Hearing

If you have some hearing problems go to Dr.Karen Mills. She is a Audiologist and a very good one at that she had a lot to say about being an Audiologist she knew everything about it and she got a Doctorate degree in it. She was telling us about how there was three types of hearing loss one being just mechanical hearing loss like too much earwax in your ears then, there was another one like if your eardrum was busted some times it could heal back and seal but other times if the hole was too wide…

Deaf and Hearing Impaired Within the deaf community and amongst those that are hearing impaired, there are numerous challenges that present itself for an adult with hearing impartment. The issue that requires intervention is that there is a lack of involvement for infants with positive screenings for hearing impairment. Currently, 50% of infants aged 6 months and under with confirmed hearing loss were enrolled for intervention services. Only 50% of newborns who are screened for hearing loss, by…

OUTLINE HOW DAMAGE CAN OCCUR TO HUMAN HEARING Damage to human hearing can be affected in many ways, such as noise, medication, disease and injury. Noise: Noise is the most known of damage to human hearing, and is known as Noise Induced Hearing Lose. This occurs when a sound is to loud 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…

Universal Newborn Hearing Screenings Over 50 years ago, audiologists, educators, parents, and medical personnel recognized and stressed the importance of early identification of hearing loss among infants. The understanding for a need for early identification of a child’s hearing loss has led us to the modern technology and assessment of hearing for newborns, most commonly referred to as the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS). In the United States, as of 2007, over 90% of newborns are…

Hearing Impairment Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Hearing Impairment Hearing impairment means loss of all or part of hearing ability due to sound signals not reaching the brain. Loss of hearing may be gradual or sudden depending on the causes. This condition is best described with reference to the affected part of the hearing system. The three basic types are conductive hearing, sensorineural hearing, and mixed hearing loss. Each of these losses has different causes. Conductive…

Harper Lee, receiving the opportunity to understand what it is like to have a mild conductive hearing loss. A conductive hearing loss is due to dysfunction of either the outer or middle ear. To understand an individual’s beliefs, feelings, and values a little bit better, I walked in their shoes for two days. I was able to experience some hardships that are a challenge for a person with a conductive hearing loss would face every day. On the first day, I wore an earplug in only one ear for six…

and hard of hearing young adults in relation to the use of substance abuse (primarily alcoholism) leading to such outcomes such as suicide is not one that is spoken about regularly. Because of the lack of knowledge and awareness of the general population, we tend to be very subjective and ignorant of the things that we do not know. Fortunately, research has shown that suicide, parted by so many other effects rising from alcoholism, is one crucial outcome for young deaf and hard of hearing…

human ear distinguishes different sounds is truly fascinating. Many people have flawless hearing skills, but others have hearing disabilities that prevent them from being able to recognize different pitches of sound, or how loud or soft a sound is. This is defined as hearing loss, however, hearing loss comes in many forms and is not all one kind. Deafness is another hearing disability that is similar to hearing loss, but contrasts to it as well. As technology advances, humans are creating…

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…

Hearing Impaired Drug and alcohol rehab programs for the hearing impaired provide their services using American Sign Language and other resources designed to meet their client’s needs. Addiction recovery for the hearing impaired provide rehabilitation treatment services created exclusively for the needs of person’s who are deaf or hard of hearing. It is not unusual for staff members to be hard of hearing or deaf as well when attending a program to help the hearing impaired. These staff members…