Baby Justice Cannot Hear

In 1998, I was involved with a newborn hearing screening research project that helped determine if otoacoustic emissions (OAE) could be measured one hour or less after birth. At the time, there were no laws mandating newborn hearing screening, and

In today’s society there is an ongoing debate of weather children who are deaf should receive cochlear implants. A cochlear implant is a device that takes sound wave and changes the waves into electrical activity for the brain to interpret. Wire called electrodes are surgically implanted into the cochlear nerve which receives a signal from the microphone attached to the transmitter and speech processor. The microphone captures the sound from the environment and the speech processor filters the noise versus speech. Then the transmitter sends an electrical signal through the electrodes to stimulate the cochlear nerve. Every person has a different thought depending on their experiences in their life whether deaf children should receive cochlear

Sensory impairments usually result in the other senses becoming stringer. Although it could delay the child’s development if it isn’t diagnosed early, the earlier it is diagnose the earlier the child can be supported and be taught relevant things in a way that suits them.

Riedner and Efros (1995) stressed that “nonorganic hearing loss signals that not all is right with the child” (p. 197). Unfortunately, there are cases where the child falsifies a hearing loss because help is needed. A study conducted by Riedner and Efros (1995) looked at three

During the summer of that year, he listened to music everyday on full blast through his iPod. He was horrified when he came to the revelation that his hearing was almost gone once he turned off the iPod. It greatly affecting his life in the fall when school started, rendering him crippled. He still struggles with this problem now, three years later. She brings in a specimen that is extremely similar as the intended audience, so they can relate to the problem and understand the gravity of the problem, and how it can affect their life.

Twenty-six percent of infants ears demonstrated hearing loss during the first year of life, and 78% of children’s ears demonstrated hearing loss during the study period. Of the children’s ears with hearing loss, 100% had a conductive component and 26% had an additional sensorineural component (mixed hearing loss…Common temporal bone findings included thickening and sclerosis of the

Claire is now transitioning into preschool, and her parents are worried about what Claire's first school experience will be like but luckily for Claire her new teacher, Ms. Williams, is a veteran preschool teacher and in the past, Ms. Williams has taught students with disabilities who use alternative communication systems but from what I read in the article Ms. Williams doesn't have any experience in working with children cochlear implant nevertheless she is very eager to learn and work with Claire. Ms. Williams seems a bit nervous to work with Claire and has several questions about cochlear implants. Ms. Williams has heard that the cochlear implant devices are very expensive and she is worried about simply keeping track of Claire's device, she also worries about the troubleshooting of the device if something goes wrong, is there a difference between teaching a child with a cochlear implant and teaching other children with disabilities. Although Ms. Williams is anxious to learn more about cochlear implants and how to best support Claire's developing listening and communication skills. Ms. Williams assumes Claire will need a variety of visual supports and she wonders about the different types of visual supports and accommodations that Claire might

Since the age of 2, Brandon Edquist has been deaf since he was two and when he turned three, he got a cochlear implant as said in his interview with INSIDER. Edquist describes his experience living with his implant being unbearable. His cochlear implant created artificial ringing noises that distracted him from being able to focus on other sounds. Once Edquist began to learn how to associate sounds with specific words with the help of physical therapists, he felt frustrated most if time by the difficulty it was for him to learn, plus, he recalled, how it was difficult to differentiate sounds because to him they seemed the same. According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, “About 2 to 3 out of every

Ben is shown in everyday activities that teenagers partake in, such as, video games, playing basketball and even rollerblading. Ben’s ears have become so keen on being able to pick up sounds off of his surroundings due to applying his skills on his adaptation to echolocation for a long period of time. In an article published in Acta Physica Polonica, Skrodzka states, “It is suggested that people who are congenitally blind or who have lost their sight at an early age are better at identifying and differentiating sounds than those who have become blind in adolescence or adulthood.” (Skrodzka et al.) Ben has gotten his ‘feet wet’ early on his life to learn and master the techniques to his adaptation for his life changing skill.

According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, about two to three children out of every 1,000 are born with a detectable level of hearing impairment in the United States. Without hearing, children miss out on the acoustic correlates of the physical world, such as car horns and footsteps. Children are also limited in their exposure to patterned complexities in music and spoken word. These hard of hearing and deaf students grow and develop in unique ways compared to their hearing peers because of the stimulus they do not have. Researchers have focused on how communication methods for hard of hearing and deaf children affect their development in the physical, social-emotional, cognitive and communicative

For Kelly’s surgery doctors decided to permanently implant electrodes into her ear, by attaching an electrode array into the inner ear (cochlea) and a receiver which is placed behind the ear. By doing this each device will be connected to a magnet and an antenna making sound signals channel through her brain. Overall Kelly’s surgery is successful and with speech therapy Kelly is able to talk and hear noises that she was not really able to before.

The human life span is from conception to death and can be divided into eight different developmental periods. This essay will focus on the early childhood period that ranges from two to five or six years of age. Firstly, this essay will describe the typical developmental milestones during early childhood and how they play an important role in each developmental stage that follows. Secondly, it will analyse how the home and educational environments influence early childhood. Finally, it will define Auditory Processing Disorder and the characteristics of a child with this condition. This essay will demonstrate the significant impact Auditory Processing Disorder can have significant effects on development and in the future.

When a child who has a profound sensorineural hearing loss turns one year of age they become candidates for a cochlear implant. Before a child is implanted it is important to perform an MRI to assess the condition of the VIIIth nerve (some conditions associated with ANSD can damage the VIIIth nerve). Studies show that cochlear implantation in children with ANSD can lead to improved speech and language skills (especially compared to children who are not implanted and only receive hearing aids). This is because a cochlear implant allows the child to access a broader frequency range than they would get with just hearing aids (Norrix & Velenovsky, 2014, p. 1571-1572). In one study researchers looked at children with ANSD and their central auditory development and behavioral outcomes after being fit with cochlear implants. During the study 24 children with ANSD were examined and all of which were fit with cochlear implants. The mean age of these children was 3.8 years. The average amount of time that the children had their cochlear implants was 0.8 years (with a standard deviation of 0.57). None of the children who participated in the study had cochlear nerve deficiency. The P1 CAEP was used to assess the central audiotry maturation in all of the children studied and the IT-MAIS (infant toddler meaningful auditory integration scale) was used to assess the behavioral outcomes of the children. The results showed that all but one child in the study showed progress in cortical maturation after being fit with cochlear implants. Most of the children in the study showed age-appropriate central auditory maturation with the acceptation of the few other children who showed delayed cortical responses. There were no children in the study that showed abnormal cortical responses. The results of this study also showed that there could be a critical period at which children with ANSD are implanted. This critical

This presentation of "Losing Listening," is an important critical observation.When I think of making meaning from sound just as important for most people who are auditory learning from birth, with an exception of course to someone with a hearing disability. The way our sound patterns are already tuned into the influence of our culture and ethnicity, tells me that sound is universal. But, it can be timely as well. When children are learning. The first thing their learning is how to distinguish sound, even the sound of their own noises. Eventually, children learn by audible cues and can distinguish inflections in tenses of their parent voice audibles.

We naturally rely on our five senses to learn and develop. The ability to hear and see determines our capability to learn, making these two the most important of the five senses. The human ear is very complex in structure and fragile through growth and development. The structure of an ear is made of three parts; the outer ear, middle ear, and inner ear. In order to hear, sound waves pass through the outer ear, causing vibrations at the eardrum inside the middle ear. From here, the vibrations are amplified and pass through fluid-like substance in a snail-shaped structure called the cochlea, located in the inner ear. The cochlea has tiny hairs that translate and send sound vibrations through different electrical signals to the brain, which is where one sound is distinguished from another. If any of these processes of the ear do not work correctly, then a person can lose their hearing. If a child loses their hearing at an early age without screening or treatment, than their ability to learn and associate will be reduced and their cognitive development will be affected. The process of hearing is very important in how a child will learn and communicate. In order for babies to learn they have to be able to hear and process the sounds in their environment and recognize familiarity in voice and face. Due to the developing immunes system hearing loss is more frequent in young children and babies. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics hearing loss is the most