Cochlea

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…

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…

The Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) collects data which is able to help identify those in the United States who are considered to be experiencing hearing loss or complete deafness (Mitchell, 2005). Data from the SIPP survey approximates that there are 10,000,000 persons who are considered hard of hearing and approximately 1,000,000 are functionally deaf (Mitchell, 2005). According to Patricia Roberts (1998), she stated members of the population does not agree with calling…

Parents against Cochlear Implant Several Deaf children have cochlear implant on their early ages. When Deaf children grow up, they are not happy with it. Most of doctors will ask permission on their parents for child to get cochlear implant because the child is not over eighteen years old. However, there are two different group of parent who perspectives different for their deaf child. Hearing parents force cochlear implants on their children because they are ignorant against the deaf…

Some people believe cochlear implants improve the lives of those who are hard of hearing or deaf. In many cases, supporters of the implant are hearing parents of a hearing impaired child, as in America “90% of deaf children are born to hearing parents. There are about one million deaf people in America, so 90% is approximately 900,000 people, which is close to the population of Austin, Texas. Not being able to communicate with their child and the pressure of raising them in an extremely…

Deafness and Autism “The rate of autism in children with hearing loss is higher than hearing children. Hearing loss in children with autism is ten times higher than the general public and is often overlooked” (Williams). Autism is a developmental disorder that usually affects a child’s/ persons social skills, including communicating with people and participating in social relationships. Autism also affects sensory perception, because of this children/ people with autism try to avoid situations…

In the book “Odyssey of Hearing Loss” Dr. Michael Harvey describes three ways that people handle hearing loss. He does this by sharing the story of ten people who lost their hearing at some point in their lives. Each story helps us learn the unique struggle people face when becoming hard of hearing or Deaf. According to Harvey, those that lose their hearing later in life usually describe it is a traumatic experience. In other words, losing their hearing was a major detriment to their lives and…

This past Saturday, I went to deaf awareness day at White Bear Lake High school. I had been eyeballing the event for some time since it seemed like a good way to see what the Deaf community is like on a larger scale than a single theater performance or game. I drove with Beth, and we ended up bumping into additional classmates on our way into the event. The six of us spent our time walking around to the many booths and asking questions as we went. I was surprised by the variety of presenters.…

Today, while in my hometown of Fremont, I went to order some lunch at Subway. As I was waiting in line, I noticed an elderly couple in front of me was signing. The elderly couple was deaf, and they wrote on notepad paper to order their food. In deaf history, people experienced trauma in their lives due to health care providers trying to “fix” their “illness”. The city of Fremont has a large deaf community, and I wondered how deaf people are being treated today in the health care system and if…

MULTIFREQUENCY- MULTICOMPONENT TYMAPNOMETRY IN NORMAL HEARING ADULTS Abstract Multifrequency tympanometry refers to testing middle ear function at higher frequency(678,1000Hz) where as Multicomponent refers to measuring middle ear function for various components(Y,B,G). middle ear function varies with frequency and is capable of distinguishing subtle acoustical changes in the middle ear system hence the main application of MFT is in cases with low…