04.04.01 - The First Hearing Test
34th clip of DC myth. Clip Title: First Hearing Test. 03:52 minutes. Total: 3:18:13 hours.
This clip is posted in joy to someone I just conversed with - who is following the myth and understanding the deep interplay of connections to everything Deaf this story entails. The more I ponder on this myth, the more enlightened and appreciative I am in being Deaf. This is how this mythology works for me, and other hearing and deaf people who saw that they are the Deaf Child (or other character-s) themselves too, and that we all are still living in this myth . This clip is posted for you, my Deaf Adult, who I just signed with electronically. The more you delve into this story, the more you understand and become _________ about being Deaf nudging you into a higher stage of deafhood. A big tbc . . .
Enjoy watching the deaf child’s first hearing evaluation . . . click away . . .
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To you, the Deaf Adult, from above the clip here, I sincerely wish I can elaborate here on the symbols depicted in the 04.04 clip but I have to go to bed! What could and should be here are: the history of early hearing tests conducted in deaf history, the deafhood questions on experiences being tested for hearing loss, and the pictures and videos of Samuel Heincke Schul in Liepzig, Germany. And more . . .
Ah, such bottomless pit this myth has . . . and falling with glee, I am . . .
Still watching.
~ LaRonda
Comment by LaRonda | February 20, 2008
So Far 1, 2 and next?
I’m still waiting next your vlog “The Deaf Child”
Comment by Terri Watts | February 20, 2008
Hi Terri - not next vlog but vlogs. About 80 more vlogs to go. Come and enjoy the ride exploring our deafhood within the deaf child in this story.
Comment by cnkatz | February 20, 2008
You got me hooked….I am very curious about the rest of the story.
Comment by DZ | February 20, 2008
Hey there!
So glad you posted this video, and I cannot wait to watch others too.
Ummm… Drums to smallest tuning fork.
I remember when I was very young - maybe 2 or 3 years old in a hospital - I remembered that my doctor used a tuning fork to test if I am able to hear this. I was so fascinated with this contraption… what does this do? It has two prongs, but it didn’t move… and why did this doctor hit this fork with the table… and placed near my ear.. am I supposed to watch it? I heard nothing.. then somehow the doc left the fork on the table. I grabbed it, and examined it. I tapped this fork with table, and gosh, it vibrated!
Drums - who cannot hear that? We can feel them!
Tuning forks - only can measure a specific frequency of sound.
Its interesting how they came up with these devices to measure the hearing loss in 1700’s… and how far ahead we have been… we test young infants with special machine.
Incredible..
Amy
Comment by Amy Cohen Efron | February 20, 2008