Essays on Hearing Impairment

ABSTRACT

In this study, the discussion is based on the hearing aid as the most effective device for the individuals with the hearing impairment in the independent living. In developing the content, the other types of technological tools have been ruled out in an appropriate manner, by offering actual and supported reasons as to why the hearing aid is the most suitable choice. The essay has also described the various types and levels of hearing impairment, which are namely: deaf, deafness, hard of hearing. This is of significance as it offers a framework for basing, and presenting my arguments on ...

Fully inclusive environments have become a norm in most public schools throughout the United States. That can, depending on the special education classification involved and the subject matter, pose challenges to both the student and teacher. One such possible challenging pairing can be teaching music class or music ensemble to students with hearing impairments. Under the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) which has 13 identifiable conditions that warrant educational protections and laws, deafness is a kind of hearing impairment so severe it impedes processing oral language, regardless of amplification. Hard of hearing is classified by IDEA as a hearing ...

“The day is coming when telegraph wires will be laid on to houses just like water or gas -- and friends will converse with each other without leaving home." (Alexander Graham Bell in a letter to his father in 1876; taken from PBS.org) Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland and had two more brothers that both died of tuberculosis (Library of Congress), Melville James Bell, who was older than Alexander, and Edward Charles Bell, who was the youngest in the family (Bell Homestead). His father, Alexander Melville Bell, as well as his grandfather ...

Oticon: Building a flexible world class organization

Oticon was a business founded in 1904 by HansDemant, who got inspired by his wife who suffered from hearing impairment. He started the hearing aids importing business from the US for his business, as well as for his wife. The products range from hearing aids, church hearing aids, hospital receivers and patients receiver systems. The company continued until the beginning of the World War II when importing hearing aids became impossible. The company came up with a radical change program aimed at altering the structure process, organization job content and careers. Despite the company aiming at its new innovative structure at ...

Abstract

Education is an important part of any individual growth and development. It has been established in various literatures that it is best to engage as many senses as possible (e.g. vision, hearing, and even touch) in the process of learning for an individual to learn something faster. An educational program or teaching strategy that only uses one sense (i.e. vision as it is the one most commonly being used) is often perceived as a less effective way of learning compared to those that utilize all three senses that may practically be used for learning. Sensual impairments may well lead to ...

Part 1

How does hearing loss change the lives of the members of the Holland family? A disabled child born in any family can change how that family functions. Mr. Holland’s Opus movie proves this statement when the family gets a kid suffering from a hearing impairment. The kid’s weakness initially becomes apparent to his parents when he does not show a reaction to the noise of a fire truck. In addition, he makes sounds and grunts to talk with his parents as an alternative of speaking. To achieve his parents’ responsiveness he throws the fits so that they can understand what ...

- Family Genetic History - Evaluation of family genetic history The major health problem challenging the above described family is hearing loss. Most of the family members have been diagnosed with non progressive deafness. Other family members have also been diagnosed with mental retardation, meningitis and chronic ear infections. Pregnant mothers in the family have had high levels of retinoic acid as well as maternal diabetes. The family has been characterized by members with unusual physical features are associated with the hearing impairment; crumbled ears, hypotelorism eyes- close together eyes, a wide nasal bridge nose and microcephaly head. ...

Introduction

Hearing loss is more than a medical condition. Recent studies have highlighted the importance of environmental factors on the psycho-social development of deaf children. These studies reveal that the degree of hearing loss, additional handicap and age at the onset of deafness have a negative relation to psychosocial adjustment of students. However, there has been a positive relation between psychosocial variables and other independent variables like use of hearing, speech, intelligibility, academic achievement and communication methods at school. The findings of this study suggest that, it is not only deafness but environmental factors are also influential on the psychosocial adjustment of deaf ...

Is noise pollution becoming a serious threat to the welfare of human beings?

Noise pollution is a form of environmental pollution caused by excessive/unpleasant noise which can disrupt the human/animal life activities. Noise pollution interferes with human activities at three level; biological level whereby it interferes with the biological functioning of the body, behavioral level which affects the sociological behaviors of human beings and lastly, the audio logical level which is the satisfactory performance of an individuals hearing mechanism It affects psychology, physiology and the performance of an individual. Noise pollution has become a serious threat to the welfare of human beings. The effects of noise pollution are diverse and numerous as it ...

Abstract

Digital media have influenced the way marketing by providing a range of channels through which potential customers can be reached. In the 21st century, digital media such as social networking sites have significantly influenced marketing by allowing marketers to interact with potential customers unlike in traditional media where companies did not get feedback or reviews on their products. Internet access through mobile phones has increased user activity in the online community, and this has caused marketers to increase advertising through the various websites. New forms of digital media like interactive television are likely to have an immense impact in the ...

Background Information

Rayan is a three year old girl who was born with a hearing impairment. According to Zirpoli, (2008), a child with a hearing disability finds speech to be imprecise, and Rayan cannot understand any of the speech sounds that are used by people around her. The hearing problem was first discovered by her mother when she brought her from hospital after birth. According to the video ‘A Family Affair’ her mother discovered that she could not wake up after sleeping when disturbances such as drawers and wardrobes are closed. Furthermore, even when the mother played behind her daughter never heard her at all; ...

Biography: Harold MacGrath

Harold MacGrath, both in 1871, is one of the foremost American novelists and screenwriters of the 19th and 20th centuries. After his first novel, Arms and the Woman, achieved prominence in the late 19th century, his popularity and renown began to skyrocket, as he released more novels and short stories in major publications, while many of his novels were adapted into films. He would even write directly for the movies, writing many short films and feature-length pictures, some adapted from his own material. However, it was not until 1932, less than a year before his death, that his article "A ...

Hearing impairment is a disability that involves the diminished or missing capacity for hearing in an individual. Partial and full deafness can cause substantial problems in learning, due to the lack of visual cues and an inability for teachers to adapt their curriculum to individuals with hearing disabilities. In today's world, the need for an education, particularly up to a college degree, is absolutely imperative to gaining stable employment, making it vital for citizens, regardless of disability, to have the chance to gain that education (Boutin, 2008). In this paper, the nature of hearing impairment will be detailed, as well as ...

PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESMENT

Mental Status and orientation: Mr. BR knows his name; when and where he was born, time of the day and could read a clock. He even recalls his parents,’ children and grand children birth days. Politics did not interest him, but he quoted scripture in support of his personal philosophy.

Changes in self image due to aging and retirement: Mr. BR displays an interesting self image claiming that he is as old as God and young as the Holy Spirit. As such, he did not contemplate on age since it was simply a parenthesis of life itself. He said that he ...

Group work project

Q. 1)

Group discussions are essential in any school setup since it aids students to grasp the content better. My participation in group work made me understand so many things about post-meningitic hearing loss management. Although I had read and done a lot of research in this field, I still did not have the full facts about this condition. One aspect, which I fully grasped during the group work, was the nature and causes of this condition. Although I had some idea on the possible causes and symptoms of the condition, I understood these aspects better because the group members ...