Essays on Hearing

There are many reasons for hearing loss during adulthood, a situation reflected in governmental data that approximately 2 - 3% of the population between 16 and 64 has hearing difficulty (United States Census Bureau, 2010; Skinner, 1993). Aging is just one factor within the hearing equation, so it is important that medical professionals acknowledge and address the effect of hearing loss in younger people. In particular, the disability addressed by this paper is hearing loss that occurs during the working years, thus excluding childhood and old age related hearing loss. Although hearing loss during any time of life has Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

Introduction

“Cochlear implants are electronic devices that contain a current source and an electrode array that is implanted into the cochlea” (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2004) and where electrical current is used for stimulating the surviving auditory nerve fibers. With the development of the cochlear implant having undergone a long history, this paper aims to discuss this history, focusing particularly on the evolution of the cochlear implant over the last thirty years. In addition, this paper discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the implant, as well as the public’s response to its development and use.

Early Beginnings of the Cochlear Implant

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Hearing is one of the most vital senses we have, and exclusive of it, life can never be the same. Individuals who are unable to hear will always have a problem to communicate effectively with the people around them. Conductive hearing loss is the most common hearing problem in children. This type of hearing problem begins in childhood, even though it can show up at any age. The hearing problem occurs when the sound transmission through the middle ear is blocked (Haberman, 2004). Therefore, sound cannot be efficiently passed through the outer ear to the middle ear. A child Continue reading...

- 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. The Continue reading...

Global Investment Trends in Clean Energy

Once again the country is concerned with our reliance on an energy policy that depends on controlling resources in other countries. The Senate hearing of March 17, 2011 addressed national and international dynamics in clean energy. Clean energy refers to the use of renewable, nonpolluting (or less polluting the fossil fuels) sources of energy.

The hearing was held by the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the U.S. Senate. Senator Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico is the chair of the committee and presided at the hearing. The hearing was called to “Examine Current Global Investment Trends in Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

Issues In The Workplace Amongst Deaf and Hearing Communties

ABSTRACT
There is a large gap in the communication present when it comes to the Deaf and the Hearing communities. Members of the Deaf community are being treated poorly, being assigned to jobs that they are not trained in, and are unable to learn and advance in their respective fields due to the lack of communication. This disconnect stems from both a lack of understanding and a lack of will to learn and understand from the Hearing community. The Know The Sign Campaign will eliminate this issue through instruction and direct immersion and interaction for members of the Hearing Continue reading...

- The National Association of the Deaf (NAD)
This is the nation’s civil rights organization formed for deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the United States of America. NAD was established in 1880 by deaf leaders to help champion the rights of deaf and hard of hearing community of people to congregate on matters important to them and to have their interests articulated at the national level.
On the international platform, the NAD represents the United States of America at the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD), an international human rights organization.
Being an organization of purpose, the Continue reading...

Communication plan Bluetooth Hearing Aid.

This communication plan shall include various specific objectives, tactics, target audience, estimated costs, projected timeline and success measures (Rainey, 2005). All these applications aim at launching the new product and subsequently sustain its development and market share growth throughout its lifeline in the State of Florida. This will aim at increasing the market share of the new Bluetooth hearing aid, a creative and unique innovation from Siemens.

Objectives

The following are the objectives of the company with the introduction of the Bluetooth hearing Aid. They are as follow,
Position this new product as the best-selling brands of custom hearing aids Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

Introduction

The hypotheses identified for purposes of this assignment is “Sustained middle ear infections among children from birth to 5 years will have a detrimental effect on language development.” The hypotheses states that middle ear infections have a significant impact on the ability of the infant to acquire the necessary information to inform the development of language. That has the effect of leading to language disorders that may spill into adulthood. The assay will discuss various articles that seek to approve or disapprove the above-stated hypotheses. The articles seek to identify the full impact that middle ear infections has on Continue reading...

1. Bone-anchored hearing devices

a. This type of hearing aid is designed to enhance the individual’s ability to hear clearly. The device is surgically implanted: one part of it is attached to the skull, inside the head whilst another part is seen externally (Caversaccio & Kompis, 2011, p7).

b. It works by removing the need for the external auditory canal and the middle ear which in issues of hearing, have frequently become blocked; causing the problem in the first place (Caversaccio & Kompis, 2011, p3). The device causes vibrations throughout the bones, sending the correct sound waves to the brain Continue reading...

Introduction

The Health Promotion model was put into test as a causal theory of hearing protection for construction workforce. A study population of 359 characters was selected for the testing of this theory with both exploratory and theoretical models fitting each other well with a variance of 50.6% and 36.3% respectively in hearing protection applicability.
The research identified barriers and values of hearing protection use as the vital forward planners in both the exploratory and theoretical models. In the theoretical model, health status was distinguished to be an individualistic predictor. At times when modifying factors were permitted to directly relate Continue reading...

In everyday life, in trains, buses and in the streets, we can often see the deaf people. They always attract the attention of the public: people strenuously pretending that they have absolutely no interest, yet are secretly watching deaf. What do at that moment people with disabilities to communicate feel? Is it difficult? How is it to live life not hearing a word? What a person feels, whose life lies within his inner world?
For a deaf person the world around is perceived in another way. For example, if parents teach a deaf child to talk, to do it, Continue reading...

Probation, in the criminal justice context, is the period which a convicted person (probationer) is subjected to supervision, critical examination and intense evaluation. A judicial court is the only institution with the authority to order probation on a convict. Probation is ordered in lieu of incarceration. However, it does not mean that the convicted person is set free. An order of probation has conditions often imposed by a statute. It is given for rehabilitative purposes. However, the trial judge has the discretion to impose more conditions on a probation sentencing to meet the interests of the public and the Continue reading...

Aside from Mozart, Chopin and Bach, the name Ludwig van Beethoven is regarded as one of the foremost musical geniuses of the late 1700s. Born in Bonn, Germany to Johann van Beethoven, a singer and instrumentalist, and Maria Keverich, daughter of a chief kitchen overseer, Ludwig was considered a music prodigy as he garnered the attention of the Elector of Cologne at a young age, and subsequently, getting a scholarship to pursue his music. Like other music greats, Ludwig van Beethoven was considered unique in the extent that he created masterpieces, such as the Third Symphony in E flat Continue reading...

The case of Morrissey vs. Brewer, is a 1972 case. The petitioner had been convicted of forgery and was out on parole. He got re-arrested because of a list of violations. The petitioner claimed that his parole was revoked without a hearing, hence his right to a due process was violated. The court of appeal affirmed the District court’s ruling that a parolee is technically in custody, hence was not entitled to a full adversary hearing. The Supreme Court reversed this and stated that a parolee’s liberty is within the protection of the due process. It also Continue reading...

2. Three strategies that can be used for teaching special needs children how to play include modeling, prompting, and modification of the physical environment.
When using the modeling technique with children it is important to not use too many cues at once. Cues can be visual, verbal, or tactile in nature. By demonstrating to the child one or more times, for example, how to change the clothes on the doll, the child can watch the instruction being done, follow the cues, and mimic the result. It is important to give the child ample time and opportunity to practice and Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

Impact of Noise Pollution on Mental Health

Introduction
Noise is increasingly becoming a major threat to both human and animal life. In last few decades, noise pollution has increased considerably in every urban area with an ever-increasing population and heavy load of traffic on roads. Since noise is not a palpable matter one can see, taste or smell, over the years noise pollution has received very limited attention compared to other types of pollution like air or water pollution. Due to the increasing urbanization and industrial growth, environmental noise caused by transportation systems and machines, aircraft, motor vehicles, trains, loud music and constant hubbub of city Continue reading...

Abstract

This psychological research focuses on noise irritation and problems with voice, as well as learning facilities and location towards the lecturer shape a subjective experience of Southampton Solent University students. I wanted to explore the effects of noise and scanty classroom acoustics on lecturers’ state of health and well-being. The aim of this research is to investigate the effects of sensed noise exposure and classroom reaction on information insufficiency. According to significant associations researches it leads to low education process satisfaction as well as deficiency of energy after lectures, and interest in leaving the university. Noise subjection is generally Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

This is a quantitative study using descriptive statistics on principals’ perceptions of the role of speech pathologists in elementary schools. The project will involve interviews with principals from traditional public schools. The researcher will transcribe the interviews and use descriptive statistics to look for common strands in the principals’ perceptions. The study will be organized around a description of the speech pathologist’s role, personal attributes needed for the job of the principal and the speech language pathologist, and support given to principals by the special education department. Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

Thesis Statement

Reading problems are common among children in their first levels of learning but it has been seen to continue in some cases up to adulthood. Many of the people with reading disabilities have been associated with limited intelligence and these people have at times been said to have autism. However, associating reading disorder with autism and limited intelligence is all wrong. This is because there is Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

Introduction

According to Georgia Code of Conduct, the criminal procedure state that an individual can be subject to life without parole, life imprisonment, or death penalty. However, if he/she pleads guilty of misdemeanor or felony, the judge is entitled to fix the sentence of the number of weeks, months or years within the limits prescribed by law as a punishment of that crime. The judge is entitled to suspend or probate all or part of the sentence consistent with the provisions of Article 9 of Chapter 8 of Title 42. Additionally, the judge also has the authority to revoke the Continue reading...

Abstract

Public administration involves the performance of administrative justice and adjudication process which are the powers that are inherent to the office of a public administrator. In carrying out this administrative function, the law requires that due process should be observed in all administrative adjudication procedures. Other than this rule, administrators are given the discretionary power on how they may carry out the investigation process in order to help them perform their adjudicatory functions more efficiently. This paper will discuss about the essence of due process and hearing in public administration and to differentiate the rule making procedure and adjudicatory Continue reading...

Any daycare with a preschool curriculum that has been in existence for over 20 years is going to experience changes throughout time. The center of review is located in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City. There are no significant historical foundations for the center and there are no specific issues of the time to address. The center opened as a needed place to provide childcare for working parents in the community.
Some of the social and cultural changes that have affected the center have been the population of the neighborhood. Although the location of the center has not changed, the Continue reading...

What happens with a patient who develops a cataract?

A cataract is the opacification of the crystalline lens in the eye. In a patient with cataract, there is progressive loss in the transparency of the crystalline lens; this is due to changes in the density of the epithelial cells. There is also a derangement in the fiber of the lens cells. Lens transparency can also be because of deposition of minute epithelial masses of apoptotic lens tissue in the substance of the lens leading to disruption of the internal homeostatic mechanism of the lens and accelerating the process of Continue reading...

D. D. Guttenplan's decision to make Irving David’s libel suit against Lipstadt Deborah and Penguin Books his subject matter in his book entitled “The Holocaust on Trial” seems to be quite challenging. It is, however, eventually justified. The American writer, Guttenplan who currently resides in London was present in every day of the trial that took place in the year 1999. There were two things of varying importance at stake: the status or the position in the legislation of the Holocaust and its constituents that were definable and the overall outlook of David Irving reputation. On the face Continue reading...

As you all may have known by known, our company (M Inc.) has been locked in a long-standing litigation over a specific patent infringement matter. In the end, after an initial hearing and an appeal hearing at the Court of Appeals, the decision turned in favor of M Inc. Nonetheless, even though the amount that M did not lose the amount it was set to lose if the decision had gone in favor of W INc., this trial still cost the company considerable amount. But then again, regardless of whether the expenditures related to the trial are considerable or Continue reading...

Trial vs. Plea Bargaining

Trial
The oldest and most well-known form of dispute resolution in criminal cases is the jury trial (Kadri, 2005). Certainly, the jury trial is the fundamental dispute resolution mechanism of the American adversarial legal system. In fact, the core principle of the criminal justice system holds that disputes are most effectively resolved when the parties in contention are made responsible for: (1) investigating and gathering their own evidence and (2) presenting their own arguments to a neutral and passive lay decision-maker who decides which party presented the most convincing argument (Kadri, 2005). Furthermore, the entire process is subject to Continue reading...

RATIONALE

When society thinks about medical diseases or conditions that affect persons, there are divergent perceptions attached to the persons suffering the said ailments. Sometimes the stigma is worse than the physical pain a person might suffer. This is because stigma is the ugly side to the beauty myth. It causes the persons suffering an illness to suffer social ostracism out of the irrational fear of infection by the larger section of society. This interferes with the normal social interactions and as a result, persons suffering ailments have to adapt socially, psychologically and physically to fit into society. This paper Continue reading...

Executive Summary

If an individual understands the budgeting making process and the manner in which the budget is assembled, then he or she will find the document to be making sense. Moreover, it will be possible for citizens or the public to influence budget making decisions. Therefore, this report endeavors to explain the budgeting making process as well as how the public can get access to it and be involved in the budget making process. Even for those individuals whose interest in spending by the City is only limited to knowing general procedures in the budget making process and what happens Continue reading...

In the modern world, teenagers have increased their use of cell phones leading to an addiction. Teenagers are using their cell phones for texting messages, taking pictures, accessing social media, playing games, and listening to music among others. As a result, they remain glued to their phones all the time. There are various ways in which cell phones can impact negatively to the health of teenagers. Apart from adversely affecting their health, cell phones are attributed to the way teenagers behave and act around people. By contrast, cell phones can be helpful to teenagers in many ways. As a Continue reading...

In the Canadian criminal justice system, bail suffices for purposes of releasing the accused while still on trial. The accused is afforded an opportunity out of detention at least until he is proven guilty, proof which has to be beyond reasonable doubts. It is in appreciation of the role of bail and the courts that confer the same thereof that I visited the said courts. On November 20th 2013 I visited a bail court as part of my class assignment to examine cases of accused being processed through a bail hearing. The bail court I visited was City Hall Continue reading...

REPORT FORMName: _________________________________ Condition:Histology

The inner ear consists of a membranous “labyrinth” encased in an occeous labyrinth. The vestibule and semicircular canal are concerned with vestibular function (balance); cochlea is concerned with hearing. The cochlea is a coiled tube. The cochlea coils up from its base. It is coiled around the modiolus. The Reissner’s membrane and the basilar membrane divide the cochlea longitudinally into three scalae. If you cut the cochlear tube cross sectionally, you’d see Scala vestibuli on top, scala tympani on the bottom. Scala media is a triangular duct in the middle. The side of the duct where the Continue reading...