Outer ear

In this passage, Julian Henriques, the author of Sonic Bodies: Reggae Sound Systems, Performance Techniques, and Ways of Knowing, main idea was to open the reader’s mind to the fact that there are several different forms of sound that can be taken into different contexts. He describes how sound effects not only your auditory system, but the other senses as well. Your body becomes a part of the sound such as you can feel the vibrations within your cells from the music or sound. No matter what you…

intermittent rustling of paper. These sounds are familiar in every classroom across the country and it is very easy to block out noises and concentrate on the task at hand, unless someone were to have misophonia. I was fine in this setting until my traitorous ears pinpointed my trigger noise out of the room. A person without Misophonia would have just dismissed the noise as nothing more than simple classroom sounds that cannot be prevented. I could not help but be annoyed after I isolated a…

In the past few years, stories and cases of hearing loss became more and more often. “How and why is this happening?” was the question racing through the minds of people worriedly. Upon hearing this trendy topic, author Jennifer Dignan wrote an article named “Throw Away Your earbuds Now!”, and claims that the reason for hearing loss is answered in this article. This essay is focused and centralized on the subject of how she supports her postulate that the answer to this question is not only in…

like when a person gets paroxysmal positional vertigo, that all these distractions could throw us off the pathway leading to Christ? In our inner ear we have two labyrinths First the Static labyrinth, which consists of the utricle and Saccule. Second, we have the dynamic labyrinth which consists of three semicircular canals, in this section of our ear there are little hairs called stereocilia, on top of the hairs we have a liquid called cupola. When the cupola moves across the stereocilia it…

Before a nurse practitioner assesses a client’s mental status from the client’s family’s concerns of possible mental decline, the practitioner should assess the patient’s hearing status. According to Jorgensen, Palmer, Pratt, Erickson, and Moncrieff (2016), “Confusion-life behaviors often concern family members and other caregivers; they may presume that the person has dementia and bias the diagnostic process toward dementia rather than hearing loss” (p. 312). A large portion of the Mini-Mental…

1. Based on the audiometric information, Taylor’s hearing loss is mild to severe hearing loss. Audiologists are not only got information from the audiometric test, but also the medical or family history. If Taylor’s family members had severity hearing loss, Taylor might have a genetic hearing loss (at least 50%). On the other hand, the past medical history may reveal risk factors for hearing loss. Therefore, the role of an audiologist is understanding patient’s hearing background before doing…

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…

The present article written by Boothroyd (2007) represents an overview of the components and outcomes Adult aural rehabilitation. The goal of adult aural rehabilitation is to restore a patient’s quality of life that has been seemingly disrupted by their hearing handicap. This restoration can be manifested through managing a patient’s hearing loss through assistive devices and effective counseling (Boothroyd, 2007). Using the World Health Organization (WHO) attempt to quantify the impacts of…

Ear surgery, also called otoplasty, helps to improve the shape, position or proportion of the ear. Otoplasty also corrects any defects in the structure of the ear that can be from a birth defect, happen during the body’s development, or from an injury. Ear surgery creates a more natural-looking appearance to the shape of the ear, while improving the balance and proportion of the ears in relationship to the face. Even minor deformities, when reshaped, can have deep-seated, positive bene?ts to…

be able to distinguish the individual sounds and more importantly, the individual superimposed vibrations travelling to the listener, the auditory system, and the architecturally designed environments, have specific methods that allow the listeners ears to hear a reliable impression of what is going on around us, be that musical or simply auditory (Plomp, n.d.). There are factors that can alter the way that sound is heard by the listener in various environments. One main occurrence is…