Conductive hearing loss

senses can seem difficult and overwhelming at times, but entering a world where people don 't need their ears to understand the commotion of this crazy world is beautiful. You rely on your eyes and hands to connect with everyone around you. Being a hearing person entering a deaf community or event is terrifying yet intriguing. My experience interacting with the deaf community has had its highs and lows. When we first received our assignment to venture out and to interact with the deaf community…

d/Deaf children with d/Deaf parents. Despite a large number of hearing parent having d/Deaf children only about 10% of those families actually, learn to communicate with their children effectively. (TEDxTalk. 2013. 5:15 – 5:47). This obviously leads to many developmental and psychological issues in deaf children with hearing parents. The disconnect adds to feelings of isolation and oddness that is already felt by deaf children in the hearing world. On the contrary, deaf children born to d/Deaf…

When Hearing Coaches coach deaf athletes there can be a lot of confusion but there are some things that can bring faster success results. Teammates and coaches need to be sure that the deaf athlete is facing coach during instructions and soaking up information. If interpreters are used they should be standing next to the coach when in the huddle to communicate with the child letting them know what to do. Hearing coaches have to be nice to deaf athletes because…

I can see as the loss of hearing and ability to communicate can prevent the deaf community from experiencing and participating fully and equally in the learning environment. If you can’t communicate then who can’t be taught how to do something. Not having the funds or even not having experienced well educated teachers who have been trained in American Sign Language and the deaf community can give barriers which might prevent the program from following through with inclusive experiences for the…

Essay #2: Disability or Enhancement? In this essay, I will argue that Gauvin’s parents were not morally justified in their decision to permanently make their son born and remain deaf because by doing so the parents are treating the child as a lesser equal and are inflicting psychological harm. The role of parents is to ensure the wellbeing, safety, and support of their child in hopes that they can become stable, independent, and functional individuals in the near future. However, choosing a…

In general, Hmong parents view their child with disabilities differently than their children without disabilities. Xiong (2007) stated that in the society today, education level, competence, and an individual ability are the factors that people called success. In Hmong culture, children who are fast learner are or physical normal are expected for most parents. Hmong parents expect their children to be independent and able to have their own family when they grow up, Xiong (2007) said “this put…

This is apparent when Cyrus (2010) remarks on the success of her hearing-deaf marriage and then follows this with the proclamation that because she had to assert her right into the hearing-world, she would not “throw it all away by marrying a deaf guy” (p. 122). The sentiment expressed in this quotation compellingly represents the power of narrative accounts to provide phenomenological…

and fight hard for him to have the resources he needs. However, Kisor’s parents are not deaf, and so end up providing him with resources that assimilate him into the hearing world. With such integration, Kisor’s book really becomes about how hearing parents can raise a deaf child who is, by society’s definition, successful in the hearing world. To begin, Kisor’s parents had the option of placing him in a school for the deaf. The start of deaf education began in the 1500s, which was a huge…

group is more of leisure-oriented with service-oriented and social-oriented; we attempt to make DRA a place where the members can have fun while learning about the Deaf culture and American Sign Language. We attempt to tie the gap between Deaf and hearing world by educating them in Deaf culture and the methods of communication. We also…

to cochlear implants. (Cite). Cochlear implants is a good option for children who has profound hearing loss. However, if a “child has residual hearing and has a partial benefit from conventional hearing aids, he or she could lose this hearing because of cochlear implementation” (cite pg. 605). A child with a cochlear implant is typically viewed as not being part of the deaf community nor the hearing community. This can cause a parent to be concern about how their child will function and fit in…