Cochlea

I am very grateful to be given the opportunity to express my views on this little boy “Marcus” who is 5 years old and deaf. Marcus contracted meningitis when he was 2 and a half years old,and as a result lost his hearing. He was beginning to use simple words and sentences before his sickness, but since then his mainly communication has been signs and gestures (Total communication). He is also attending speech and hearing impaired kindergarten for six month, and was a very attentive and eager…

The title that I chose to write my paper on "Social Participation of Children and Adolescents With Cochlear Implants: A Qualitative Analysis of Parent, Teacher, and Child Interviews". Today, living with profound deafness to most would seem unheard of. With cochlear implants being so readily available, some would wonder why anyone would choose to NOT have cochlear implants. The issue is that these devices need to be implanted very young and the Deaf culture frowns on those who choose to go the…

“A Deaf Person’s Ethical Perspective why forcing Cochlear Implantation is Wrong” Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies Extra Credit Paper Dr. Mark Packer Eric G. Shuping April 1, 2015 “A Deaf Person’s Ethical Perspective why forcing Cochlear Implantation is Wrong” As a deaf person, I look at our deaf society to be something of value and cherished for such a long time because we are such a small society. Being deaf while growing up in a hearing society, people treat us as if we are…

Educational Challenges for the Deaf Community in 2000 The year 2000 was one of the pivotal years for the deaf community in regards to the education policies that affected them. That year Lawrence Siegel, Director of the National Association of the Deaf (NAD), collaborated with the National Deaf Education Project to publish Needs of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children: A Statement of Principle Regarding Fundamental Systemic Educational Changes. The focus of the publication asserted that “all deaf…

The deaf culture has come to evolve and change over the years, at first it was oppressed and shunned from society, but now it thrives. The deaf community conquered many obstacles to get to where it is today. This agonizing story is told by a HDTV documentary called “Through Deaf Eyes”. I watched this film in my Introductory to Sign Language course, I learned so much from the video. I was surprised that I hardly knew any of the material covered by the film. I was also surprised by many of the…

How they were perceived in the past and how they are perceived today will undoubtedly help us understand deaf persons better. The unending studies conducted to investigate their cognitive functioning have continued to shed light on the mysterious minds of the deaf. Century after century, we have become more and more literate not only of the Deaf culture but also of their mental ability. In the past, deaf persons were considered to be mentally inferior or retarded, less intelligent compared to…

There are many terms for the levels and different cultures within the deaf community. Two of the main terms used were ‘deaf’ and ‘Deaf.’ There are also other terms for variations on hearing levels and involvedness in communities, for example, hard of hearing or oral. These terms however are not the foundation of this paper. There is a difference between ‘deaf’ and ‘Deaf,’ the main difference being the inclusion or exclusion of culture in the meaning. According to ASL Stew, lowercase deaf refers…

Cochlear Implants have changed the life of many that are deaf or have a hard time hearing. The problem that comes with the Implants is the negative impacts that it brings. There are many side effects that come along with Cochlear and the question that I will be exploring researching would be: With all the negative side effects that come along with the Cochlear Implant, is it worth getting? What are Cochlear implants? A cochlear implant is complex and small electronic device. It helps provided…

Second, substitution errors affect the place and manner of articulation. It was found that sounds produced in the front of the mouth (p,b) were less prone to errors compared to sounds produced in the middle or back of the mouth, like /g/ (Gold, 1978). Phonemes in the front of the mouth are more visible compared to phonemes in the back of the mouth. Substitution errors in the manner of articulation relate to nasal-oral substitution. Nasality is one component that affects hearing-impaired…

“And the new Miss America 1995, Miss Alabama, Heather Whitestone!” Those are the words Regis Philbin said at the Miss America pageant in 1995 announcing the winner. But this winner had something more unique about her than a usual beauty contestant- she was deaf. In one instant, Heather Whitestone made history and became the first deaf Miss America. Not only that, she became the first woman to win Miss America with any type of disability. But there is so much more to her than the fact that she is…