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	Hearing impairment -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		While some cases of hearing loss are reversible with medical treatment, many lead to a permanent (The condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness) disability.
		Of vital importance are the age at which the hearing loss occurred, as this may interfere with the acquisition of spoken language.
		These are useful in treating the mild to profound hearing impairment when the onset follows the acquisitions of language and in some cases in children whose hearing loss came before language was acquired.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/he/hearing_impairment.htm (2410 words)

	hearing disabilities
		Hearing impairment is best defined as a lack or reduction in the ability to hear clearly due to a problem somewhere in the hearing mechanism.
		For example, many hearing impaired individuals cannot listen to live voice mail or on-line audio chat because amplification cannot be made loud enough or because the sound is not clear to the listener.
		Some hearing impaired individuals are not able to carry on a conversation on a regular telephone because they cannot adequately hear the conversation.
	lrs.ed.uiuc.edu /wp/original/access/hearing.html (3710 words)

	ipedia.com: Hearing impairment Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		There are two kinds of cause in hearing impairments Pre-lingual hearing impairment in which the impairment is congenital, a condition that exists at birth, before the individual has acquired speech an...
		Pre-lingual hearing impairment in which the impairment is congenital, a condition that exists at birth, before the individual has acquired speech and language, thus rendering the disability more severe because the sufferer is unable to communicate from the outset.
		Hearing Loss Web: A resource specifically for the hearing impaired, as opposed to the deaf.
	www.ipedia.com /hearing_impairment.html (1162 words)

	Hearing Impairment
		In addition to noise-induced hearing loss, there are other types of hearing impairment that can affect people during their teen years.
		Hearing begins when sound waves that travel through the air reach the outer ear or pinna, which is the part of the ear you can see.
		Some babies are born with hearing impairment due to infections or illnesses that the mother had while she was pregnant, which can interfere with the development of the inner ear.
	kidshealth.org /teen/diseases_conditions/sight/hearing_impairment.html (1441 words)

	Strategies for Teaching Students with Hearing Impairments
		Over time, the average hearing impaired student shows an ever increasing gap in vocabulary growth, complex sentence comprehension and construction, and in concept formation as compared to students with normal hearing.
		Hearing impaired students often learn to "feign" comprehension with the end result being that the student does have optimal learning opportunities.
		Sounds taken for granted and normally ignored by hearing individuals, are amplified by a hearing aid and interfere with the communication of the person who is hard of hearing.
	www.as.wvu.edu /~scidis/hearing.html (3091 words)

	Hearing Impaired (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This means that the itinerant teacher for the hearing impaired will monitor classroom progress and the school audiologist from CASE will monitor their hearing.
		The areas which are most appropriate for work with hearing impaired students include some classroom support related to vocabulary development and concepts and/or language related to the classroom curriculum as well as listening skills related to classroom work.
		Hearing is screened in the Urbana School District in Grades K, 1,2,and 3 as part of the Public Health Hearing Screenings.
	www.usd116.org /hearing_impaired.htm (1267 words)

	hearing-impaired (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A person is hearing impaired if there is a hearing loss less than 90 decibel (dB).
		In this kind of hearing loss, the inner ear or the hearing nerve is affected.
		It is important to make a difference between the hearing impaired people and the deaf people: The last group doesn't have an impaired hearing: their hearing just doesn't exist at all....
	www.jmk.su.se /global99/access/hearing/medhear.html (815 words)

	Hearing Loss, Hearing and Hearing Aids: Hear-it (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Compared to women in general, hearing impaired women are more than twice as likely to be on disability, according to Swedish data.
		On average, hearing impaired children are 10 months behind normal hearing children of the same ages in reading.
		Hearing aids do not cure hearing loss, but in most cases they can help hearing impaired people live normal lives.
	www.hear-it.org (377 words)

	Hearing Impaired Devices :: HearingPlanet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		There is not one particular hearing impaired device that is the best on the market and will be appropriate for every hearing loss.
		Our on staff audiologist guide you through the process of learning about hearing loss, hearing impaired devices, and how you can improve your quality of life from your first phone call to getting fitted for one of our hearing aids.
		With three types of hearing aid circuitry available: conventional hearing aids, programmable hearing aids and digital hearing aids, selection of the correct hearing aids should be made only by a hearing health care professional.
	www.hearingplanet.com /hearing-impaired-devices.html (196 words)

	Affordable listening aid for the hearing impaired / hard of hearing at church
		Mother's hearing had deteriorated to the point that she was not understanding anything at our church, First Assembly of God in Benton, Arkansas.
		The people who cannot understand in church may be able to hear thunder even in the distance, may be able to hear a car door close outside, and may be able to hear other low to medium frequency sounds.
		A solution that works well for Mother (and other hearing impaired people) is to pipe the sound from the preacher's microphone directly to their ear buds or headphones.
	arnet.pair.com /hearing (1113 words)

	Boston.com / News / Local / Conn. / Conn.'s first housing for the hearing impaired planned for Middletown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		About 100 people gathered on Monday for a groundbreaking ceremony for the 16-unit complex for the elderly who are hearing impaired, a facility Middletown officials say is the first of its kind in the state and one of only a few in the country.
		The nearest housing for the hearing impaired is in Danvers, Mass.
		Larry Marino, whose late brother and two sisters were hearing impaired, approached the Middletown Housing Authority with the idea.
	www.boston.com /news/local/connecticut/articles/2005/04/25/conns_first_housing_for_the_hearing_impaired_planned_for_middletown (531 words)

	Growing Up Without Hearing: Info to Go, Gallaudet University
		When you first meet a hearing impaired boy or girl, you will notice some things that are different.
		Hearing Impaired refers to any kind of hearing loss, from great to small.
		Perhaps there is a hearing impaired chid in your neighborhood or school.
	clerccenter.gallaudet.edu /InfoToGo/565/565-1.html (319 words)

	Hearing Awareness (GSCNC) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It is designed to help girls become aware of the problems faced by people who are hard of hearing, causes of hearing impairment, ways girls can protect their own hearing and ways they can help others in the community to communicate better with the hearing impaired.
		The hard of hearing is to wear a distinctive symbol, designed by the Institute, signaling the hearing loss and the public when recognizing the symbol is to cooperate in using the few simple rules compiled, published and distributed by all those engaged in the Institute's public awareness program.
		Impaired hearing is America's number one physical disability, affecting 16 million Americans, including 7% of elementary school children.
	www.scoutinglinks.com /GSRC/sr0z00g.htm (2196 words)

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		This story focuses on her early difficulties in the hearing world, and the opening up of a new world of communication for her after her parents recognized that she was deaf.
		The text includes descriptions for hearing children to helm them understand what it is like to be deaf, and provides an illustration of the ear and auditory system.
		Her mild hearing loss is described-from initial diagnosis, audiologic testing and fitting of a hearing aid, to final daily living and acceptance.
	www.portageproject.org /BOOKLST/H2.HTM (1133 words)

	Hearing Impaired
		The Parent-Infant Program is designed to start the child's journey by educating the family as to the needs that are unique to hearing impairment and coaching those family members in strategies designed to meet those needs.
		When a hearing loss is diagnosed and aids are fitted, the educational process begins for both the parent and the child.
		A "listening attitude" is developed as each hearing impaired student at Magnolia is surrounded by sound and bathed in language until typical oral skills emerge.
	www.magnoliaspeechschool.org /deaf.asp (942 words)

	Travel Tips for Hearing Impaired People
		Inform the individual at the boarding gate that you are hearing impaired and may not hear the boarding announcement.
		Inform the flight attendant that you are hearing impaired and request that any in-flight announcements be communicated to you in person.
		They can help the hearing impaired traveler listen to lectures, tours, etc., by simply having the speaker use a transmitter microphone, broadcasting his/her presentation over the air waves to the hard of hearing person's receiver.
	www.sinuscarecenter.com /herimaao.html (982 words)

	Deaf & Hearing-Impaired
		Whether users do not hear because they are talking to others on the phones, paying attention to their tasks, working in a noisy environment, or happen to be deaf are less important than the fact that users in these contexts need alternate sources of information.
		The Self Help for Hard of Hearing People (SHHH, USA) is to enhance the quality of life for people who are hard of hearing.
		The Canadian Hearing Society (CHS, Canada) provides services that enhance the independence of deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people, and that encourage prevention of hearing loss.
	www.otal.umd.edu /UUPractice/hearing (3404 words)

	Hearing Resources
		The use of residual hearing amplified with hearing aids, or cochlear implant is used, to teach children how to listen and talk.
		Hearing Aids, Cochlear Implants, and The Future I have moved most of my information about these to this new page to allow this page to load more quickly.
		HEAR in Dallas Certified Auditory-verbal therapist serving hearing impaired children in the Dallas area.
	www.ibwebs.com /hearing.htm (1143 words)

	HEARING IMPAIRED
		Hearing Impairment: A hearing condition, whether permanent or fluctuating, that adversely affects a child's educational performance.
		Deafness is a hearing impairment which is so severe that the child's hearing, with amplified sound, is nonfunctional for the purposes of educational performance.
		The child has a unilateral hearing impairment with a pure tone average loss of 50 dbHL or greater in the affected ear for the frequencies 500 Hz to 4000 Hz; and
	spedhandbook.loswego.k12.or.us /Hearing_impaired.htm (271 words)

	Surf the web ear ring - everything for the hard of hearing on the web
		Content-type: text/html Common signs of hearing loss: turning a TV up too loud; always asking others to repeat themselves; or a ringing or buzzing in your ear.
		The "Audiotech Hearing Impaired Web Ear Ring" was created the end of January, 2000 and is currently in the top 20 WebRings in the world for Healthcare Organizations (there are currently, more than 75,000 active WebRings on the World Wide Web).
		Individual concerns about hearing and hearing loss should be directed towards your physician.
	www.hearingcenteronline.com /webring (993 words)

	International Hearing Dog, Inc
		A professional trainer delivers the hearing dog to its new home and works with the team for five days, teaching the recipient how to maintain the dog's training to ensure a good working relationship and proper care of the dog.
		Hearing dogs have legal access to all public places when accompanied by their masters.
		The roots of International Hearing Dog are in Minnesota where the first seeds of training dogs to assist deaf were planted in 1974.
	www.ihdi.org (713 words)

	☼ hearing impaired aids (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Washington State Community College is hosting a town hall social Saturday to better acquaint the hearing and hearing impaired communities.
		Cornelius has spent the past four months fighting to bring a new technology for the hearing impaired to the area.
		Workforce Specialist Bob Brahser clicked on a special computer Thursday afternoon, hit a command called Zoom Text and watched as the words on the screen were magnified to a huge level.
	www.digital-hearing.info /hearingaid/hearing-impaired-aids/index.php?p... (493 words)

	TeachersFirst - E-READY Special Education Site
		The inability to hear does not affect a student's intelligence or the physical ability to produce sounds.
		Common accommodations for deaf or hard of hearing students include sign language or oral interpreters, assistive listening devices, TTYs, volume control telephones, signaling devices (e.g., a flashing light to alert individuals to a door knock or ringing telephone), notetakers, and captions for films and videos.
		When appropriate, ask for a hearing volunteer to team up with a deaf or hard of hearing student for in-class assignments.
	www.teachersfirst.com /sped/prof/deaf/strategies.html (657 words)

	Is My Child Hearing Impaired? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Early detection is crucial because undetected hearing loss has a direct effect on the development of speech and language in young children.
		The earlier a child with a hearing loss is identified, the less effect the loss will have on his/her speech development, social growth, learning ability, and classroom performance.
		If your child does have a hearing loss, early detection means early solutions to hearing and speech problems through the help of medical intervention, education, and amplification.
	www.crec.org /soundbridge/is_my_child_hi.htm (892 words)

	Hearing impaired services
		The audio loop system allows registry staff to communicate with you in a normal manner and also assists you by eliminating the majority of background noise.
		The audio loop is only suitable for customers who have a hearing aid with a 'T' switch.
		Assistance in obtaining a deaf sign interpreter for hearing and/or speech impaired applicants who wish to undertake a road rules knowledge test for a drivers licence.
	www.rta.nsw.gov.au /contactus/phonecontacts/hearingimpairedservices.html (234 words)

	Hearing Exchange - For People With Hearing Loss, Parents and Professionals!
		If you or your child is hard of hearing or deaf, or you are a professional who works with people with hearing loss, you've come to the right place.
		If you’re new to hearing loss or are looking for information on causes and prevention of hearing loss as well as its economic impact, visit this site.
		If your child has a hearing loss, be sure that his or her teacher is properly inserviced about how to work with your child.
	www.hearingexchange.com (311 words)

	Deaf Statistics: Other Countries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Number: "The total number of hearing impaired pupils in schools for the deaf and hard of hearing is 1,426." Of this number, 898 are deaf, the remainder hard of hearing.
		Prevalence: in the school-going population, "hearing loss sufficiently great to warrant the use of a hearing aid", 90 per 100,000 (1980).
		"have no functional hearing at all," about 28,000; "hearing-impaired to the extent that understanding speech in a quiet environment is difficult," about 400,000 or 3.4% of the total national population (1986).
	library.gallaudet.edu /dr/faq-statistics-deaf-other.html (1759 words)

	Berrien Springs Public Schools (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		We are a Public Auditory-Oral School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing children in southwestern Michigan.
		As soon as the hearing loss is identified, we provide individual services to the young child and his/her family.
		Elementary and secondary students may attend classes for the hearing impaired for part or most of the day.
	www.remc11.k12.mi.us /bsps/bsp/hearingimpaired.htm (302 words)

	Self Help for Hard of Hearing People
		Our members include people with hearing loss, their families and friends, and caring professionals.
		Hear2Care is a volunteer-based program of SHHH providing assistance to hard of hearing people who have been affected by Hurricane Katrina.
		This program will provide encouragement and emotional support, hearing screenings, hearing aid supplies and repairs, cochlear implant supplies, and hearing assistive technology.
	www.shhh.org (316 words)

	CNN.com - 'Face' phone helps hearing impaired - Mar 17, 2005
		He did not know how much it would cost when it became commercially available but those involved in creating it were keen to keep the cost down, he said.
		There is a delay of 200 milliseconds between the person on the other end of the phone speaking and the receiver hearing the words.
		This gives the software time to "listen" and display the face on the screen, though the delay is not noticeable and does not interfere with the flow of conversation, Thomas said.
	www.cnn.com /2005/TECH/03/17/spark.lipread/index.html (656 words)

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