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obtaining a hearing aid (Hearing Loss Communication Strategies for Family and Friends, 2012). The first step is the will be a complete health assessment to best determine whether medications or illness maybe the actual cause of hearing loss in the patient. Nurses know that certain medications such as aspirin in high doses have a side effect on tinnitus. Hearing tests such as the Weber and Rinne help determine the type of hearing loss to properly assist in determining the best hearing…

Back when this book was written parents who had deaf children were encouraged for their children to speak. Now parents of deaf children are encouraged to have their children learn ASL. Its inspiring that people who are deaf or hard of hearing now have most of the tools to communicate with others who know the language. I believe that ASL is becoming more common because people are now becoming more aware and conscious of all the people do not have the ability to communicate orally. For example…

and how we would benefit from participating in this organization. We also enjoyed a presentation on hearing loss vs. deafness lead by representatives from the Speech and Hearing Sciences program at UNT. I found out about this opportunity through my classes and thought that it sounded like a great first step into becoming involved with my major, which is Human Development and Family Studies. The hearing loss vs. deafness presentation also sparked my interest, as I thought it would beneficial to…

individual who tries to find his Deaf identity in the hearing world. Mark was born as a hearing person, but as he got older he gradually started to lose his hearing which made it difficult for him to fit in as “normal child.” Some of the challenges that Mark faced in his life were conformity, isolation, communication barrier and the delay of having an ASL education. Mark felt like an outsider for the first time when he began to lose his hearing in kindergarten. Kindergarten is a time to build…

The way Deaf people are presented in television and movies has a huge impact on the way hearing society perceives the Deaf community. Often times, Deaf people are represented as two dimensional characters defined by their deafness but Hush breaks that mold. Hush is an intense thriller that centers on a young Deaf woman who must fight for her life while being antagonized by a masked serial killer. The main character, Maddie, is a Deaf author who uses American Sign Language (ASL) as her primary…

differences between both Deaf and hearing cultures that affects how they communicate with each other. Deaf and hearing cultures are similar because they have things in common such as churches, schools, work ethic and families. Deaf people attend schools for the Deaf, and Deaf churches. Just as hearing people attend schools and churches also. We both attend schools and churches for the same reasons. To get an education at school and at church to worship a god. Both Deaf and hearing cultures use…

Sound and Fury The Cochlear Implant will help the hearing impaired to once again hear; but controversy between a family and the treatment and the established a culture within the hearing impaired community would send shock ways thru the hearing impaired society; How the deaf reveal their own identity for themselves; the deaf society don’t consider it handicap and most have a successful job. Peter worked for a successful Wall Street firm, but peter would never move up into higher position; as…

Deafness and Autism “The rate of autism in children with hearing loss is higher than hearing children. Hearing loss in children with autism is ten times higher than the general public and is often overlooked” (Williams). Autism is a developmental disorder that usually affects a child’s/ persons social skills, including communicating with people and participating in social relationships. Autism also affects sensory perception, because of this children/ people with autism try to avoid situations…

In the book “Odyssey of Hearing Loss” Dr. Michael Harvey describes three ways that people handle hearing loss. He does this by sharing the story of ten people who lost their hearing at some point in their lives. Each story helps us learn the unique struggle people face when becoming hard of hearing or Deaf. According to Harvey, those that lose their hearing later in life usually describe it is a traumatic experience. In other words, losing their hearing was a major detriment to their lives and…

stag hunt, and uprising, respectively) my knowledge of growing up with any sort of hearing loss, whether that’s total hearing loss or partial, has expanded immensely. Even though I already watch Switched at Birth regularly, going back and re-watching certain episodes reminded me of the daily struggles that deaf people have to live with. Not only regarding any sort of interaction with people who are not only hearing and ignorant; but deaf people also have to fight for simple things such as…