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as Central Auditory Processing Disorder((C)APD) happens when there is a dysfunction in the auditory system. The auditory system is essentially how the ears and brain communicate with one another. Griffin (2002) describes it as “a disorder that occurs when the brain cannot process or understand correctly the sounds the ears hear, even though the ears might be functioning properly” (p. 130). There is some debate over what causes APD. There are currently two theories: (1) APD is a neurological…

also known as central auditory processing disorder (CAPD) is a Phonology language condition where the child is having difficulties differentiating different sounds. The child has difficulties processing what they hear because their brains and their ears don’t synchronize properly. The child usually has normal hearing but struggles with sounds, particular if there are other noises in the background. The main issue is that the child has problems understanding the sound of what he is hearing, not…

could cause drivers to be inattentive. So, even though the current law in Ohio is that people can only drive with one earbud in, it should be illegal to wear any earbuds at all while driving, because people can become distracted by the music in their ears, making them hazardous drivers. There are many problems that occur when people drive while wearing earbuds. For one,…

basic types are conductive hearing, sensorineural hearing, and mixed hearing loss. Each of these losses has different causes. Conductive hearing loss happens when sound does is not conducted properly through the outer ear passages to the eardrum and through the ossicles in the middle ear. The resulting effect is a reduced sound level or inability to record faint sounds. Medical or surgical…

related to how the nervous system transmits that sound to the brain. Conductive The outer ear gathers sound waves from the environment and funnels them into the ear canal. At the end of the canal, the waves hit the eardrum, causing it to vibrate. Three tiny bones in the middle ear conduct the vibrations from the eardrum to the cochlea (a spiral-shaped chamber that looks a bit like a snail) in the inner ear. If anything interferes with the transfer of sound waves up to this point, the…

Hearing is a complex process where thousands of tiny hair cells, located in the cochlea of the ear, convert vibrations of sound waves into electrical nerve pulses. These pulses are understood by the brain to be what a person hears as sound. Hearing loss can occur throughout any part of the ear, and in varying degrees of severity. As hearing loss can affect a child’s ability to develop speech, language, and social skills, it is important to identify any signs and symptoms early in the child’s…

exclusive situations, including noise, to offer a demonstration as to how a hit of a candidate you will be for hearing aids. The listening to evaluation can even encompass intensive case records and a visible inspection of the ear canal and eardrum. additional checks of middle ear function will also be achieved. The results of the evaluation may be useful to a health practitioner if the audiologist believes your listening to loss may additionally benefit from scientific…

Imagine you’re just watching tv then you hear a loud boom and suddenly your ears start ringing, days later you realize you can’t hear out of your left ear. Your life is changed forever. Sounds horrendous doesn’t it. In summer of 2015 this tragic incident happened to me. When it first happened, I let it take a toll on my life, then I realized, life has no limitations except the ones we make. The first time I failed a hearing test was in the 3rd grade. I didn’t tell my parents because I…

and becomes harmful to the human ear. How can noise damage our hearing? To understand how NIHL happens, we need to understand how it is that we hear. First, sound waves enter our outer ear then travel through the ear canal into the eardrum. The eardrum vibrates from the incoming sound waves and sends these vibrations to the malleus, incus, and stapes (three tiny bones in the middle ear). Once in the middle ear the vibrations are sent to the cochlea of the inner ear, which is filled with fluid.…

Misapprehension Vs Authenticity in Edgar Allan Poe’s the form of untrustworthiness; the trait of lacking a sense of liability and not feeling accountable for your actions What is the telltale to say if a man is mad or not? A man may talk like a wise man, and yet act insane. In Poe’s "The Tell-Tale Heart", the narrator portrayed a story that he killed the old man because of his “evil eye" that made his blood run cold. Although the narrator tried to persuade the reader that he was normal,…