Causes of being deaf and auditory field
deaf people refer to people that can hear- hearing or hearin people, hearing world
hearing privilege, the world designed for people that can hear and speak
may meet people that are Deaf, deaf, Deaf- Blind, DeafDisabled, hard of hearing, or late-deafened, ask what they identify
DDBDDHHLD (which represents the let- ters of those terms)
deaf individuals don't want answer questions about their deafness
some audiologist may suggest using spoken language and not to learn asl
ASL is actually proven to be beneficial, preventing them to may cause damage
apron. 48 million Americans are deaf or hard of hearing
audiologists detecting hearing levels and proposing accomidati9ons
audiologist- physoical exam of out ear malformations, ear canal ear drum
then hearing tones or pure tone audiometry, increase sound level until they can hear
standardized test list of words to identify words,
referrals to audiologist cal rehab is sent
moderate hearing label is able to hear sounds that are 41 to 55 dB or higher.
16 to 25 dB would be identified as having a slight hearing loss.
56 to 70 dB would be told they have a mod- erately severe hearing level.
severe hearing label would hear a range of 71 to 90 dB or higher.
pro- found hearing levels would only be able to hear sounds that are 91 dB or above
pounds hearing loss, would be known as "truly deaf" or "so deaf"
hearing people usually never see an audiologist as deaf people see countless
reasons for audiogram- qualifying for deaf olympics, vocational rehab, social security benefits, admission at a deaf institution
hearing impaired is used by audiologists for types of hearing loss
categorized by deaf at birth, or at the age lost, or if they didn't hear language before going deaf prelingually deaf
post linguallt are those who have heard language before becoming deaf
hard of hearuing- slight to moderate hearing loss
hard of hearing people usually benefit from hearing adis and other devices
some hard of hearing may not, they might only hear high frequency
naie hearing people ask about why can hear one thing but not hear speech or why they can speak but not hear
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very hard of hearing puffed cheeks meaning the opposite
Little hard of hearing meaning the opposite
hearing loss causes- issues with outer and middle ear are conductive
issues ins ear within auditory nerve sensorineural
genetic that are inherited, gene muta- tions are the cause of deafness in approxi- mately more than 50% of babies born deaf
some genes make them deaf at birth others in teens or child
“deaf” genes are nonsyndromic, meaning that these genes only cause the person to become deaf without any other physical changes
there is complicated relationship between auditory tech and deaf community
many cures in earlier times were tortuoues
other tech devices were used as money scams
even in 1960s-80s children forced to use big devices at times were painful
constant trauma and abusive the community became distrustful of auditory tech
aural rehab-identifying hearing differences and in developing hearing and speaking skills.
hearing screening laws are now required earlier
before it was usually discovered at the age of 2-3years
96% of deaf babies, are born to parents with not ASL exposure
Auditorial professionals don't receive training in deaf culture
deaf scholars report the importance of exposure to ASL in infants early life
Babies have to go through series of test before seeing a auditory specialist, then go through pediatrics,