Audiogram

Before we can discuss communication disorders, we must understand what communication is. Communication is what we use every day to exchange thoughts, messages or information to connect people and places. (Schindler, Ruoppolo & Barillari, 2010) If a disorder affects communication, that means there would be difficulty in connecting to the people and things around us. It could begin from a simple sound substitution to the inability to understand or use one’s native language. Now, I would like to

Introduction Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) disease is defined as the backward flow of stomach content up to the throat. It has a wide variety of symptoms in the paedi-atric population, and is usually associated with many otolaryngological problems such as laryngitis, pharyn-gitis, rhinosinusitis, eustachian tube dysfunction, recur- rent otitis media, and otitis media with effusion (OME).1–6 Tasker et al. demonstrated that pepsinogen and pepsin could be found in the middle-ear fluid of OME patients

The prevalence of hearing loss has doubled over the past 30 years in the United States and continues to steadily incline as time goes on. Hearing loss itself encompasses a wide variety of disorders, effects many diverse populations, and is caused due to a multitude of different sources (“The Prevalence”). Its onset is also extremely variant and could happen either congenitally or at any point later on in a person’s life. One of these such congenital disorders is Waardenburg syndrome. Waardenburg

How Police officers are affected by loud impulsive Noise from the Gun Introduction Noise is one of the most widespread causes of hearing loss, and the most likely causes of occupational illnesses in the United States (Leigh 728). Acute or prolonged exposure to high-level, impulsive noise is an ongoing problem for the military and defense forces all over the world (Sliwinska-Kowalska and Adrian Davis 274). One shot from a big caliber firearm, perceived at a close range, may permanently or temporarily

Puretone audiogram showed moderate to severe sensorineural hearing loss from 250 to 2000 Hz bilaterally. No responses recorded at higher frequencies at the audiometric limit. Speech audiometry showed reduced speech discrimination abilities at high intensities. However, this is consistent with her puretone audiometric results. Tympanometry showed normal tympanometric peak and pressure bilaterally. Absent acoustic reflexes were noted at all test frequencies for both ears. B. Characteristics and limitations

Project 2- Hearing Loss According to IDEA “hearing loss means a loss of hearing, weather permanent or fluctuating, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance but that is not included under the definition of deafness… (Heward, 365).” There are three different types of hearing losses: conductive hearing loss, sensorineural hearing loss, and mixed hearing loss. Conductive hearing loss occurs when there is a problem with the transmission of sound waves to the inner ear. Conductive hearing

COMPARITIVE RESEARCH STUDY OF FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES WITH ADIP AND NON ADIP DIGITAL HEARING AID Introduction: Electronic hearing aids have undergone recent technological changes.(Dillon, 2001; Valente, 2002a).Digital technology has brought to the hearing aid industry is that of digital signal-processing features such as more number of channel and band, multi memory HA(Chung, 2004a, 2004b). These features can offer advantages in many difficult listening situations, but the scientific evidence that they

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

It was a dreary Tuesday afternoon when Mr. Thomas Moore arrived at the East Lake Therapy Outpatient Center. “What brings you here today sir?” the receptionist said. “An appointment with the Audiologist” he replied. About fifteen minutes later, a lady came out from a big side door. “Mr. Thomas Moore” she called. He got up and followed her into the clinic. She led him to a smaller room split into two sections. One side had a chair and desk with several machines on it. The other side was a booth with

Relay Services for the Deaf In America, there are more than 28 million deaf people but there are many different services available to meet their needs. A hearing person can have a casual conversation without even realizing the difficulties that 202,613 (5.58%) hard of hearing people might face in the world (Stat. on Deafness). It doesn’t have to be so difficult for a deaf/hard of hearing person to have a conversation even if the person they are talking to is in another state. With popular services