Hearing aid

If you or someone you know is suffering from hearing loss, don’t worry because you are certainly not alone. However, the important thing is to begin to notice the symptoms early on when you first start to experience your hearing loss. According to the Hearing Loss Association of America it takes people an average of seven years from the time that they think they may have hearing loss to the time that they finally seek treatment. By recognizing your symptoms early and seeking treatment…

Stop what you 're doing! Now, that I have your attention, I see that you’re reading this or at least listening to this. Did you notice you automatically read something without even thinking about it? Well, let me tell you this, imagine you can’t see, hear, smell, touch or even taste? Things would be different, that’s for sure. While most people go on with life without realizing they have one of the greatest gifts on Earth. With millions of people disabled, we need to realize how important our…

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…

senses, hearing is an essential medium, which connects us with one another and our surrounding environment. My personal experience on how important the sense of hearing has influenced my decision in having a career in this field. As an undergraduate student I majored in SLHS, did research with professors and continued on in volunteering in audiology clinics. These experiences had driven me into becoming a hearing screening and further my interest in audiology. Firstly, as a Newborn Hearing…

following the persistence of fluctuating, hearing loss and tinnitus in her right ear over the last year. She also reports occasional dizziness and aural fullness that affects her right ear more than her left ear. She is currently seeking a hearing aid for her right ear but is wondering if anything may be done to correct her hearing loss. Some additional necessary information may be what was she doing when the tinnitus and hearing loss first started, is the hearing loss increasing over time, and…

The special senses are hearing, equilibrium, vision, taste, and smell. Hearing is associated with the ear and how the sound waves travel through from external to internal ear. The external layer of the ear consists of the auricle, external acoustic meatus, and the tympanic membrane. Sound enters through the auricle, which carries the sound waves to the external acoustic meatus (i.e. ear canal). The external acoustic meatus in turn carries the sound waves to the tympanic membrane (i.e. eardrum).…

I listened to Bram Stoker's Dracula, it is a story about a man that travels to London. Throughout this story, we here of different occurrences happening without the visual aid of seeing it. At first Dracula is pictured as a somewhat nice man, with interest of the kindhearted. Slowly evolves into a picturesque dramatization of trials, betrayal, and love. This play did merit itself in a way that can only be expressed through the introduction of the different characters. I saw each character in my…

situations and relationships, therefore making it personal. However, there are also those that use this skill to help others. In most recent years, music has been used as a form of healing. It can aid a person both physically and mentally by helping brain development and aiding in their sense of hearing. This shows how important music is to everyone and how it gives us our role in this discourse community. Now what can one do with this knowledge?…

bye and good riddance” to one of her nurses every time she leaves the house because my grandmother does not like her, so I was just scared to have residents who did not want to talk to people or who couldn’t talk to people due to hearing problems, as I know that hearing declines are common with ageing. However I left feeling a lot more comfortable with the elderly population, actually not even just with the elderly population, but probably patients in general. Although I know that that might…

I slouched at the table in the boring, gray counselor's room, headphones squeezing my ears, as I did my first hearing and vision screening. The counselor played a series of beeps, and I gave a thumbs up for every time I heard something. Before I knew it, the test was over, and I walked out without giving any further thought to the screening. I had no reason to, as my mom had explained to me earlier that this was simply a mandatory, routine check-up, nothing to worry about. Soon, I was back in my…