Conductive hearing loss

The 2009-10 Annual Survey of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children and Youth of the Gallaudet Research Institute, Gallaudet University revealed the demographics of deaf or hard hearing (DHH) children and youth with no other conditions and those with other conditions such as low vision, blindness, developmental delay, learning disability, emotional disturbance, orthopedic impairment, intellectual disability, and autism. Out of a total of 32334 DHH children and youth surveyed nationwide with known…

I. Summary (1-2 paragraphs) The documentary Sound and Fury addresses the use of cochlear implants for individuals who are considered by a medical professional or speech and language pathologist as either deaf or hard-of-hearing. In this specific film, Heather, age 6, and Peter, who is almost 2 years of age, are individuals who, after the consultation of numerous respective occupations, believes could benefit from a cochlear implant. This documentary focuses on the fact that the implementation…

qualitative study, which was conducted periodically during 2004 – 2009. Eight Deaf individuals were interviewed, and the thesis elaborates on their personal experience and narration. The study revealed that the participants slowly grew away from the hearing world, replacing it with stronger connections with other Deaf individuals. This substitution started already in childhood, when games began requiring more communication. If the parents and siblings of Deaf people did not adopt Sign Language…

The article Teaching a Deaf Child Her Mother’s Tongue by Jennifer Rosner was eye-opening and touching to read. I have never, until now, read an article quite like this. I do not know much about being deaf so this was an interesting read. I do wish it was longer because I found myself wanting to know more after reading it. This article made me want to know more about being born deaf and the concepts that surround it. Rosner begins the article with a few true statements that although are…

According to American Counseling Association, vicarious trauma is, “The term vicarious trauma… sometimes also called compassion fatigue, is the latest term that describes the phenomenon associated with the ‘cost of carrying’ for others” (2011). An interpreter’s job is to convey communication from one person to another person. Sign language interpreters also do this while interpreting, but there are more parts to this process than just language between the clients. First, sign language is a…

information. For example, they described “googling around” immediately following the hearing screening referral as well as researching particular therapy approaches or a local early intervention program. Families also used the Internet to gather information not provided by professionals, such as information about visual technology, advocacy issues, or connecting with other families of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. While the Internet provided a wealth of information for families…

“As many as 16,000,000 people are believed to have some kind of hearing impairment. As many as 2,000,0000 of these may have losses severe enough they could be considered deaf by educators and professional workers” (Hoemann, 1986). This high number of Deaf people shows the risk that authorities take when handling a situation…

passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in the early 90’s. Shapiro brings to light some major hurtles people with disabilities have faced and overcome. Covering everything from mental and developmental disabilities, physical disabilities, hearing disabilities, and the social and political stigmas associated with such disabilities. The book was disheartening at…

1) Name and describe the three major educational approaches to teaching deaf and hard-of-hearing children. For students who are deaf and hard of hearing teachers use the following approaches: oral/aural approach, auditory learning, speech reading, and cued speech. In oral/aural approach, speech is essential as it forms the function with the hearing world. The training in producing and understanding speech and language is incorporated into virtually all aspects of the child’s education. Moreover…

Lane, the book has changed my prospective on the life. In chapter three, there was many things that made me think about how it would be to live and be treated as deaf. These chapters have brought out the judgemental about the deaf people and the hearing people. In chapter three, there was many things that stuck out to me and made me really think about what if I was deaf, would I really wanna be treated like that. The first thing that stood out to me was on page 77. The phase “9 out of 10…