How Audiology Can Affect Day-To-Day Life

Growing up I never dreamed of one day becoming an audiologist. In fact, until recent years I knew very little about the field of audiology. During my sophomore year at LSU, I enrolled in an anatomy and physiology course that properly introduced me to the human ear. I became fascinated with the intricate structures of the ear and the science behind audition. The more I learn about the field of audiology, the more captivated I become. The human body is extraordinary and the field of audiology seamlessly blends both science and art. During my last semester of college, I gained firsthand experience with the profession through an undergraduate hearing clinic. This clinical experience provided me with direct exposure to audiologic assessments and

Sitting in the audiology suite that had with two other audiologist and the patient’s wife I felt that this is place that I should be. When questions were exchanged between the patient and the audiologist, I realized that I needed to be able to clearly pronounce words and founded it enjoying task - I didn’t get frustrated. I am in currently shadowing a 3 months cochlear implant patient check-in. The patient was man that was more than happy to allow me to shadow his appointment. During all numerous hearing test, the patient had complained about how certain sounds were high pitched. After modifying certain frequency, the patient was retested and felt much better. This experience is what attracted me to a career in audiology was the positive impact an audiologist can have on people’s lives. Audiologist can help older people reconnect with family and friends when they have been slipping into a silent world and began giving up on participating in conversations. It is quite special the role an audiologist has in keeping people connected with one another.

In order to gain a better understanding of the difficulties faced by people with hearing loss I wore ear plugs for an entire day in a variety of settings. The hearing loss simulation made relatively simple parts of my day much more difficult and really showed how much hearing loss can impact daily life. As discussed in class the shift from being “able-bodied to disabled”, was quite difficult to cope with.

Getting parents involved is essential to supporting the development of a child with hearing loss. Counselling parents on the type and degree of hearing loss their child has and the effects of hearing loss is important. It is important to not focus solely on what the child cannot hear but also what the child can hear. Parents will need a lot of support in the beginning and it is my job as an audiologist to provide information and my professional advice. The goal is to help parents make the choices that are right for them and create positive outcomes for the child. It is necessary for parents to understand the benefit of amplification or intervention services so that everyone involved is working towards a common goal. Parents should also be knowledgeable of the services available to them and be prepared to advocate for their child. The school system provides supports for children with hearing loss and parents need to know how to obtain the services for their child. The audiologist can act as a resource for parents at any point as the child develops there will be new challenges. There is a partnership between the parent and the audiologist based on trust and a mutual understanding to provide the best care for the

There are approximately 35 million people in the United States who are considered deaf or hard of hearing (Culture and Empowerment in the Deaf Community). The majority of these deaf people struggle in the hearing world until they can find a connection to their deafness. They constantly

As we suspect that a hearing loss is affecting Ed’s quality of life, we need to start with convincing him to have a hearing test. With this information, we can make an informative decision about what our next steps will be. These may be to wait until we have Ed’s comfort in being ready to try some hearing aids or to at least start a one to three month trial with some. It is essential that Ed wants to use the hearing aids, as we know a 100% commitment is required. Unlike glasses, hearing aids require the person who is wearing them to learn new sounds and adapt to the supplementary noise. If Ed isn’t committed fully he will most likely reject the aids after a few days. Once the test has been taken and if it reveals that there is an hearing impairment, we may be able to point out the situations where Ed is

The book Shouting Won 't Help by Katherine Boulton is a memoir and guide about being hearing impaired. Her journey about having a bilateral hearing loss: profound deaf in one ear and severely impaired in the other ear. It is a part memoir and a part scientific study about her experience. The book is organized using the author 's personal experience while also explore series of questions about the different types of causes of deafness - environmental and medical factors, the social stigma attached to it, the professional challenges faced with hearing loss and the technologies that help. At the end of every chapter, the author includes a titled chapter “Voices” about other people 's stories about their hardship and experience.

Furthermore, I was instructed by my own Audiologist to wear hearing aids in both ears on a daily basis—especially at school. This was quite a culture shock to me as I had lived my life thus far without clearly struggling in school, social settings, and eight years of sports due to any hearing issues. It took me a while to embrace my disability and develop a positive outlook on the situation. Little did I know, it would serve as a blessing in disguise for the rest of my life. In light of my situation, I decided to study Communication Sciences and Disorders at Florida State University in hopes of becoming an Audiologist myself. I want to be there for my future patients who will go through the same experience as I have. Most importantly-- I want to be able to comfort them from a place that stems from personal experience. I want to become an Audiologist that not only counsels those on hearing loss, but one that promotes the proper safety, treatment, and protection of the human hearing system. As I have gotten further in to my major, I’ve noticed that an aspect of Audiology that is sometimes overlooked, is the importance of counseling that goes into it. I feel that my personal experience would highly qualify me as a compassionate and empathetic Audiologist that can enhance patient awareness of hard-of-hearing individuals and safe hearing practices. Looking forward, I envision myself

There are more than 100,000 Speech-Language Pathologists in the Unites States, 70% of which find themselves employed in elementary or secondary schools. Since the 1950’s, speech teachers have worked with children to improve their speaking or hearing disabilities as well as struggled with the size of their caseload and workload. Groups and organizations have made efforts to solve this problem; none have been fruitful. This is caused by a lack of adequate backing or support. Speech-Language Pathologists employed in schools face many difficulties concerning caseload and workload, including general issues, caseload stress, student placement, and even job shortages.

The article I have chosen is titled Speech-Language Pathologist In Schools For The deaf. This article analyzes a survey taken of speech-language pathologist in schools for the hard of hearing across the United States. It talks about their caseload size, characteristics, delivery of service, and scope of practice. The results of this survey are compared to previous surveys taken in large and small school settings.

Drug Administration Reauthorization Act of 2017, Legislation that includes the Over the Counter Hearing Aid Act designed to provide greater public accessibility and affordability with over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids” (The Hearing review). In the United states today there is “an estimated 30 million to 48 million Americans who have some sort of hearing loss that diminishes the quality of their lives” (Jane Brody). As a future Audiologist it is easy to see why this a big deal. Audiology is “the science of hearing, balance, and related disorders” (ASHA) and Audiologist are the professionals who help individuals with mild to serve hearing loss, gain access to the

Dawn Aultman, now a speech-language pathologists (SLP) in the healthcare field, always knew she had a passion for helping others overcome speech impairments. Dawn has personal experiences with seeing family members struggle with speech and became a pathologist in the education field. In this work, students were Mrs. Dawns main priority and then she moved to healthcare. Moving to the healthcare field, Mrs. Aultman expressed the benefits she gained resulting in numerous dissatisfaction for a school pathologist. The education field has factors in the work environment that hinders the turnover rate of pathologists. According to a study posted by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association on SLP workforce and work conditions, workload/high

This was a unique and influential program for me, because it combined not only my interest in communication disorders, but also cultural differences. It also gave me the privilege to spend a year in Argentina as a student to immerse myself in the culture and achieve an improved level of fluency in the language. Through varied pre-clinical and clinical experiences, I was introduced to the idea that audiologists are more than just the people who give out hearing aids. Rather, through observation and interaction, it became clear that an audiologists’ job is not just detecting a hearing loss, but also in educating the patient and their family, sharing resources to improve quality of life, and a determination to investigate new techniques and technologies to provide better care. Furthermore, it became clear that part of an audiologist’s role is to demonstrate compassion and willingness to listen carefully to their patients, both of which are characteristics that I hope to

We use our ears to hear sounds to hear other people’s words, listen for sounds if you are alone in the dark, listen to music, television, radio, etc. With that being said audiology helps people with hearing problems in general. Audiology is important, because if someone has a hearing problem they can go to an audiologist to get their hearing problems fixed and then they will be able to hear clearly again. In May 2015 the average pay for audiologists was 74,890 dollars annually the lowest pay was less than 49,760 dollars and the highest pay was more than 111,450 dollars. The admission requirements for Vanderbilt

Media takes all forms of shapes, from video games to music it influences people daily because we are always surrounded by it. Music especially impacts individuals because in a lot of ways it can say what we want to say in times when we as individuals cannot say it. In those times we lean on music to help us understand the hardship we are going through, or as a mechanism to face our feelings or to block them out. Interpersonal violence which is defined as an individual using power over another in the form of violence whether that be emotional, physical, or sexual. With the many forms of interpersonal violence it’s apparent that it has been expressed in the form of music for quite a while, and sometimes not always in a preventative way. By