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Deafness and Hearing Loss
Deaf or hearing impaired people have either complete or partial hearing loss. These people often require the use of hearing aids or sign language to hear and communicate. Hard of hearing people are those who suffer from a form of partial hearing loss usually caused by aging or trauma.
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What does a Miracle Ear 2150 RIC Hearing Aid cost?
$3,995 a pair, currently. This is supposedly a limited deal ending tomorrow.
What is sensorineural deafness?
Sensorineural deafness is decreased hearing or hearing loss that occurs from damage to the inner ear, the nerve that runs from the ear to the brain (auditory nerve), or the brain.
Sensorineural deafness can be present at birth (congenital), or it can develop later in life (acquired) as a result of:
Disease of the blood vessels (vascular disease)
Immune disease
Infections
Injury
Meniere's disease
Multiple sclerosis
Use of certain medicines
Tumor
In some cases, the cause is unknown.
How can you get tested for a beltone hearing aid?
You can reach Beltone via the phone or internet to find a Beltone hearing aide center near you. Then call for an appointment. A specialist will be able to do a full evaluation to see if you are a candidate for the Beltone hearing aid.
No one person started the deaf culture. The culture of the deaf community has evolved as those without hearing have come together to bond with others who understand their way of life and issues that affect them as a whole.
Some types of hearing loss may be due to a difference in air pressure between the inner ear and the rest of the world. Swallowing moves thing about in your head/neck, which may be enough to equalize the pressure.
I'm personally deaf myself. You can get the 'deaf' by those below:
-GENE (DNA) from your previous family. If anyone is deaf (for eg. your mother) is deaf before your father and mother doing "bed issue" You'll be 50% deaf but if both of your parents is deaf themselves, probably 80 to 95% but if your family ancestors is FULL DEAF HISTORY, you probably 99% to 100% will be born deaf. It all depends on your genetics.
-MENINGITIS. It is very bad diseases for young children, sometimes in adulthood and eldery. You could become full-deaf from Meningitis, or you could lose your visual (blind) and other things but commonly is lose your hearing and losing your visual but I think it is' rare to be both at same time.
Meningitis is not a 'rare' disease. It is commonly disease.
You could be first person in your family to have meningitis or all it depend on your genetics. If your parents got meningitis before they doing "bed issue" to give birth on you, you would be 25 to 50% possiblity BUT. If BOTH PARENTS who have meningitis before they doing "bed issue" you would receive meningitis around 50 to 60% possibility.
You will also become deaf or lose hearing if you involve something that hit your head very bad like falling off from balcony and lands on your head and you're well, not hurt at all but.. your hearing could losing.There is many other things could make you deaf from hearing.
MAIN ISSUE for hearing to become to deaf is: I-Pod. Next time, you hear to I-Pod, please make sure you keep lower the volume, even if you are deaf.
How can a cochlea implant help people with hearing loss?
- If you have severe sensorineural hearing impairment (in both ears).
- If you have a functioning auditory nerve.
- If you have lived at least a short amount of time without hearing.
- If you have good speech, language, and communication skills. (In the case of infants and young children, the family must be willing to work toward speech therapy.)
- If you receive no benefit from other hearing aids.
- If you are able to undergo surgery.
Like allergies and birthmarks, deafness as a symptom by itself is not genetic. Deafness as a symptom of a disease which is genetic, is genetic.
How deaf people communicate with non-deaf people?
Either through sign language, writing back and forth, an interpreter, or gesturing. You can look on the internet for sign language interpreting agencies near you. They are business who will get you in contact with a professional who can communicate in sign language and whatever spoken language you use.
Another OpinionIf you are asking the degree of communication skill, then I would have to say that Deaf people are far more skilled at understanding non-deaf, or hearing people, than visa versa. After all, Deaf people live in a world where they have to struggle to communicate, whereas, hearing people have less of a need to do that with Deaf people.So, in conclusion: Deaf people communicate very well with non-deaf people. And, non-deaf people have a hard time communicating with Deaf people.
What is asymetrical hearing loss?
According to American council of Otolaryngology - Hearing loss of average 15dB at 0.5, 1, 2kHz or average of 30dB at 3, 4, 6 khz between two ears is called as assymetrical hearing loss
What 3 things contribute to hearing loss?
- Pain in one or both ears
- Dizziness or vertigo
- Ringing in the ears, called tinnitus
- Pressure or fullness in one or both ears
When you are deaf what part is damaged?
When you are deaf multiple parts of the ear can be injured. The ear receives sound as vibration that it converts into sound that is understood by the brain. The parts of the ear that can be injured to result in deafness are the following: the eardrum, the cochlea, the auditory nerve and the middle ear ossicles. Damage to any one of these will result in deafness.
Why should deaf people be proud of laurent clerc?
Deaf people should be proud of Laurent Clerc because he was a pioneering educator and advocate for the deaf community in the 19th century. As one of the founders of the first permanent school for the deaf in the United States, Clerc played a crucial role in promoting sign language and establishing a formal education system for deaf individuals. His contributions significantly advanced the recognition and rights of deaf people, helping to shape a strong cultural identity within the community. Clerc's legacy continues to inspire and empower deaf individuals today.
Being exposed to very loud sounds can make people deaf or cause them to have certin dieases to the ear involving the ear such as an ear ache. I you have an ear ache go to a hospital ASAP or a Dr. ear aches cause pain in the ear be prepared for an ear ache any type inner ear middle ear or outer ear.
They're not. This is a classical stereotype which is not true at all.
Also, referring to mute people as "dumb" is discrimination. You risk being sued and/or jailed for discrimination.
Learn some respect.
How many deaf or hard of hearing people are in the US?
Currently, it is hard to say. But with 1986 statistics, approximately 750,000 (5% of total population) reported having a hearing problem great enough to occasionally cause them some degree of difficulty in Australia, particularly in noisy conditions. Reference: Gallaudet Encyclopedia of Deaf People and Deafness. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1986.
How many schools are there for deaf people in the US?
Yes, there are many schools which cater only to the deaf. These schools have many different methods of teaching, for example some may place emphasis on sign language and others on lipreading.
What are the dangers of hitting your head and having hearing loss?
If a blow to the head has caused you to sweat profusely, SEEK IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION. This may be a syptom of bleeding or swelling in the brain, as it indicates a malfunction of your nervous system's body temperature regualtion. DO NOT DRIVE. Get a ride or call 911.
Yes but because they cannot hear themselves, to correct the mistakes they are making it comes across similar to that of someone with Downs Syndrome speaking to you. So they choose to Sign instead. yes some of us can speak but normally only if, like myself have been born hearing & gone deaf over time but some deaf people can't speak very well because we can't hear how things are pronounced, simple things like 'Beans' has the same lip pattern as 'peas' so unless you can hear it it just guess work.
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The above answers is pretty good but in fact with massive advances in speech therapy over the past couple of decades some people who are born deaf can speak pretty well, though there is always a strange flat tone and they often have great difficult in modulating their volume. They may innadvertantley shout or may whisper out of fear of shouting or embarassment at their speech abilities. Children and younger people who have benefited from improved speech therapy generally have much clearer speech than older deaf people whose attempts at speech are likely to be unintelligible.
Yes, but if they have always been deaf they may not form sounds the same way the hearing population does so their speech will sound different and sometimes is difficult to distinguish some words.
What can affect a persons hearing?
When old people lose their hearing, it's called presbyopia. It happens to all people with age, also called age-related hearing loss. It is caused by inner ear wear and tear or trauma which damages or destroys small hair-like follicles which vibrate and turns outside stimuli into sounds we can hear and interpret. This damage can be the result of loud noise, strong vibration and certain medication over a lifetime (think ear buds, loud car stereo and high volume gaming).
This damage is cumulative and it is irreversible; the little hairs, once gone, do not grow back. So if you take better care of your hearing by using ear buffers when attending live concerts (don't stand by the amplifiers), wearing earplugs when working around load machinery and turning the MP3 players down along with other common sense precautions, you can delay hearing loss for many years or equaling important, prevent Tinnitus, a constant ringing in your ears that affects your hearing not to mention sanity.
