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Song of Summer is adorable, delightful and an extremely important read. The feeling when you started reading a book and you immediately know, you 're going to review it with glowing stars. Because, it was the cutest thing you 'd ever encounter. It’s everything you wanted and more. You can 't get enough of it. You need to finish it in one go. This is me with Song of Summer. This book is the cutest I ever read and it’s tremendously significant. Song of Summer is told from the alternating…

Noise is defined as “unwanted sound or loud discordant or disagreeable sound or sounds.” (HSA). When “vibrations are transmitted through the air in the form of waves, they strike the ear, these waves produce the sensation of sound” (How Stuff Work). Our ears are divided into three sections each section with its own parts and functions play their part in enabling us to hear a noise or sound. The outer ear collects and carries vibrations (sound) to the middle ear where it is amplified allowing…

Clem grew up in Kyneton, a small town in the bush far removed from the larger and busier Kyneton we know today. He never noticed any problems with his hearing and doesn’t recall it ever causing him any grief. When Clem was 6 or 7 the local school he attended had a hearing screening he was subsequently identified as being ‘deaf or deficient in hearing’. Despite Clem being able to speak and communicate well enough that no one noticed any problems this scenario did not pan out like it would these…

“According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention at least 17.1 million people report dual sensory impairment (paragraph 1, page 243).” What is dual sensory impairment, well it 's the impairment if both vision and hearing. It is most prevalent in adults older than 70 years. So most of the experimental research conducted, the participants where of age 70 years or older with vision impairment, vision loss or dual sensory impairment. There are several known causes for vision impairment…

#HearingPrivilege There is a hashtag going around social media raising awareness for deaf people. People don’t think about deaf people when they go to a movie or a concert, they don’t think about how they can’t enjoy the simple things in life. There are many privileges that hearing people don’t realize they have because the public isn’t educated about deaf or hard of hearing people. Hearing privilege is when a deaf person has to wait months for a movie to have screencaps when everyone else…

There are a few different types of sign language around the world. However, the most common sign language is used in the United States is ASL (American sign language). Moreover, deaf people not only have their own language, but also have their own culture like hearing people. The deaf culture is very important to the deaf community. And, as an ASL student, I have more chances to join in two Deaf events to have a closer view of Deaf Culture in general, or more specific American Deaf Culture. The…

School Contrast As a future speech-language pathologist, I think it is easy to overlook the fact that I will most likely encounter clients who are deaf or hard of hearing (HOH). After all, I am going to school to specialize in helping those with speech and language disabilities- nowhere in my title does the word ‘hearing’ occur. Despite this, I will surely be part of an interdisciplinary team tasked with supporting those who experience hearing loss if I chose to work in the schools. Thus, the…

Although statistical data and research shows there are healthcare disparities as it relates to minorities, much isn’t done to change negative patterns. However, researchers’ have chosen to examine the healthcare racial inequalities of African Americans. Cultural differences, and racial conscious and unconscious are factors that contribute to the gap in African American health. Therefore, collecting only medical data and physician behaviors towards certain diagnosis, is not enough to determine…

Attention: What I am doing with my hands--that is called sign language, the way deaf people communicate with each other and also a way for hearing and deaf to communicate. Credibility Statement: A 2016 study by Gallaudet University, a deaf college, found that Background Info: Roughly 1 in 20 Americans are either profoundly deaf or are hard of hearing. Thesis(Central Idea): It is crucial for people to acknowledge the deaf community and their rights and to support and spread the positive ideals…

DEFINITION OF TERMS American Sign Language (ASL): Visual gesture language using manual symbols to represent concepts or ideas. American Sign Language has its own grammatical structure and syntax. ASL is primarily used by signers in the United States. Disabilities – this defined as a complex phenomenon, reflecting an interaction between features of a person’s body and features of person’s society in which he or she lives. (World Health Organization) Hearing Impaired - A hearing impairment is a…