Deaf people

This obfervation may throw fome light on the medical treatment of deaf people as it may be learnt from their dreams whether the auditory nerve be paralytic, or their deafnefs be owing to fome defeft of the external organ. 

Polymeric materials have been used to replace the external part of the ear (usually silicones) and also to replace the ossicles (PTFE, polyethylene, silicones) as well as serving as drainage tubes for the ear (ll). In addition some research has been done in which electrodes are implanted into the cochlea and are connected to an external microphone. Such devices have been able to restore a significant amount of hearing to deaf people. Plastics are used in these primarily as coatings for the wires and electronic parts (lU, 53, 5 ). 

In the twenty-first century, the linking of machines with the mind and sensory perception has provided hearing for deaf people, some sight for the blind, and willful control of prostheses for amputees. 

The electrical excitability phenomenon, inherent to neural tissues, provides an opportunity to effect external control over many body systems paralyzed limbs can be made to move, the blind can experience visual sensations, the deaf people can experience the voice of others close by or by phone, pain can be alleviated, tremors suppressed, and mental disorders treated. Devices, often referred to as neuroprostheses, that perform these functions can be sold. Companies that make devices that provide the most function with the smallest, safest devices that also have long battery lifetimes usually have the market advantage. Function is directly related to electrode placement improperly placed electrodes don t work or have undesirable side effects. The remedy has been reimplantation, but tunable electrodes, structures with multiple small contacts, are making it possible to avoid additional surgery by providing pathways to manipulate the shape of the excitatory fields. 

Clark GM (2006) The multiple-channel cochlear implant The interface between sound and the central nervous system for hearing, speech, and language in deaf people—a personal perspective. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B 361 791-810... 

My view is that a lot of people don t really accept deaf people - not enough time given to develop this acceptance. I support children with limited language development who are not always better off in mainstream schools. In deaf schools you re all together. Here teachers give lessons too quickly and communicators can t always keep up. 

Sometimes hearing people help me with my writing. I prefer to be with deaf people because it is easier and they can understand. 

Focuses on the integration needs of young deaf people works to develop their skills through co-operation and integration between deaf and hearing people. Offers training workshops, holiday and sports events, information leaflets. 

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a herpesvirus, which causes an inapparent infection in immunocompetent persons. Worldwide, approximately 40% of people are infected with CMV. In immunocompromised patients, transplant recipients and neonates, CMV can cause serious and potentially lethal disease manifestations like pneumonia, retinitis and blindness, hepatitis, infections of the digestive tract, deafness or mental retardation. 

History is full of examples of people who have done what others told them was simply impossible. Susan B. Anthony campaigned for voting rights for women when her culture told her she was crazy. The Wright Brothers pursued human flight when others thought it would never happen. Helen Keller went after a full education and career even though she was deaf, mute, and blind. I am sure many told her that it was impossible. 

As might be inferred from the earlier example, access to information is the primary problem faced by people who are deaf or blind, the groups constituting the majority of those with sensory disabilities. Furthermore, information can be broken down to general information about the facility previously prepared (if appropriate), and minute-to-minute discussions with the individual on topics ranging from availability of parking to the outcome of proposed treatment. 

Avoid words like afflicted , crippled , and victim when referring to a person with a disability. Also, remember that people are more than their disabilities. Instead of saying that President Roosevelt suffered from asthma , Helen Keller was handicapped by blindness , Peter Stuyvesant was an amputee or Moses was afflicted with a speech impairment , do say Einstein has a learning disability , Napoleon had epilepsy , or Alexander Graham Bell was hard of hearing or Marlee Matlin is an actress who is deaf . 

This list embraces much of what I believe to be true of olfaction in human beings, and is put forth as a set of necessary conditions for the analogous chemical sense in other vertebrate species. Given the range of biological diversity, it probably does not represent a set of conditions sufficient to define olfaction. In discussing these four guidelines I shall make reference not only to my own perceptions of odors, but also to published reports about people who display peculiarities in their sense of smell. Some are anosmic (i.e., "odor blind"), while at least one may be said to be "odor deaf."... 

Adverse effects of aminoglycosides are deafness, kidney damage and allergy. People with myasthenia gravis (see Chapter 7) should not take them because they can impair neuromuscular transmission. 

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