
Culture affects the way people communicate.

Hearing people outside of the deaf community often are not aware of such a thing as deaf culture.
In deaf culture, being deaf is considered a disability and they like being called hearing impaired.

Hearing children born to deaf parents often have the same values, worldviews and culture as others in the deaf community.
Deaf people celebrate and cherish their culture because it gives them the unique privilege of sharing a common history and language.

Deaf people think of hearing people as _____________ people.

Deaf people often take a very long time to say goodbye when with other deaf people.

It's okay to write to a deaf person.
When there is an interpreter, you should speak directly to the deaf person and not the interpreter.
People in hearing culture use body language and facial expressions subconsciously. However in deaf culture body movements and facial expressions are part of their __________________ communication.
Sign Language is very visual.
In deaf culture people think more of _____________ than they do words, but in hearing culture they think more of words instead.
It is very rude to grab a deaf person's hands while they are signing which would be like holding your hand over someone's _____________ so they can't speak.
People who call themselves hard of hearing or deafened often do not see themselves as ______________ of the deaf culture.
The most dominant cultural pattern or identity in the United States is individualism.
One of the most dominant cultural patterns in the deaf culture is _________________________
In deaf culture, a person's physical appearance is noted and remembered.
From the deaf perspective, broken eye contact or the ______________ of eye contact shows indifference.
An important aspect of body language is the use of touch, because it is used in deaf culture to greet, say goodbye, get attention and __________________ emotion.
Deaf people listen with their eyes. This means they cannot _________ at an object and at the same time listen to you describe how to use it.