Children with Deafness Who Have Parents Who Are Also Deaf

question 17

Multiple Choice

Children with deafness who have parents who are also deaf

• A)develop language more slowly than do infants with deafness who have hearing parents.
• B)tend to be overly dependent on their parents when they reach school age.
• C)develop ASL at a rate similar to the rate at which hearing infants develop English.
• D)have difficulty relating to hearing children when placed in mainstream preschool settings.

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Definitions:

Cardiac Muscle

Involuntary, striated type of muscle found in the vertebrate heart. Compare with smooth muscle and skeletal muscle.

Rigor Mortis

A temporary stiffening of muscles occurring after death as a result of chemical changes in muscle tissues.

Calcium Ions

Charged particles of calcium that play key roles in blood clotting, muscle contraction, and nerve function.

Troponin

A complex of three regulatory proteins involved in muscle contraction in skeletal and cardiac muscles.