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What are the Characteristics of a Hearing-Impaired Child🦻🏻 Hearing plays an important role in student development and daily performance.  Hearing impairment occurs when there's a problem with or damage to one or more parts of the hearing mechanism.  It is identified as one of the ten most prevalent causes of disability in the United States.  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (1991) reported that five percent of children 18 years and under have hearing loss.  A student with a hearing impairment is part of a heterogeneous group whose one common characteristic is some degree of hearing loss.  To effectively teach students with hearing impairment, teachers need to become familiar with hearing-related concepts.  The purpose of this chapter is to briefly outline the nature of hearing impairment and provide you with useful current definitions.  The chapter will provide you with information on how we hear, how hearing is assessed, ways of iden...

Impact of hearing impairment on psychological distress and subjective well-being in Older Adults Objective: The main objective of this study was to explore the impact of hearing impairment on psychological distress and subjective well-being in older adults with hearing impairment. Methods: The study with cross-sectional research design was conducted in three public sector hospitals of Lahore, from February 2017 to June 2017. Participants of the study were adults aged 50-90 years and with hearing impairment, selected through a non-probability sampling technique. Demographic Information sheet, Kessler psychological distress scale by Kessler, and Mroczek. in 1992, and the Satisfaction with Life scale by Diener, Emmons, Larsen, and Griffin in 1985 were used for data collection. SPSS 21 was used to analyze the data. Results: There were 200 participants with ages ranging from 53 to 89 years (M= 65.92, SD= 9.70). Of the total, 100 (50%) subjects were men and 100 (50%) were women. Significant ...

Overview Hearing loss that occurs gradually as you age (presbycusis) is common. Almost half the people in the United States older than age 65 have some degree of hearing loss. Hearing loss is defined as one of three types: Conductive (involves outer or middle ear) Sensorineural (involves inner ear) Mixed (combination of the two) Aging and chronic exposure to loud noises both contribute to hearing loss. Other factors, such as excessive earwax, can temporarily reduce how well your ears conduct sounds. You can't reverse most types of hearing loss. However, you and your doctor or a hearing specialist can take steps to improve what you hear. Bones of the middle ear The middle ear contains three tiny bones: Hammer (malleus) — attached to eardrum Anvil (incus) — in the middle of the chain of bones Stirrup (stapes) — attached to the membrane-covered opening that connects the middle ear with the inner ear (oval window) The vibration of the eardrum triggers a chain of vibrations through the ...

Hearing loss and deafness:  Normal hearing and impaired Hearing  The actual organ of hearing is the cochlea in the inner ear. The cochlea receives sound waves and passes them on to the brain. This works smoothly in people with normal hearing. The ears receive sound waves and change them into signals which are sent along nerves to the brain. The brain then analyzes the signals, recognizes them as sounds, and interprets them: as soft music, for instance, or as loud honking or human voices. Sound waves are created when an object moves, for example when a guitar string or loudspeaker membrane vibrates. Whether we hear a sound depends both on the power of the sound (“sound level” or “sound pressure level”) as well as on the frequency (or “pitch”) of the vibration. What do “decibel” and “hertz” mean? The volume or loudness of a sound is determined by the sound pressure level. The higher this is, the louder the sound is. The sound pressure level is measured in decibels (dB). The word...

اختیاری احواس سے مراد وہ احواس ہیں جن پر انسان کو اختیار  Control حاصل ہے۔ انسان اپنی مرضی سے ان کا استعمال کرتا ہے اور جب چاہے ان کو استعمال میں نہیں لاتا لیکن جہاں تک غیر اختیاری احواس کا تعلق ہے اس پر انسان کو اختیار نہیں ۔ انسان کی یہ جس ہر وقت کام کرتی ہے مثلاً اُٹھتے بیٹھتے ، چلتے پھرتے ہوتے جاگتے جتنی کہ یہ جس (ساعت)) انسان کی وہ جس ہے جو پیدائش سے قبل کام شروع کرتی ہے اور موت کے بعد بھی کچھ وقت تک کام کرتی رہتی ہے۔ اب میڈیکل میں ہونے والی تحقیق سے یہ بات ثابت ہو چکی ہے کہ بچہ اس وقت بھی آواز میں سنتا ہے جبکہ وہ ابھی ماں کے پیٹ میں ہوتا ہے اور جہاں تک وفات پانے کے بعد کا تعلق ہے اس کی تصدیق نہ صرف جدید سائنس نے کی ہے بلکہ ہمارے مذهب اسلام نے بھی کی ہے۔ حدیث کا مفہوم کچھ یوں ہے کہ ( موت کے بعد آدمی (مردہ) اپنے عزیز و اقارب کے رونے کی آواز میں سنتا ہے) لیکن اس کے دیگر احواس اس وقت اس کا ساتھ نہیں دیتے جس کی وجہ سے اُسے یہ معلوم نہیں ہوتا کہ یہ کیوں رو رہے  ہیں۔ ایک ماہر نفسیات کے مطابق فرد اپنے احواسِ خمسہ سے مندرجہ ذیل تناسب سے سیکھتا دیکھنے کی حس 75٪   سماعت ک...

Definitions The Experience of Handicapped the terms most frequently used by professionals are impairment, disability, and handicap, although there are differences of opinions over definition and usage. there is a measure of consensus over the need to divide or categorize the disabled population as an aid to inter-disciplinary communication. Impairment Impairment has been defined as an anatomical, pathological, or psychological disorder' which is defined and described symptomatically or diagnostically (Garrad, 1974: 142). Impairments may affect locomotion, motor activities, and sensory systems, and be medically based or of psychological origin. A more concise definition is any loss of psychological, physiological, or anatomical structure or function (Bury. 1979: 36). Impairments may be permanent or temporary, present from birth or acquired adventitiously. It is appropriate to regard the term impairment as a neutral or objective description of the Site, nature, and severity of loss o...