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    The chosen article is about a person who is a pensioner, named Dave Thompson, who help deaf by linking them with a hearing dog. In the beginning, Mr. Dave starting doing it for his wife and daughter then, he realises how hearing dog benefit the deaf people. The contrast it makes to the live of the deaf demonstrates and prove the necessity to him and turn into his motivation. Eventually, he ended up becoming a volunteer with Hearing Dogs for Deaf People and starting his own charity afterward, raising over 200,000 EUR. Finally, he received an awards given by Prime Minister David Cameron for what he has done, helping more than 2,100 deaf people. The reason behind why people responded the way they did is as follows. At first, people decide to start…

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    Hearing dogs are trained to help individuals that have a disability or impairment and make their lives easier and often safer. They often are trained to alert the individual to environmental sounds. These sounds could be anything the owner would not hear such as a knock at the door all the way to something as important as a fire alarm (Rintala,Matamoros, Seitz, 2013 pp. 489-503). A hearing dog can have a great amount of impact on persons who are deaf or hard of hearing. In a 2016 article in…

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    Let me introduce myself, I am George the Basset Hound and I am 44 years old (dog years that is). Today my mom Betty, and my dad Bob, are taking me on a walk to the park down the road. I heard them talking about it from across my house, but it was a little muffled due to my luxurious ears. I hear them walking down the hallway now, and I hear the sound of my leash jingling in my mom’s hand. We are walking down the side of the road now, and I hear all sorts of animals scattering in the leaves and…

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    which annoyed him. He thought by telling the truth and "admitted the deed" that would get rid of the increasing noise in his ears. Hence, the above two pieces of evidence both reveal the truth that the narrator is insane in contradictive to what the narrator was trying to tell the reader. We can also figure out the contradiction what the narrator said from the front depiction. The narrator told the reader he was “very, very dreadfully nervous”, and it was the “disease” that had sharpened his…

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    Hard of Listening … How many of us are guilty when it comes to not actively listening to others speak? After 15 years of teaching experience, listening continues to be a challenge for me. According to Evans and Alire (2014), “Effective listening is harder than most people realize.” Listening, not hearing takes patience, skills, and effort. University of Minnesota Duluth (n.d.) mentions how the biggest difference between hearing and listening is “hearing is simply the act of perceiving sound…

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    As a General Business major I was not planning on taking a communications and conflict course, and it actually turned out to be one of my favorite classes this semester. This was my first course where the students could express their opinions, and openly discuss the ways of communication, and its important role in conflicts.Conflict occurs whenever people disagree over their values, motivations, perceptions, ideas, or desires. I now have come to the realization of my strengths and weaknesses on…

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    Identifying Micro-skills All three therapists in the video demonstrated active listening. There were body clues such as leaning forward or nodding at appropriate times. The second therapist in the video also used active listening to validate the authenticity of emotion that the client was feeling. She also used her active listening skills to ask questions that delved deeper into the issues of the couple. She used active listening to guide the session by actively reflecting on what the clients…

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    While a theatre is as packed as a restaurant its atmosphere was altered from a loud and lively socializing place into a more quiet and few hushed communications spread throughout the theater. The first things that I took in where the images of the seats surrounding us some filled with people and others empty. As well as the darkness that surrounded us which then brought out my senses of hearing, from taking in the tapping of a cell phone to hush discussion from individuals. I noticed that once…

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    Listening is very important. Listening is an acquired skill; hearing is a passive action. They are actually two different things. Hearing is just when you hear something and don’t really process what is being said. Listening is being engaged in the conversation. There are different types of listening; informational listening, critical listening, and active listening. When you are in a conversation, you are either doing one or even two of those types of listening’s. Then there are different…

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    I have added the links in as hyperlinks, if they do not work then the full URL is in the references. Listening This is defined as: “to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.” (Dictionary, 2016) The key part of listening is part of transferring information. It is the latter part – even if someone says a piece of information clearly, if the receiving party is not listening then the message may not get across. I believe that listening not only includes the…

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