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This is the first comprehensive account of prolonged hearing loss and its impact on a language that was once spoken fluently. Although it is currently assumed that hearing loss results in speech deterioration, it is shown that language loss occurs when speakers remain deaf for a long time. The reader is introduced to a significant deaf population - postlingually deafened Yoruba speakers who have been deaf for more than twenty years and who have no access to hearing aids or speech therapy. After becoming deaf, they continue to speak Yoruba from memory and "hear" visually through lip reading. These speakers exhibit phonological, lexical and syntactic losses which mirror acquisition patterns attested in the speech of Yoruba children. Based on these similarities, it is argued that a direct link exists between language loss and first language acquisition. It is further argued that prolonged deafness results in language reversal. Finally, the book presents the first description of the sign language and gestures used by deafened speakers to augment their spoken language. These findings will be of value to linguists, speech, language and hearing therapists, anthropologists, Africanists, deaf studies researchers, and non-specialists who are interested in hearing health and wellness.
Postlingual deafness --- Yoruba language --- Acquired deafness, Postlingually --- Postlingually acquired deafness --- Deafness --- Aku language --- Eyo language --- Nago language --- Yariba language --- Kwa languages --- Patients --- Rehabilitation --- Phonology. --- Deaf Communities. --- Language Acquisition. --- Language Attrition. --- Sign Languages. --- Yoruba.
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Signs of Hope tells the story of a narrative inquiry with three deafhearing families. For many of us, deafness represents loss and silence. For others, being deaf is a genetic quirk; an opportunity for learning, spiritual adventure and reward. For yet others, it is the most natural thing in the world; a connection to a genealogical layer of signing ancestors and the continuation of a culture. Amid the noise of mainstream, medical and educational discourses of deafness, here are family voices ...
Deaf --- Deafness. --- Hearing loss --- Audiology --- Ear --- Hearing disorders --- Hearing --- Deaf-mutes --- Deaf people --- Deafness --- Hearing impaired --- Deafblind people --- Social aspects. --- Family relationships. --- Diseases --- Patients
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For audiologists in clinic, for school-based audiologists and speech-language pathologists, and for special educators, the wisdom and many years experience shared in this book make it an essential and practical guide to the effective management of hearing loss in children.
Deaf children --- Children, Deaf --- Deafness in children --- Hearing impaired children --- Rehabilitation. --- Patients
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Now, Jack R. Gannon's original groundbreaking volume on Deaf history and culture is available once again. In Deaf Heritage: A Narrative History of Deaf America, Gannon brought together for the first time the story of the Deaf experience in America from a Deaf perspective. Recognizing the need to document the multifaceted history of this unique minority with its distinctive visual culture, he painstakingly gathered as much material as he could on Deaf American life. The result is a 17-chapter montage of artifacts and information that forms an utterly fascinating record from the early nineteenth century to the time of its original publication in 1981. Deaf Heritage tracks the development of the Deaf community both chronologically and by significant subjects. The initial chapter treats the critical topics of early attempts at deaf education, the impact of Deaf and Black deaf teachers, the establishment of schools for the deaf, and the founding of Gallaudet College. Individual chapters cover the 1880s through the 1970s, mixing milestones such as the birth of the National Association of the Deaf and the work of important figures, Deaf and hearing, with anecdotes about day-to-day deaf life. Other chapters single out important facets of Deaf culture: American Sign Language, Deaf Sports, Deaf artists, Deaf humor, and Deaf publications. The overall effect of this remarkable record, replete with archival photographs, tables, and lists of Deaf people's accomplishments, reveals the growth of a vibrant legacy singular in American history.
Deaf --- Deaf-mutes --- Deaf people --- Deafness --- Hearing impaired --- Deafblind people --- History. --- Patients --- #KVHA:Cultuurgeschiedenis; Amerikaanse Gebarentaal --- History
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Music teachers --- Music rooms and equipment --- Noise --- Noise control --- Deafness, Noise induced --- Health and hygiene --- Measurement. --- Physiological effect
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Exposure to loud noise continues to be the largest cause of hearing loss in the adult population. The problem of NIHL impacts a number of disciplines. US standards for permissible noise exposure were originally published in 1968 and remain largely unchanged today. Indeed, permissible noise exposure for US personnel is significantly greater than that allowed in numerous other countries, including for example, Canada, China, Brazil, Mexico, and the European Union. However, there have been a number of discoveries and advances that have increased our understanding of the mechanisms of NIHL. These advances have the potential to impact how NIHL can be prevented and how our noise standards can be made more appropriate.
Deafness, Noise induced. --- Hearing Loss -- etiology. --- Hearing Loss -- prevention & control. --- Deafness, Noise induced --- Sound --- Hearing Loss, Sensorineural --- Environment --- Environmental Pollution --- Ecological and Environmental Phenomena --- Physical Processes --- Public Health --- Environment and Public Health --- Hearing Loss --- Hearing Disorders --- Physical Phenomena --- Health Care --- Biological Phenomena --- Sensation Disorders --- Ear Diseases --- Phenomena and Processes --- Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases --- Neurologic Manifestations --- Diseases --- Signs and Symptoms --- Nervous System Diseases --- Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms --- Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced --- Noise --- Human Anatomy & Physiology --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Neuroscience --- Otorhinolaryngology --- Noise induced deafness --- Noise induced hearing loss --- Life sciences. --- Neurosciences. --- Otorhinolaryngology. --- Neurobiology. --- Life Sciences. --- Deafness --- Physiological effect --- Neural sciences --- Neurological sciences --- Medical sciences --- Nervous system --- Ear, nose, and throat diseases --- ENT diseases --- Neurosciences
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According to the National Institutes of Occupational Safety and Health, approximately 30 million employees are exposed to dangerous noise levels at work and an additional nine million workers are at risk for hearing loss from other ototoxins such as metals and solvents. Millions of children and young adults are also at risk for noise-induced hearing loss in non-occupational settings. Hearing Conservation: In Occupational, Recreational, Education, and Home Settingsis the most current text to cover all major topics related to noise-induced hearing loss, including the military, construction, manufacturing, mining, transportation, the music industry, the home environment, education settings, and recreational arenas. From the underlying principles of hearing loss to audiometric testing procedures to assessment of hearing conservation programs, this book is packed with information for audiologists and other members of the interdisciplinary team who provide hearing conservation services for at-risk groups. Special Features: * Many examples of audiometric data, that enhance understanding of all types of hearing impairment, test procedures, and standard threshold shift calculations * Protocols for comprehensive audiological, tinnitus, and auditory processing evaluations * Clinical pathways and follow-up action steps when a standard threshold shift is confirmed, including decisions about worker compensation in occupational settings * Assessment of the effectiveness of a wide range of hearing conservation programs and correction of deficiencies, along with training, educational, and motivational techniques * The most current information about hearing protection and enhancement devices, related regulations, selection and fitting, and training workers in how to use them for optimal results * A set of discussion questions at the end of each chapter that stimulate review and classroom dialogue Comprehensive in scope, easily accessible, and useful to both clinicians and investigators,Hearing Conservation: In Occupational, Recreational, Education, and Home Settings is essential for audiologists, occupational hearing conservationists, otolaryngologists, internists, occupational nurses, noise control engineers, and any other practitioner who plays a role in developing, implementing, and maintaining hearing conservation measures. It is also an excellent text for graduate level audiology courses in hearing conservation.
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