Deaf Informative Speech
a. Attention Getter: Have you ever thought about what it was like to not hear? Imagine yourself losing your hearing and unable to enjoy the sounds of the bass, the melody or the rhythm from that one song or any music. Not only have I thought about it, I have experienced first and second hand.
b. Credibility: I grew up with a Deaf friend and seeing her struggle made want to help still enjoy her childhood especially through music. She loved to dance and “try” to sing but she lost her hearing when she was four and she kept pushing me away. I was five years when this happened; I didn’t know what Being Deaf meant until I asked my mom who was taking American Sign Language at the time. I acted on innocence and acceptance as a child, so I didn’t give …show more content…
Now there are people in the world who don’t want the cochlear implant. There are a lot of Deaf musicians who don’t have implant and they are successful in their own opinion
D. Body III
a. How many of you guys know any Deaf singers or musicians that are famous or who are going to be famous? Because of the hearing loss, there are not a lot of Deaf people creating music but they can enjoy it just as much as hearing people. There is only one Deaf musician that started this new discovery for us and the Deaf.
b. Let’s start with the famous Beethoven, he became Deaf at the age of twenty-six years old. Some say that his father beaten him in the head which caused him to lose his hearing. Beethoven says “My hearing has grown steadily worse over the last three years, which was said to e caused by the condition of my belly”. For two years, he avoided social gatherings because it seemed impossible for him to say ‘I am Deaf’. After a while, he accepted his deafness. His deafness did not stop him from creating the greatest symphonies in the world. Beethoven is pure proof that music isn’t just in the ears but from the heart and soul. After Beethoven became the first Deaf pianist, others followed his footsteps towards creating their own
b. Credibility: I grew up with a Deaf friend and seeing her struggle made want to help still enjoy her childhood especially through music. She loved to dance and “try” to sing but she lost her hearing when she was four and she kept pushing me away. I was five years when this happened; I didn’t know what Being Deaf meant until I asked my mom who was taking American Sign Language at the time. I acted on innocence and acceptance as a child, so I didn’t give …show more content…
Now there are people in the world who don’t want the cochlear implant. There are a lot of Deaf musicians who don’t have implant and they are successful in their own opinion
D. Body III
a. How many of you guys know any Deaf singers or musicians that are famous or who are going to be famous? Because of the hearing loss, there are not a lot of Deaf people creating music but they can enjoy it just as much as hearing people. There is only one Deaf musician that started this new discovery for us and the Deaf.
b. Let’s start with the famous Beethoven, he became Deaf at the age of twenty-six years old. Some say that his father beaten him in the head which caused him to lose his hearing. Beethoven says “My hearing has grown steadily worse over the last three years, which was said to e caused by the condition of my belly”. For two years, he avoided social gatherings because it seemed impossible for him to say ‘I am Deaf’. After a while, he accepted his deafness. His deafness did not stop him from creating the greatest symphonies in the world. Beethoven is pure proof that music isn’t just in the ears but from the heart and soul. After Beethoven became the first Deaf pianist, others followed his footsteps towards creating their own