Audiogram

Louise and Tom Spradley were happily married with one three-year old child named Bruce. In 1964, Louise got pregnant to their second child. While she was pregnant with the baby, her son Bruce got sick with the German measles. In her desperation, she took him to the Doctor. The Doctor then explained her that if she were to be pregnant, the baby would have congenital defects due to the rubella. Within the next few days she started to get a rash in her arm. Therefore, the baby had more chances of…

Sound and Fury The Cochlear Implant will help the hearing impaired to once again hear; but controversy between a family and the treatment and the established a culture within the hearing impaired community would send shock ways thru the hearing impaired society; How the deaf reveal their own identity for themselves; the deaf society don’t consider it handicap and most have a successful job. Peter worked for a successful Wall Street firm, but peter would never move up into higher position; as…

The photo descriptions (writing task) mock-writing Deaf girl For many people, the thought of living their lives in complete or partial silence is an unimaginable hell. But seems not that true! This photo shows a deaf schoolgirl, was sharing her experiences of coping with difficulties and hurdles. That was the most memorable lesson in my life. She can’t speak, but she can write on the blackboard to interpret her messages. "Now I remember nothing of sound. I cannot…

Auguste Majkowski, a Canadian boy was born deaf and received a bilateral cochlear implant which failed to help him hear. A bilateral cochlear implant helps provide hearing in 360 degrees because your head acts as a barrier to sounds coming from different directions (Cochlear, n.d.). Thirty-six days after Auguste’s surgery, he lifted his head after audiologists Margaret Winter sent pulses of electric currents to his brain. Lifting his head showed that he heard a sound. This reaction was…

Not being able to hear is something that many people across the globe have to go through on a daily basis. In the United States alone, “Over 5% of the world’s population – 360 million people – has disabling hearing loss (328 million adults and 32 million children) (WHO). While five percent does not seem like a whole lot, three hundred sixty million is a fairly large group of people that are hearing disabled. Regardless of whether or not that person can hear at all, or is hard of hearing, the…

So being verbal is not easy for some deaf people and some just don't like to use verbal communication at all. Just because a person is deaf doesn’t mean they can’t completely understand you. People give off vibes with their facial expressions and hand movements even when they are not using American Sign Language. In fact we see hand gestures just about everyday. Sometimes you can tell what someone is thinking just by the look on their face. For example, we wave hello or goodbye to people. A…

Sign language is one of the many languages that have different controversies within it. Sign language is a system of communication using visual gestures and signs, as used by deaf people (Shkoukani, 2013). Many people believe that sign language should be treated like any other language that is used all around the world. One of the biggest controversies that sign language has, is whether it should be accepted as a foreign language. Some problems associated with this language is that many people…

Kay Jones, a 4-year, 6-month old female was referred on August 31, 2011. Kay’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jones, reported concerns with speech intelligibility and desired to have Kay referred. Kay was formally assessed to identify her strengths and weaknesses, as well as comparing her scores to children her age. Formal Assessment The Hodson Assessment of Phonological Patterns, Third Edition (HAPP-3) is an objective, standardized dynamic assessment instrument. The HAPP-3 is also a norm-…

As I got up to leave after my very first sign language class, I remember seeing my friend who has a hearing impairment and running to her to show her what I had just learnt. Being only thirteen years of age at the time, I was excited to show off something new and impressive; however it soon became apparent that for her this was something far more valuable. Sheer joy radiated from her, almost as though I had given her a voice. This happiness was as a result of me signing just a few words, and it…

What is tinnitus? Is it serious? Can it harm me? These are all questions I’m going to answer for you. I read a story Called “Ringing” in the ears may signal serious ear damage. I decide to read this story because I wanted to know those questions I just asked? Ok well let me go on summarize this amazing story for you. What is so serious about this ringing in your ear? What is so serious about this ringing in your ear? There is estimated about 50…