nvq 3 unit 31

1. describes how a range of factors have a negative and positive impact on individuals with sensory loss.

Sensory losses can affect on normal living in a variety of ways. These can be hidden disability which can ultimately result in social isolation and frustration due to not being able to communicate efficiently. In case of hearing loss, day-to-day activities such as hearing a doorbell, using the telephone, watching television or taking part in conversations can build a sense of discomfort and inadequacy. On the other hand, those who have vision impairment cannot distinguish faces during face to face talk, feel difficulty in watching TV and reading time on the

In Mark Drolsbaugh’s book, Deaf Again, he is able to bring the reader through his life struggles and triumphs as a member of the Deaf community. There were three major themes that reoccurred throughout his life. These themes consist of communication barriers, a negative image on deafness, and limitations on social experiences. An example of communication barriers starts in the beginning with his birth. From the beginning, he talked about how his parents struggled to communicate with the doctors when the epidural was not administered properly or when the anesthesia machine was not working. This communication barrier caused his mother to go through a natural birth and almost lose her life because she could not tell the doctors that something was wrong. Under the circumstances that Drolsbaugh’s grandparents did whatever they could to preserve his hearing this left him with feelings that deafness is bad. This notion fostered a negative self-image. Due to Drolsbaugh’s loss of hearing he had a hard time making meaningful social connections. This affected him greatly in his dating life. As he talked about in the book he dated a girl who was hearing but could sign for three years until they broke up. He said how he tried to hold onto that relationship because he knew that there are not many girls that he knew at the time that could sign and be able to communicate with him fully. This affected him socially with friends as well.

Without any way of being able to communicate, we would have no friendships, families or jobs. For people to make any kind of a barter, they need to be able to express what they desire with another person. In India, many deaf men ride in the handicapped section of the train because it gives them room to sign. Annelies Kusters describes an interaction between handicapped people on the train that explains why their ability to communicate on the train is important when writing, “the other people in the compartment were hearing people in work suit or uniform, most of them with a disabled leg. One of them —who knew sign — joined our group, stared at us for a while, and attempted to chat with me. There was also communication between the Deaf people in the group and the two on benches about the marriage of yet another Deaf person.” (Kusters, 47) This has helped in building relationships between people that have something in common, as well as a way for people to pass the time on their commute to

any deaf person deaf or adult cannot communicate with other people without sign language which is central to any deaf person, but to get the language in the right way they

The hard of hearing or non-signer could be friends with deaf people by using American Sign Language. The deaf people, hard of hearing and hearing people interact with each other in American Sign Language. The most of the deaf people are usually comfortable communicating with hearing people and people are happy that the hearing people are attempted using American Sign Language to communicate and instead ignoring them. American Sign Language has overcome the communication barrier for hard of hearing, hearing people, infants, toddlers and elderly grandparents who could not hear. American Sign Language is a visual language, for example, the facial expression, body movements and hand gesture. The deaf people priority was in person interacting and eye contacts

The video, See What I Mean, by Tom Holcomb and Anna Mindess proceeds from the assumption that participants in Deaf culture acquire, use, and value information differently than hearing cultures, and that the external traits associated with Deaf culture: use of ASL, sharing of information, and loyalty/concern for the peer group are logical and necessary results of the d/Deaf commitment to acquire information through visual means. The video was first created in 2001, but updated in 2009 to include telecommunications advances such as VRS/TTY, video telephones, and personal pagers. It is my contention that these devices serve to extend or expand the visual field of a Deaf communicator but do not change the motivations underlying his/her behavior. A lighthearted and

and not a cultural demographic in society (Thomson, 2018). The deaf community exists through language and a shared experience of audism. It should be pointed out that there is a difference between deaf community and signing community. Anyone who has experienced profound hearing loss and picks up a mode of sign language, for the purpose of defining community, including any deaf centric focused organization and/or business that makes sign language a primary point of its mission and not so much the inability to hear. Deafness should be reflective of sign language and not of disability. The boundaries of such communities are both global and online. Community exists where language exists. That is to say without visual mediums, you cannot have culture

This plan will be developed based on John’s greatest challenge, which is effective communication. The first part of this plan will educate John and his family while advocating for his needs. Communication with hearing impaired persons is greatly enhanced by using simple techniques. The environment should be well lit and background noise should be limited (Sommer & Sommer, 2002). One person should speak at a time, so only one voice will be amplified. Family members should always face John, limit the distance between them, and make sure their face and mouth is not covered (Sommer & Sommer, 2002). They should speak to John clearly, and at a normal pace, speaking quickly will limit his ability to read lips. Finally, if someone is unsure John understood the conversation, they should always ask for him to repeat what he heard (Sommer & Sommer, 2002). John does have hearing aids, which help him tremendously, but there are other resources available to him. A great resource available is the Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (KCDHH). KCDHH help educate about rights and effective communication techniques and they will advocate when needs are not being met (Kentucky Commission on the deaf and hard of hearing, p.7). KCDHH will also help acquire assistive devices such as an amplified telephone, doorbell, visual and vibrating alarm clocks, and smoke detectors.

Hearing and speaking, two common human abilities that people often take for granted. Some people are unlucky and are cursed by the fact that they can not hear or speak, the feeling of isolation, knowing that they will never get to experience what everyone else experiences, never getting to communicate with the people near them like a regular human being. It must be a very lonely experience to know that you can not communicate with other people due to the fact that you can not hear and speak. But in every unfortunate event there is a silver lining and the silver lining in this is that human ingenuity has created a system that allows them to communicate with others, sign language. Sign language acts as a gateway of communication for the deaf

The deaf community harbor a unique type of literacy not found in any other population. While a deaf person’s ability to read and write often goes unquestioned due to their ability to see, the teaching of such skills differs from how unimpaired students are taught. Once these are taught, reading and writing become a primary form of communication. Although reading and writing are especially important for the deaf community, the form of communication most usually associated with auditory impairment with sign language—a system consisting of hand gestures and symbols. While literacy is generally associated with merely reading and writing, sign language’s visually reliant form of language allows itself to be a form of literacy. Those who are skilled

hough I did not choose hearing loss as a disability simulations, I do believe noise level, lighting, and group size would affect a person’s with a hearing impairments leisure experience. For instance, controlling the noise levels during a leisure program would make it easier to communicate with the individual who has a hearing impairment. As Kaitlyn mentioned in her post, too much noise made it challenging to communicate and also made her feel overwhelmed.

Imagine a world where hearing the voice or laughter or loved one does not exist. Or consider approaching an individual to ask for directions and not being able to hear and effectively communicate with them. These examples are the challenges that the hearing impaired, or deaf encounter everyday. According to Center for Hearing and Communication, approximately 48 million Americans are affected by hearing loss (n.d.). Therefore, their way of communicating with the rest of the world may be slightly different than conversing verbally. While some may have been born hearing impaired, there is also a large number of individuals who have acquired significant loss either during their childhood, adolescence, or even adulthood and subsequently have

Being deaf is a hard experience,because you have to learn to communicate with other people that don't know sign language. Sign language is a very useful for people that are deaf it helps them communicate and learn with just hand movement. Deaf people can learn sign language or they can get a compiler implant to help them hear better it is a good invention that can change a person's whole life, some deaf people like being deaf because they can just close their eyes and can't hear a single thing.-Lizbeth

Whether someone responds to a person knocking on a door, a car honking down the street, or speakers blasting loud music, our hearing plays a significant role in providing us with vital information. Hence, hearing is an important sense, and “the significance of hearing often goes underappreciated until it is no longer available” (Saint Joseph’s University, 2017). In spite of that, research proves that children who experience hearing loss must have opportunities to enjoy a quality of life that does not remind them of their disabilities, but experience a quality of life that makes necessary modifications to augment their abilities.