Hearing Loss and Deaf Culture

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Hearing Loss and Deaf Culture

• Quontrell Miller
• Tesha Waters
• Kristina Graves

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• The ears intricate and delicate structure makes
  it vulnerable to damage.
• Problems with the mechanical system that conducts
  sound waves to the cochlea cause conduction
  hearing loss.
• If the eardrum is punctured the ears ability to
  conduct vibrations diminishes.

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• Damage to the cochleas hair cell receptors or
  their associated nerves can cause the more common
  (nerve deafness).

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Cochlear Implants

• A Cochlear Implant is a sort of bionic ear.
• Cochlear Implants transmit electrical impulses to
  the brain.
• It helps deaf children hear some sounds and to
  learn to use spoken language.

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• Deaf people have a complete language and its
  called sign language.
• Being deaf enhances other senses which gives them
  an advantage.

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• The latest cochlear implants can restore hearing
  for most adults but only when the adult brain
  learned to process sound during childhood.

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• The use of cochlear implant is highly debated.
• Some want their child to get the experience of
  sound and to talk and get the job done
  immediately.
• Some dont want to use the implants because the
  N.A.D argues that being deaf is not a disability
  and the deaf person is not disabled.
• N.A.D-National Association of the Deaf

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• American Sign Language have no relationship with
  any other language except English.
• Sign language has his own grammar, syntax, and
  semantics.
• Those who learn ASL during childhood have
  difficulty later learning to read and write.
• Some schools help deaf kids become bilingual in
  both sign, spoken and written language