Most TV shows don’t focus on people with hearing loss and if they do its a token person who really can’t do anything on their own. One TV show that really shows how being deaf or hard of hearing is in the real world is Switched at Birth. The main purpose of this show was figuring out how and why two girls were switched in the hospital. One of the main characters was deaf and the show focuses on her perspective of life and its amazing.

When it is her point of view all of the audio is muffled and she uses sign language to communicate with people. As the show builds, she eventually transfers to a all deaf school and it the struggles and adaptions the school has made for a perfect learning environment. This show is a perfect example of how a deaf person might live their day to day life. The ups and downs, the successes and struggles.

TV shows have a huge audience and whenever they show a strong deaf person it changes the way other judge and see deafness. I choose this TV show because when I started watching it, it was the only place I had ever really seen hearing loss shown in a true way. With all the struggle and triumphs, this show really connected with me in a time of struggle during middle school.

As a genre this TV show, shows the literary aspect of how hearing loss can be portrayed. Usually its not in the most glorious light on tv and it can often be quite inaccurate. But this show really hit the nail on the head  and was not afraid to show real life without the Hollywood spin on it. It showed the anxiety of not being able to hear what someone else says, the anger of no one else understanding, and the excitement when you find another person who has experienced the same things and you both bond.

Picture citation-Switched at Birth Picture, Season 1