Hearing Loss Simulation Analysis

Heather Whitestone was born on February 24, 1923 in Dothan, Alabama. Whitestone was the first woman with a disability to be crowned Miss America 1995. Her mother, Daphne Gray, was a seventh grade math teacher and her father, Bill Whitestone, was an owner of a furniture store. She is the youngest of three sisters. She is married with John A. McCallum, a hearing man and they have four children’s.

Medical interventions like cochlear implant can improve auditory difficulties. Child can learn to adopt life skills with support and engage in normal routine.

To begin, this book brings up a lot of interesting data and information on the methods of Carl Orff and Zoltán Kodály. With this method, which is primarily used for children, subjects are able to understand and expand their abilities of express, motor skills, social situations, attention. All of this can be achieved in as little as thirty minutes a week and provides these benefits as well as done with enjoyment and enthusiasm by the participants. These methods as promote and expand on the early stages of reading, as well as hemispherical crossing in the brain between the right hemisphere, or creative side, to the logical, left side, of the brain. This

Through the deaf eyes is a film about what is like to be deaf; it also tells us about the history, as well as challenges deaf culture has faced. It speaks about Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc the creators of the first school for the deaf, also deaf clubs, and people today who have changed perspectives of the deaf community. Gallaudet University was the first environment where deaf community can come together and begin their history and culture teaching deaf children how to speak would benefit them more in the future; however that was not the case, and many thought it was a waste out time as they got older. They feel that they should have focused on sign language, so that they can learn more instead of spending years on learn to

Even with cochlear implants, I often times unconsciously rely heavily on lip reading when talking to a person. Throughout middle school and high school, I found myself explaining over and over about lip reading and how I depend on it to help me. I wasn't sure if the teachers or students understood but I was proven wrong when I went on my Schlitterbahn senior trip. Because of the water, I could not wear my implants and this meant I would have to depend heavily on lip reading. I was nervous about this and thought I would get left behind in the park. Instead, to my surprise, my friends took their time speaking to me and I was engaged in conversations without my implants( it was the first time for me to speak to my friends without the implants!). The trip ended up being a blast and I couldn't be any prouder of my

Anybody investigating turning into an audiologist needs a firm handle of how much duty it takes to end up distinctly an audiologist and how extraordinary the prizes are with regards to this calling. Audiologists are basically an ear specialist. They work to help analyze and treat any issues inside the fragile workings of the inward bit of the ear channel, and also the miniscule tangible bones permitting the body to identify the nearness of sound.

Relaxed in the dental chair with my dark glasses on, I had been prepped and was ready for my second surgery. My headphones played beautiful, calming classical music. A micro-current patch placed behind each of my ears would help to keep me in a relaxed state. I could taste the remnants of the orange flavored supplements used to promote the relaxation response. My biological dentist and his assistant talked in the background as we waited for the anesthetic to take effect. In this second surgery, I would have the two root canals removed from my front left tooth and the incisor tooth.

The medical view challenges fundamental cultural values of the Deaf culture by undermining the importance of establishing a Deaf identity. Since its priority is to cure “Deafness” using medical interventions, young Deaf infants often do not often have a say in the auditory recovery treatments that will ultimately define their ways of life. Doctors and scientists alike are trained to think of ways to return the body to its most natural, fully equipped state and the inability to process auditory information is alarming because it deviates from their definition of a normal, healthy human being. Although the intentions of those in the medical field are not necessary maleficent, but the way in which they explain options to parents with a Deaf child

The topic of cochlear implants is causing quite the argument between the deaf and medical community. The core of the disagreement centers around whether or not cochlear implantation should continue to be considered as an option for hearing impaired individuals to improve auditory ability.. According to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association a cochlear implant is “a device that provides direct electrical stimulation to the auditory (hearing) nerve in the inner ear.” Proponents of cochlear implants claim that hose who are born with or later experience a problem with the sensory nerve of the inner ear have the opportunity to gain the ability to hearHowever, many are now arguing that this device is not as useful or healthy for the human ear as it has been said to be. Those who oppose cochlear implantation, namely the deaf community, view it as a threat to the deaf community and its culture. At both sides of the argument, cochlear implants are a sensitive topic amongst the deaf community and those trying to further advancements on the cochlear implant device. The deaf community views the implants as a sense of false hope, false information and a long, disappointing

Before I saw the movie I thought it was just going to be another regular documentary. While we were watching the movie I realized it wasn 't at all what I had expected. It changed my perspective on the deaf community. The film allowed us to see into their world and let us know they are no different than hearing, if anything it seemed to me like they have more fun. There were so many different people that spoke throughout the movie, and every single one of them seemed so happy.

My first destination as an individual with a hearing loss was the Café. When the lady at the entrance took my ODU card and told me to have a nice day I realized right away that it was awkward to talk. When she gave my card back to me I said “thankyou”. When I said “thankyou” it felt like I couldn’t hear myself that well. So I wasn’t sure if I was talking really low or really high. After getting my card back I went in line to get two hot dogs and some fries. When I arrived at the line the guy who was serving the food said something but I wasn’t sure what.

Picture in your mind a rheumatoid arthritis patient:Let me guess : elderly women, hair gray or graying, right? Eight and a half years ago, I would have had the exact same image in my own mind, but my life took a course that prooces that there are rheumatoid arthritis patients who do not fall in the typical category

Through Deaf Eyes depicts the history of American Sign Language, and the beginnings of deaf culture. It touches on stereotypes and whether or not they are true, mistreatment and the dangers of believing that people should be fixed, myths, and the negative and positive changes that have occurred throughout time in the Deaf community. It shows the perspective of the Deaf Community-or life through Deaf eyes. I learned a lot about history, art, and the roles they played in Deaf Culture. I have also now know a different side of certain people and places in history, for example, Alexander Graham Bell, and how the things he did for deaf people, and the things he did for hearing people were very different. I’ve learned about the things Deaf people have been through and where hearing people have made mistakes in their treatment of them.

On the other hand the article is mostly about persuading hearing parents of deaf children to not allow their kids to have the cochlear implants and to just send them to deaf schools. Lane talks about how it starts off with a procedure of the cochlear implant making it seem like an unpromising procedure. It is then explained that hearing people try to understand deaf individuals by an exploration of their experience in the hearing world. Lane stated “What would it be like if I were deaf? Instead of asking what makes up deaf language and culture”. Furthermore into the article Lane explains deeper into the deaf condition by psychometric testing of infants to determine the course of their academic careers. It then creates the argument on isolating the deaf from hearing by moving them into a deaf environment and having them receive teachers who are trained to sign, helping the deaf interact with their teachers. Lane states “Why would such heroic medicine be practiced on young deaf children? For this to be justified”. It is explained that a child at such a young age will struggle in an environment of mixed children hearing and deaf. There are reasons of not being able to communicate with teachers or other

Would it be acceptable if the preimplantation genetic diagnosis provides the opportunity and hearing impaired parents choose to have a child with hearing disability? Some people draw parallels with intentionally harming a baby, e.g. depriving the child of his/her hearing sense . Thus, they say, it is unethical. Some people argue that by choosing the child with disability it harms the society . However, ethical considerations for this problems becomes difficult when it is difficult to decide what is a disability. Deaf community often argues that hearing impairment is a culture, thus it should be permitted to choose a child with the same culture as them3. Therefore, one