Introducing
Your new presentation assistant.
Refine, enhance, and tailor your content, source relevant images, and edit visuals quicker than ever before.
Trending searches
The ear is the most complex organ in the body.
1
Myth
Cochlear implants restore hearing completely.
Myth Busted!
It actually takes time for people who get cochlear implants to understand the sounds they are hearing. The sounds are not always clear.
Myth
Deafness is only passed through genes.
Myth Busters: Deaf Edition
Myth Busted!
Deafness can be passed through genetics or children can be born deaf anyways. Deafness can also be acquired through accidents.
Myth
Lipreading is a simple and viable communication method.
Myth Busted!
Deaf people who became deaf in their later stages in life find it very difficult to lip read. About only 30-45 percent of English can be understood through lipreading. Only 25-30 percent of conversation can be understood through lipreading.
Myth
Deaf people can't enjoy music.
Myth Busted!
Deaf people actually enjoy the vibrations of loud bass. Instead of hearing the music they feel it.
By Griffin, Ben, Bethany, and Anushey
Myth
Deaf people can't be on hearing sport teams
Deaf people are bad drivers.
Myth Busted!
According to the U.S. government and the National Association of the Deaf, deaf people are actually better drivers than their hearing counterparts. Explanations for this include that since driving is a visual activity, deaf people can drive without auditory distractions and deaf people tend to have better peripheral vision.
The huddle was created for deaf people to play football.
Deaf people can rely on their sight and signing to play with hearing people.
Myth
Learning spoken English is not detrimental to deaf children
Myth Busted!
During the early stages of life a child must learn their first language to retain fluency in at least one language. This period is called the critical period. Failure to learn spoken language entirely during this period results in deficient communication skills.
Myth
Hard of hearing is an acceptable term to call deaf people.
Myth Busted!
Deaf people, for the most part prefer to be called deaf. Hard of hearing individuals have hearing loss but still pertain residual hearing to be able to reside in the hearing word.
Myth
Deaf people want to hear
Myth Busted!
Myth
The deaf community was made for deaf people that do not want to assimilate into the hearing world.
People think that there isn't a lot of deaf people in the world.
Myth Busted!
- There is actually 1 million deaf people in the United States of America.
- 3 out of 1,000 children in the United States are born with a detectable hearing loss.