The bus took off in the bitter chill of the autumn wind that frosted the noise on the busy New Yorkers, as the bus made my way to Philadelphia. I took the window seat to glare out as the dimly lit sidewalks grew barren of people; the only ones left were those displaying their affections as we past the park, and the lone travelers who tread the crooked pavements with haste; avoiding that park. After a few seconds, there was nothing to glare out at as we drove through the tunnel, but faded memories of the faces that past; so they went away as well. At this time, the other passengers had their music blasting, and laptops out. Rummaging through the bottomless backpack, I pulled out the book I had been reading previously by Lisa Genova called Still
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The creation of said society stems from the modern day advancement of technology, overwhelming media influence, and the overall increment of deaf individuals. With these essential developmental factors, the deaf community began to possess elements of a culture. Deaf Culture. Since in many places, there is a lacking amount of institutions where students who have hearing impairments could attend, many end up going to mainstream institutions and completely abandon the culture that was created. By doing so people with hearing loss tend to seek technology to enhance their hearing; even attempting to lose all trace of hearing …show more content…
In the United States, the issue has become quite troublesome due to electronic technology with about 48 million Americans affected. “An increase in the amount of people having cognitive conditions due to this issue seems frightening and I think it is awful that diseases such as these can do so much harm. It truly saddens me to witness.” said Pace University student Drew Kochanowski when asked his thoughts on this recent discovery.
During the Johns Hopkins University study, Frank Lin, an otologist and epidemiologist, conducted his research by keeping track of about 2,000 senior’s cognitive abilities. He began to notice that the seniors with hearing loss prior to the study were 24 percent more likely than those with normal hearing to have a decline in cognitive abilities.
“Researchers have looked at what affects hearing loss, but few have looked at how hearing loss affects cognitive brain function,” says Frank Lin, M.D., Ph.D., “There hasn’t been much crosstalk between otologists and geriatricians, so it’s been unclear whether hearing loss and dementia are related...A lot of people ignore hearing loss because it’s such a slow and insidious process as we age, even if people feel as if they are not affected, we’re showing that it may well be a more serious problem
The creation of said society stems from the modern day advancement of technology, overwhelming media influence, and the overall increment of deaf individuals. With these essential developmental factors, the deaf community began to possess elements of a culture. Deaf Culture. Since in many places, there is a lacking amount of institutions where students who have hearing impairments could attend, many end up going to mainstream institutions and completely abandon the culture that was created. By doing so people with hearing loss tend to seek technology to enhance their hearing; even attempting to lose all trace of hearing …show more content…
In the United States, the issue has become quite troublesome due to electronic technology with about 48 million Americans affected. “An increase in the amount of people having cognitive conditions due to this issue seems frightening and I think it is awful that diseases such as these can do so much harm. It truly saddens me to witness.” said Pace University student Drew Kochanowski when asked his thoughts on this recent discovery.
During the Johns Hopkins University study, Frank Lin, an otologist and epidemiologist, conducted his research by keeping track of about 2,000 senior’s cognitive abilities. He began to notice that the seniors with hearing loss prior to the study were 24 percent more likely than those with normal hearing to have a decline in cognitive abilities.
“Researchers have looked at what affects hearing loss, but few have looked at how hearing loss affects cognitive brain function,” says Frank Lin, M.D., Ph.D., “There hasn’t been much crosstalk between otologists and geriatricians, so it’s been unclear whether hearing loss and dementia are related...A lot of people ignore hearing loss because it’s such a slow and insidious process as we age, even if people feel as if they are not affected, we’re showing that it may well be a more serious problem