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Causes of Being Deaf and Auditory Innovation, Auditory technology…
Causes of Being Deaf and Auditory Innovation
Auditory technology
Cochlear Implants
Surgery is risky
Doesn't mimic real hearing
Sometimes looked down upon by others that are deaf
Expensive
Genetic Engineering
Controversial
Allows parents to know the genetic makeup of their child before they are born
Can allow parents to choose what their child is like genetically
Toes the line of being eugenics
Hearing level screening
History of screening infants
Sometimes deafness is missed early on
Audiologist
Hearing Aids
Most widely used technology
Only truly useful if there is residual hearing
Worn for different reasons
Deaf and hearing
Causes of Hearing Loss
Genetics
Acquired loss
Conductive loss
Sensorineural loss
Audiologist and audiograms
Audiogram is a chart that
measures sound
Audiologist gives the individual a
label based on what the audiogram says
Hearing people may never have
had an audiogram