Deaf People With Hearing Dogs Essay

Hearing dogs are trained to help individuals that have a disability or impairment and make their lives easier and often safer. They often are trained to alert the individual to environmental sounds. These sounds could be anything the owner would not hear such as a knock at the door all the way to something as important as a fire alarm (Rintala,Matamoros, Seitz, 2013 pp. 489-503). A hearing dog can have a great amount of impact on persons who are deaf or hard of hearing. In a 2016 article in the London Times we see how profoundly Mac, a hearingcockapoo, transforms the life of his 10-year-old deaf owner. Because of Mac she is able to have a social life and her parents do not have to worry about her as much because he helps to keep her safe (Mac, 2016). Studies show that those with hearing dogs are actually more socially accepted than those who do not have hearing dogs. With a hearing dog one is more likely to go out into public situations and put themselves into situations where they are more likely to socialize with the Deaf community. Having a hearing dog can actually help a deaf person to be more active within the Deaf community (Rintala, Matamoros, Seitz, 2013 pp. 489-503). The readings find a lot of …show more content…
One resource is http://www.dogsforthedeaf.org/hearing-dogs. This site provides answers to many questions an individual seeking a dog may need. There are other informative research articles out there such as Effects of assistance dogs on persons with mobility and hearing impairments: A pilot study that was in the Journal of Rehabilitation. The organization paws with a cause has an informative website as wellhttps://www.pawswithacause.org/what-we-do/hearing-dogs. This website details the cost of applying for a dog and the steps to the dog. Other organizations that provide assistance dogs are Service Dog Central, Canine Companions for Independence, and Assistance Dogs