Audiogram

This baseline audiogram will provide us with the starting threshold levels of the employees and allow us to see if their hearing declines due to noise exposure within the factory. It will also allow us to see if the hearing conservation program is working. The one exception to this rule is that there is a 12-month period if a mobile van is used for the audiometric testing. If you chose to use my hearing conservation program, Audiometric testing will not be conducted in a mobile test van, so the 6-month period will need to…

He believed that sign language separated them from the hearing world and showed them as lower-class. People agreed with him and then created the oral method. The Oral Method is used to teach deaf children to speak and lip read. Educators thought that if the children got used to the sounds and breathing patterns of speaking, they would be able to lip read. There was a short film about one man's perspective on lip reading. He seemed offended by it and stated that, “The Hearing people I meet can't…

Issue How to calculate the benefits that William Fininis should receive when his hearing was damaged while he was at work. Calculation Background The first step to calculate how much benefits one should receive when they lose hearing while at work is to take an Audiogram. An Audiogram is a test which shows one’s ability to hear in different situations. It tests one’s ability to hear a whisper, an adult conversation and busy traffic. The test is performed by speed range. The speed range varies…

What do you do then? Some people may just think that’s just the price that they have to pay for getting older and wiser, but that’s not true at all. There’s still products that can assist with improving your hearing, such as a hearing amplifier. A hearing amplifier is also called a Personal Sound Amplifier Product or a PSAP. It’s similar to a hearing aid in that it helps to improve your hearing, but it’s not as regulated as a hearing aid. A hearing amplifier doesn’t require you to have a…

factors for hearing loss. Therefore, the role of an audiologist is understanding patient’s hearing background before doing any evaluations. 2. After Taylor wears the bilateral digital BTE hearing aids, her hearing level is obviously getting better. Now, Taylor’s hearing loss is normal to moderate hearing loss bilaterally. Taylor can hear sounds (louder than her aided threshold), like a dog barking, baby’s crying, and telephone ring. On figure 1, the speech banana shows that what vowels and…

with any given situation. Our perspective can be shaded by other facets of our life such as our physical or mental health, economic situation or our personal life. Clem has never had normal hearing; he has no point of comparison. Had his hearing loss be an acquired loss with the exact same audiogram he may also have viewed it differently, he would have a point of comparison and may not be as adept at piecing together conversations using more than just his ears. While Clem doesn’t feel he is…

Mitterschiffthaler, Fu, Dalton, Andrew, & Williams, 2007). Whether the environment creates the union of rhythms, melodies, and harmonies or musicians create them, the “music of life” (p. 148) can either help or harm the human anatomy (Hutchison, Covan, & Bogus, 2012). Because the human brain and body depend on speech, rhythms, and sound tones to function optimally, parents and music educators are strongly encouraged to provide protective hearing devices with instructions to children while…

Although human race was capable of building such complex and organized civilization, it fail to develop moral, respect and equality among people. The topic of suppression if very heavy and long and the conversation about could last forever. From Roman’s slaves to Gay rights movement the history of human existence evolves around people fighting for their rights, freedom and acceptance. Deaf community felt the oppression like any other minority group. Society sees deaf people are disabled and…

Background: Michael who is an only child and is five years of age entering the school setting for the first time as a kindergartener has recently been diagnosed with hearing loss and a speech disorder. He convenes with a speech therapist 3x a week because he hasn’t learned to speak properly. His parents are worried about his placement in school and wants for him to be evaluated by a Psychologist because of their concern of their son not being able to make friends and their deep concern of his…

Deaf Like Me In the book “Deaf Like Me,” by Thomas S. Spardley and James P Spardley, a father and uncle a go on a journey to share the struggle of teaching their deaf daughter/ niece how to communicate. Thomas and Louise live in Minnesota with their son Bruce. Thomas is a teacher at Carleton College, and Louise is a stay at home mom. Louise, the mother, finds out that while she is pregnant she developed German measles. When the doctors asks if Louise was pregnant she informed the doctor that if…