Latisha Walker EDU 620 1/21/2013 Assistive Technology for Visual and Hearing Impairments I have always wanted to understand and empathize with people who have experienced like with have no or limited hearing or vision. I want to understand how this will impact their education as well as life. On the up side of things there are so many new assistive technology devices that help people with vision and hearing disabilities and that is what I am going to touch on in this paper In article from
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I. Imagine watching your favorite movie with no sound‚ or attending your favorite bands concert and hearing nothing. A. 1 out of Every 1‚000 people in the United States become deaf before age 18 B. 9-22 people out of every 1‚000 suffer from a hearing Impairment and are included in the Deaf spectrum II. My name is Carolyn Hernandez and I’m here to talk about Deaf Culture. A. There is an entirely separate culture associated with the Deaf community. B
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going well. Three types of communication barriers are shown below. Communication is not received- They may not respond to the language needs or preferences. Not understanding sensory impairment or disability. For example‚ speaking to a deaf person‚ the sounds are not received. The background noise can stop you hearing‚ and you cannot receive full non-verbal communication if you cannot see a person’s face or body. Communication is received but not understood-A person using slang‚ jargon or complex
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Support Individuals With Specific Communication Need 1.1 Explain the importance of meeting an individual’s meeting needs. Every individual has the right to communication as the Human Rights Act (1998) lists the freedom of expression as well as other rights relating to communication. As a support worker I have a moral obligation as well as adhering to the standards‚ codes of practice‚ guidelines‚ morals and law that govern my practice to ensure that communication needs are met. If an individual’s
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information on the measles‚ the doctor was worried about Louise’s pregnancy‚ even thought she was not very far along. The doctor said that being around someone with these measles could possibly cause congenital defects for the baby. Of course‚ upon hearing this‚ Thomas and Louise went through a very worrisome and anxious nine months until the baby was born. Lynn was born in April of 1965. She is a joy to the parents because she seems to be a perfectly healthy and normal child‚ despite the anxious pregnancy
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Plan Battery-Less Hearing Aid Executive Summary Hard of Hearing patients need something that will suit there financial goals in the long run‚ be less of a hassle to worry about and enhance their hearing all at the same time. We propose in creating a Battery-Less-Hearing Aid and believe that it is the best option to go because Hard of Hearing patients will never have to worry about recharging batteries or buying new ones all the time like you do with our current hearing aids that are available
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A developmental study of auditory preferences in infants with Down’s syndrome and non-handicapped infants when hearing familiar and unfamiliar voices singing nursery rhymes The auditory preferences of 20 non-handicapped infants and 20 infants with Down’s syndrome will be studied at the ages of 6 months and 12 months. A digital apparatus allowing infants to choose whether to listen to one of two auditory stimuli will be used as a measurement of their preferences. Sounds used will include two familiar
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British Journal of Visual Impairment http://jvi.sagepub.com/ The hands and reading : What deafblind adult readers tell us Cynthia L. Ingraham and Jean F. Andrews British Journal of Visual Impairment 2010 28: 130 DOI: 10.1177/0264619609359416 The online version of this article can be found at: http://jvi.sagepub.com/content/28/2/130 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com Additional services and information for British Journal of Visual Impairment can be found at: Email Alerts:
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get older‚ their senses can become dulled. A very common side effect to getting older is hearing loss. This makes it very difficult to communicate. People with hearing loss will not understand exactly what you are saying and can often misinterpret what they hear. This poses a significant problem when trying to identify why an elderly person is seeking medical attention. It is often possible for the hearing impaired to be slightly self conscious about their disability and pretend to understand
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in their head. The message gets sent which is where individuals send the message‚ for example speak or sign what they want to communicate. The message was received where the other person senses that they have sent a message by‚ for example hearing their words or seeing their signs. The message gets decoded this is where the other person has to interpret what they have communicated. The message gets understood which is where the other person has concentrated and there are no barriers
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