What seems like a simple task for most, used to be anything but for people who are Deaf or hard of hearing. ... Similar functionality is also available through several mobile apps, such as the Z5 Mobile app that allows Deaf and hard of hearing people to make and receive point-to-point calls to/from any videophone, as well as make and receive calls to hearing people using VRS. ... Previously, Deaf family members were not privy to much of these insights, but now a mobile app called Tap Tap helps hearing-impaired people to be aware of sounds in their environment. ... While viewing the video por...

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Children that are Deaf have always have had a difficulty when it has come to school. ... Studies conducted by researchers at Gallaudet University found that as many people that live in Houston, Texas (nearly 3 million) use American Sign Language (Mitchell, Young, Bachleda, & Karchmer, 2005). ... Because most children who are not Deaf learn to speak at a very young age they are able to advance in their phonetic milestones quicker than those who are Deaf (Accredited Language, 2010). ... The purpose behind this type of communication to educate Deaf or hard of hearing students is to allow them to ...

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Advances in technology, including cochlear implants, have changed the lives of people with hearing problems. ... People who are deaf are those with profound hearing loss who cannot understand sounds without or without hearing aids and people who are hard of hearing are those with hearing losses that impair their understanding of sounds, including communication, profit from listening devices and other hearing technologies that enable them to comprehend oral speech and communication (Smith, 2007). ... The development of the hearing aids has had a significant impact on the lives of people with h...

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They see it as a way of eliminating the deaf community and their culture. ... With more and more people getting cochlear implants, the increase in cochlear technology, and the diseases that cause hearing loss becomes eliminated, the signing deaf community's demographics are likely to change markedly in the next few decades (Chorost, 2005). ... Other neuroprosthetics raise concerns about the alteration of people's bodies. ... Many people believe that our bodies are natural places and God created them a certain way. ... Many ethics must be followed when research for neuroprosthetics oc...

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People should learn the American Sign Language, in this way people would develop awareness and sensitive to cultural and linguistic diversity in addition to presser the cultural identity of one. ... The language is most commonly used by the deaf population in North America and is the major communication alternative for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. ... And more than 90% of deaf children are born to hearing parents (Mitchell, Karchmer). ... This amazing statistics have a good impact in the deaf community. ... Both were curious about how people with hearing disease can comprehend language in th...

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Forty years ago, it was first demonstrated that direct electrical stimulation of the cochlea could restore auditory sensations in people with profound sensorineural hearing loss. ... Cochlear implants (CIs) are prescribed only for people with severe to profound hearing impairments who cannot benefit at all from conventional hearing aids. ... Following implantation, successful CI users experience a change from total deafness to a level of restored hearing that allows them to talk on the telephone, attend movies and music concerts, and participate in community meetings and social gatherings. ...

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