For A Deaf Son Summary

The documentary “For a Deaf Son,” delineates a young boy, Thomas Tranchin, who was born deaf into a hearing family, and the battle his parents endured to decide to teach Thomas in sign language communication, strictly communicate in English, or both. The documentary is educational for the hearing world to shape their own particular opinions on what type of technique would be better for their child in the event that they were to ever be in a comparative circumstance. As Dr. Carlos Erting expressed in the film, 93% of hearing impaired children have hearing parents; therefore, this documentary gives a glimpse at both perspectives of nonverbal communication and oral communication. However, as I viewed the short film, the clashing feelings of Thomas’

In an overwhelmed hearing world, it was comprehended that Thomas would need to strive to convey what he wanted to express himself; however, I was not anticipating that Matthew would have the same amount of challenging time. When he illustrated that he would get harassed by different children for having a profoundly deaf sibling appeared to bring on an uneasy feeling to me. I feel that Matthew required as much love and acknowledgment as Thomas during this time, which he might not have received it to its fullest degree. He clarified that he was sad and cried for three days after the of discovery that Thomas was deaf. This was greatly heartbreaking to hear because although Thomas was not sad to be who he was, his family seemed to mourn what he was not going to be able to hear. In my opinion, at first the family made Thomas' inability appear to be difficult to work around instead of embracing it and showing Matthew all the positive things that could rise up out of having a deaf sibling. The second occurrence was during Thomas’ speech therapy sessions and at home with

In my view, I feel that I would have taken a similar form of instructing method that parents of Kenny Orihuela did. His mother desired to give Kenny choices so that he would be able to decide for himself in the future which led towards bilingualism. If he decided to sign later on she would approve of his choice and that seemed to draw my attention and convey my thought and feelings if I were in the same situation. During the interview, Kenny's father explained how rewarding he felt knowing that Kenny was able to hear a little more than before and that joy was directly shown through the interview. I my opinion, I feel that they are attempting to make the right decision to benefit Kenny, and they acknowledge that he is deaf and need to accommodate his needs instead of attempting to change him to suit their own needs. I firmly opposed the therapist’s thoughts that without practical speech, deafness determined what a person could do in their life. The reason behind why I differ from her opinion is because there have been many hard of hearing individuals who have not utilized functional speech and have still turned out to be exceptionally successful, for example, Leah Katz-Hernandez and Marlee Matlin. Lastly, the final event that caught my attention was the point at which the man was narrating to the children. What I think truly got to me was the interview with Nancy Shook, she stated Thomas is learning