Specific language impairment

motivation. Yes, there was someone unique about this person that made me want to read about her right away because it takes a lot of confident to run for a pageant. 2. Was this person born Deaf or became Deaf later in life? Does he/she use sign language to communicate? If he/she doesn't communicate…

of hearing loss, including hearing tests, hearing aid fittings and repair, and more. Tinnitus itself isn’t a condition but a symptom of an underlying issue. In some cases, it can be related to an injury or disorder of the circulatory system. If a specific underlying cause is identified, treating this will often stop that obnoxious ringing in your ears. Ensuring that there is no serious problem behind your tinnitus is the first step in treating it.…

What are the Benefits of Cochlear Implants? For people with implants: • Hearing ranges from near normal ability to understand speech to no hearing benefit at all. • Adults often benefit immediately and continue to improve for about 3 months after the initial tuning sessions. Then, although performance continues to improve, improvements are slower. Cochlear implant users' performances may continue to improve for several years. • Children may improve at a slower pace. A lot of training is needed…

Much of this presentation reminds me of discussion we had in class on Monday about the differences between advocates and allies, though this seems to be focused more on a professional level. I found the categories of heritage people, tourists, travelers, and professionals to be interesting and helpful. Hafer’s presentation focused on the role of the traveler in the Deaf community, and how the role of the professional ought to be be more like that of a traveler. In this discussion, travelers are…

of language, ask questions, pair fingerspelling and signs to help child learn basic sight vocabulary and more specific names and words and provide access to a TDD and television decoder and last to arrange for interpreters when possible. They also believe that Literacy must be a priority between schools and home that includes the process and the product as English grammar is taught as part of the process. Children who have early and frequent contact with print and have the access to language…

I haven’t realized that the mechanism for us to hear the music is quite different from the languages before. This video reminds me of one of my classmate in middle school, who is born deaf and had the cochlear implant. He could communicate with us but his pronunciation is slightly different from us. It happened almost ten years ago and I am not sure whether the cochlear implant devices have been greatly improved nowadays. According to the video, the modern multi-channel cochlear implant device…

Let me start of by saying that before the movie I did not think that deaf people were as active as they showed in the movie. I am not trying to say I thought deaf individuals stayed home 24/7 and did nothing, what I mean is I did not think that deaf people drove, wrote and acted in plays/musicals and never would have thought that there would be a completely deaf band. It was very interesting to learn that I was 100% incorrect with thinking the way I did. I believe a lot of that comes from…

One influential part of Deaf culture is the schools for the deaf. These schools can give specific help to their students because they all use the same language and can relate to each other. Students do not need to worry about using an interpreter to understand their teachers and peers, and they can surround themselves with people with similar experiences. Most students with…

decrease in CESD scores was observed and was sustained throughout the six month study interval of the study. It has been shown that the hearing impaired have a higher indication of depressive symptoms than those that do not present with hearing impairment. Intervention and management though the use of hearing aids has been shown to decrease depressive symptoms in the geriatric…

Introduction The authors first point is that early detection compresses the decision-making process. They argue that because of the mandate, doctors are now the first ones to suspect that a child may or may not be deaf, and this can cause issues because the family is particularly vulnerable to this information which can lead to the parents feeling like they need to make a decision now. This is not conducive for the parents to make rational well-informed decisions. The author argues that the…