves or the middle ear bones are missing or broken. Causes fluid buildup in the middle ear
from colds, ear infection, allergies, earwax buildup, malformation of bones or outer ear canal.

15. Name the three parts of the ear.
Inner ear, middle ear, outer ear

16. Name the middle ear bones.
The bones (ossicles) are called the malleus, incus and stapes

17. Describe indexing in ASL.
Pointing to an object or person to which you are referring when signing. This is not considered
rude in Deaf culture.

18. Know how to gloss a question in ASL.
Question words go at the END of the utterance. Example: MY BOOK, WHERE? (Where is my
book?)

19. What is negation in ASL?
Using negation such as shaking your head or another non-manual behavior to make a sign mean
the opposite. Example: signing MINE while shaking your head means NOT MINE.

20. What is the A.D.A?
The Americans with Disabilities Act law that provides for Deaf people to have interpreters as
well as many other provisions for persons with disabilities.

21. Know what CODA stands for.
Child of Deaf Adults (a person whose parents are Deaf)

22. Understand how to use Topic / Comment in ASL.
Example: English: I dont like bananas. ASL: BANANAS, I DONT LIKE
Topic = bananas. Comment = I dont like em.

23. Appropriate ways to respond to thank you in ASL.
Pish! Thank you. Its fine. Nothing (no big deal).

24. Identify some common fingerspelled loan signs.
BUS, TOY, NO GOOD, JOB, DOG, APT, DO, TTY

25. Know what ASL IS and what it IS NOT.
IS: a visual, gestural language with its own grammar and structure
NOT: English, NOT universal, NOT a written language

26. What NAD stands for and what it is.
National Association of the Deaf

27. Know the effects of the Milan Congress and what year it took place.
Deaf teachers lost their jobs, many Deaf schools closed, programs became more oral (did not
support sign language), sign language was outlawed and only used behind closed doors in
an attempt to preserve it.

28. Describe the controversy in Sound and Fury. What did the hearing grandmother accuse the
parent of who did not want a cochlear implant for their child?
Cochlear implants are viewed by the Deaf Community as a means of destroying the Deaf
Culture. The grandmother accused the parents of borderline child abusers

29. Know where you should focus when watching a Deaf person sign.
ON THEIR EYES. Breaking eye contact is considered RUDE when signing with a Deaf person.

30. What does an ILY hand represent in ASL?
I love you. It is a way of both expressing love and it is also an icon in the Deaf community (a
recognizable symbol).

31. Name some people who can be members of the Deaf Community.
CODAs, interpreters, Deaf people, (sometimes) teachers of the Deaf

32. Identify some pieces of technology that have been used over the years and now for Deaf people.
TTY = a teletypewriter for the Deaf. Not used as much today as it used to be due to text
messaging. Hearing aids, cochlear implants, text messaging, Facetime, Videophones, SKYPE are
also more current technologies that Deaf people use today.

33. Describe what cochlear implants do and what they do NOT do.
Cochlear implants send an electrical (artificial) stimulation into the cochlea. They do NOT fix
deafness. They do NOT produce natural sound.

34. Identify the two types name signs and an example of each.
Arbitrary (initial K on the chest) and Descriptive (Bays name sign of CURLY HAIR)
35. Name some challenges faced by parents of children born deaf.
Choosing a language for their child; deciding whether or not to get hearing assistive technology
such as hearing aids or cochlear implants, deciding where to send their child to school

36. What is the oral vs. manual debate?
The disagreement that has raged for more than 100 years over whether it is best to educate
deaf children with sign language or orally.