Nt1310 Unit 1 Assignment

I face a number of unusual personal expenses that make it difficult for my family to contribute to the cost of my education. Unfortunately, I along with my two other siblings and mother have been diagnosed with a variety of autoimmune diseases. I have been diagnosed with Type One Juvenile Diabetes, my middle sister has been diagnosed Vitiligo, my youngest sister has a form of Uveitis, and my mother has been diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis. In order to treat our respective diseases we need to take the prescribed medications that are each very costly and do not have a generic brand available on the pharmaceutical market. The treatment of my, my siblings, and mother’s collective diseases is financially heavy on our family, and it makes it

I made one other staff application before on a server called PowerCraft. I was fortunate enough (and lucky enough) to actually come through. The staff application format over at PowerCraft's website was similar to the format on this

Before starting my day, I usually put on a earphone and press “shuffle play” on my Throwback playlist on my Spotify account. The most recent five songs that I have listened to before writing this assignment was You Rock My World - With intro by Michael Jackson, Baby, I’m Back by Baby Bash, Just The Two Of Us by Grover Washington, Charlene by Anthony Hamilton, and Show Me The Way by Earth Wind & Fire. Interestingly I have never heard these songs until last year because I was only exposed to music that was on the radio station such as 94.9 or 106.1 where newest and trending songs were played most often. Since three of those songs were produced in early 2000’s and the other two produced between the 1970s and 1980s, I was never able to come across

I met my best friend Briana Williams when I was eight years old, in the second grade at Flat Rock Elementary School. Ms. Wyatt our second grade teacher would always line us up next to each other because we were both about the same height. Before you knew it we began forming a friendship.

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

Genes are like road maps for various proteins, which are the building blocks of the body. Every person will inherit half of their genes from their mother and the other half from their father. This includes healthy genes and genes that might be defective and cause a health disorder such as hearing loss. Defective genes can be inherited from one parent, or both parents. If the possibility of passing along defective genes is an issue, couples might seek genetic counseling where informed decisions can be made pertaining to medical, psychological, and support groups. For some parents-to-be where the possibility of having a deaf child is a concern, counseling can be beneficial. Typically, genetic counseling is not sought after by members of the Deaf community due to not having concerns over reproductive outcomes.

Having a father with hearing loss I know a little about hearing aids and some of the testing that people go through. I also knew that volume of the person speaking can be a sign of hearing loss, having a former employ and friend who are both loud and both have partial hearing loss. I did also know about the structure of the ear from biology courses and that hearing is measured in decibels. I did know that children with hearing issues are normal or even gifted but they just may struggle from the lack of hearing.

For eight hours, I got to step into the shoes of over 48 million Americans who live with a hearing loss. I had the opportunity to experience what it means to have an invisible impairment in a world made for those who have good hearing. The bright orange earplug served as my ticket to one of the most humbling adventures I have ever undertaken. I would have never imagined that a 32dB unilateral hearing loss would cause so much frustration. With frustration, however, came understanding and empathy. I am now confident that my experience will aid me in developing accurate expectations and treatment plans to my future clients.

Beethoven, who was embarrassed that he was deaf , overcame it. Noticing, signs of deafness

The most challenging aspect was seeing the isolation that hearing loss can cause; the withdrawal and depression some experience as a result of their hearing loss. For many this occurs alongside other natural aspects of aging which means maintaining and using hearing aids was causing as much frustration as it was benefit.

The most widely recognized reason for listening to misfortune in kids is otitis media, the restorative term for a center ear disease or aggravation of the center ear. This condition can happen in one or both ears and basically influences kids because of the state of the youthful Eustachian tube (and is the most incessant finding for kids going to a doctor). At the point when left undiscovered and untreated, otitis media can prompt contamination of the mastoid bone behind the ear, a burst ear drum, and listening to misfortune. In the event that treated suitably, listening to misfortune identified with otitis media can be reduced.

Hearing impairments are the leading congenital disability in children, each year in the United States, more than 5000 babies are born with documented hearing loss. When you meet someone with a hearing impairment, it means that they have lost some hearing in one or both ears, hearing loss can happen suddenly or slowly over time. They are also described according to how much hearing has been lost, which is usually explained as: mild, moderate, severe, or profound. Although mild and moderate hearing loss can be overlooked because of the perception that it is not a serious condition, they could experience many obstacles such as: the ability to hear soft to moderately loud noise, difficulty understanding speech wherever there is background noise,

Feeling constant mumbling words hard to understand, asking people to repeat conversation again and again, and turning the television to a level that others would complain to be too loud, are the many symptoms of hearing loss my grandfather suffered and never noticed. It was until 2003, when we brought him to visit an audiologist, being officially told that he had permanent sensorineural hearing loss, due to his natural aging process. This meant not being able to clearly understand people speaking including me, his grandchild. This meant not being able to go to his everyday work as a policeman. This meant not being able to even hear the sounds of nature; the birds chirping, the dog barking.

As an infant, I was diagnosed with moderate hearing loss. This has presented an assortment of challenges that have taken most of my life to overcome. For instance, due to my hearing impairment, I had a slower speech development and reading delays. My speech was so poor that only my parents could understand it at the time. At the start of my schooling, my parents placed me in a hearing impaired program in

At the age of 2, I lost my hearing in Pakistan from a disease called meningitis. When I was 4, my family and I to came to America to explore hearing options. Before coming to America, I had no formal communication, I couldn’t speak or sign. My mom also wanted me to be a part of the hearing culture because I needed to learn English and Urdu so I can communicate with family members. My mom worked with our doctor and I received the cochlear implant. It was so I could communicate in the hearing world and be able to talk and hear. After I got my surgery, I began school and was isolated between hearing and deaf kids. My hearing loss was leaning towards the deaf culture but I wanted to stay with the hearing culture and I did. In the deaf culture,