Deafness: Causes and Hearing Levels

Doorbells, Baby alarms, Canes, Assistant dogs, Textphones, Type talk, Email, Video communications/webcams, Hearing aids, Cochlear implants, Loop systems

Subtitles, BSL interpreters, Audio description, Personal amplifiers, Talking books

Action on hearing loss, British deaf association, Deafblind UK

<p>Deaf world might use BSL as the first language and socialize within a deaf community, while the Hearing world usually has English as the first language and tends to socialize with hearing friends.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Bank being too loud for HOH customers, Train station Tannoy systems not helpful for speaker announcements</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>BSL interpreter, Lip speaker, Deafblind manual interpreter, Cued speech interpreter, Notetaker</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Premature birth, Noises, Genetics, Illness, Physical accidents, Age, Relatives having a child (consanguinity), Ear wax build up</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'Deaf with a small d' is used as a description, while 'Deaf with a big D' refers to the actual condition and indicates pride in being deaf.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Lipreading, Sign language, Other manual systems of communication, Facial expressions, gestures, Reading, writing, Mine, body language, Pictures, Tadoma</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Lighting, Background, Visual and vibrational distractions, Acoustics, Personal attire, Use of smell, Tinnitus (ringing sound)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Age of hearing loss, Level of hearing loss, Type of hearing loss, Education placement</p> Signup and view all the answers

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