Hearing impairment

Michael Mulligan: Personal Listening Style The art of listening has similarities and differences when compared to any art form. Unlike other arts, listening is something that the majority of people have the ability to do. Not all of us can draw a beautiful picture, paint a masterpiece, or sculpt the likeness of a beautiful woman; however, the majority of the human race listens. In similarity to the great artisans of our time and before, the art of listening, if it is to be mastered, requires…

Before embarking on my soundwalk, I had a few basic expectations of sounds I would encounter, mostly based on prior memories of wandering MIT’s campus. I knew what the soft, low murmurs should sound like when traversing the corridors. I knew to expect the clip-clop of hard stepping walkers in the silent tunnels, and the high pitched buzzing and whining of electrical components overhead. Outside, the wind would make soft, mid pitched whuuu and shhh noises, which would serve as background for…

Learning is not easy; to learn something, it takes time and effort. We tend to learn things by our interest, also our learning styles, which we are depended upon. Everyone has different types of learning styles and those learning styles vary among each individual. We can have multiple interests as well as; we can also have multiple learning styles too. The Multiple Intelligences theory proposed by Howard Gardner has 8 multiple intelligences; visual (prefers to see things), verbal/linguistic…

7 Habits & Listening Listening is a true skill and unfortunately many people assume they know how to listen the right way. It’s because we hear involuntarily and that’s often confused with listening which is supposed to be active. Towards the beginning of the book, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey, a similar confusion is discussed where people often confuse their perspectives with reality. Not realizing that before we change a situation we must change our perspectives.…

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…

Understanding the difference between hearing and listening is the key to understanding how your brain works. From my understanding, there are four modes of hearing and listening when experiencing music. These four modes are known under the term called Quatre écoute, which is French for ‘Four listening’. Ouir, the first term is when you are capable of hearing but we are not paying attention to the sound. Entendre is when we are aware of the sound, ready to listen to it. Ecouter is when you are…

Throughout the first year of this course I can say that it has not been what I expected. I was hoping to improve myself in many various fields and although I did sense some improvement in certain areas I still felt like there is a huge amount left I have to learn, comprehend and understand. We always hear about the importance of first impressions when meeting anyone for the first time and I feel this even more important when meeting a patient. So as I approached the doorstep of my patient one…

a Q tip too far in. Well I am going to tell you about the time my little brother stabbed a screw driver in my left ear. I almost had to have surgery but good thing my ear healed on its own, because if you have surgery on your ear it could lead to hearing lost. The doctors also have to take a little piece of skin from behind your ear to put into your ear. They might also have to cut open your ear so they can see what they are doing, and it doesn’t look pretty after surgery. It was spring night…

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…

There once was a little brown rabbit and his name was Fledge. If you ever saw Fledge hopping in the woods or hanging out in your garden, you would say he was the cutest thing, especially with those ears. Yep, Fledge was special and so was his ears. Compared to other bunnies, his ears were a smidgen bigger than extra-large. Fledge was like many young rabbits. He enjoyed exploring the forest and sitting on rocks listening. With those specially sized ears, he could hear extra well. Fledge was even…