Brenna Weaver 25 September 2014 Fred Palchick ALS I Risks and Benefits of Cochlear Implants Whether a cochlear implant will be beneficial to a person depends on that individual altogether. Age‚ compatibility‚ and funding are all important factors that help decide if a cochlear implant will be beneficial or even available. Age is very critical because in human development there is a sensitive period with hearing. A sensitive period is a certain amount of time that is given for a person to be exposed
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Unit 4222-258 Introductory awareness of sensory loss (SSMU 2.1) Outcome 1 1. There are many different facts that can have a impact on people with sensory loss. Communication and awareness play big roles in the impact. They may find it difficult to feed themselves‚ dressing and mobility. Hobbies and interests can have negative impact on their lives. They may also feel scared and alone due to this. There can be positive factors that can help out the person such as increased help‚ aids for support
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\ Conclusion Questions 1.3.3 1. Why are cochlear implants controversial? The deaf community believes a deaf person’s ability to live a full and meaningful life is not compromised by his or her deafness‚ so the suggestion that cochlear implants provide advantages over a deaf lifestyle is shortsighted and insensitive. Many deaf people deal very well with their deafness‚ learning sign language and lip reading and adapting their work and home environments to accommodate their loss of hearing. Another
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The De’VIA and Experiences of Their Eyes Art involving Deaf Visual and Image Art is known as De’VIA. De’VIA was an art movement inspired by deaf artists to “come out of the closet” during the early 1980s and late 1990s (Miller 303). To come out of the closet is to show pride in being deaf‚ instead of hiding their deafness or trying to imitate the hearing. Deaf people have a history comprise of discrimination‚ being ignored and oppressed by the hearing world. Thus‚ through their art they are able
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We all know that children is the most important thing to their parents. Whatever they look like‚ whatever they are handicapped‚ their parents love them forever. A deaf child‚ is not easy for parents to face. There are five point that I will do to my child to make them grow successfully. First of all‚ I believe that a strong heart is the most important than any other tools or skills which can help kid to grow healthy. By building that‚ I would use some powerful words to teach my child to become
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It is possible for an individual to be Deaf and still be successful. It is also possible for an individual who is Deaf to have the ability of speech. It is possible for a Deaf individual to be treated equally in this world. Often times‚ the world categorizes a deaf person as someone who will never amount to the same abilities as a normal hearing person. In reality‚ a Deaf person could amount up to and even surpass some hearing person abilities. In the BBC documentary‚ Deaf Teens: Hearing World‚
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Real Case Study on a hearing impaired student at a school Background of Student The student has a bilateral hearing impairment. He wears 2 hearing aids and uses a radio system in school. All staff are aware of the student’s difficulties and use the radio and microphone system appropriately. An STA meets with the student each day to check his hearing aids and ensure there are no problems. At present the student is also undergoing the process of assessment to determine if he has an autistic
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The deaf community distinguish themselves from hearing impaired‚ the deaf individual complete loss of the ability to hear from one or both ears‚ and hearing impaired differentiate‚ because they wear hearing aids. Deaf people irrespective of their culture of self-identity‚ they are continuously looking to be socially accepted by their abilities not by the disabilities within the societies. (Masitry‚ Toh‚ Herawan 2013) Deaf community as a cultural minority is focus on consciousness and understanding
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One of the most annoying aspects of my job is interviewing an elderly patient that has come into the hospital‚ and they have some sort of hearing impaired. Trying to have a conversation while almost yelling‚ and having words get lost in translation‚ can be very frustrating. So for this assignment‚ I decided to impair my hearing with ear plugs in both ears to simulate aging. I did this on two separate occasions‚ once at home for about a half an hour while everyone was home and I was doing my normal
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The film Through Deaf Eyes demonstrated a great understanding of the death community. I found this short film extremely educational as well as informative of the Deaf culture and its people. This film opened my eyes and broaden my education in the Deaf culture. Growing up I never came into the situation of interacting with someone who was Deaf‚ before my ASL class I had absolutely no idea that there was such a rich and interesting history in the Deaf community. I found this movie to be extremely
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