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Working With People That Are Losing Their Hearing

By Rey Vetangelo


It is very likely that you have been exposed to various individuals of varying levels of deafness throughout your life. These individuals, in addition to the culture of their homes are able to participate in their own culture that has a separate language, and customs that are amazing and unique from all other cultures in the world.

Home modification for seniors is an extremely common occurrence as it allows individuals and aging couples to remain living in their own home instead of having to move into an assisted living home to help them perform their daily tasks. As age begins to interfere with the daily lives of the seniors living independently, it becomes apparent that changes are needed, but what specific changes or modifications to the home can be done to improve the quality of live for those living within the home?

This culture is particularly important for individuals who were born deaf, or became deaf at a young age. For individuals who lose their hearing later in life, this type of understanding is more difficult to achieve because they spent most of their lives in a very different community with different values and understandings.

As decreased mobility is often one of the major limitations that the elderly suffer from, alterations to the home that help improve the owner's mobility can begin to be considered early on. Such modifications as stair climbers that transport people up and down stairs or increasing the width of doorways in the home to allow for wheelchairs or motorized scooters to pass through are two modifications that can instantly help with mobility.

Hearing aids were some of the earliest inventions in regard to a person's hearing. Initially these aids were as simple as a funnel that directed sound into the inner ear, and eventually they improved to be an electronic aid, small enough to be concealed in the human ear. And after hearing aids were improved, the cochlear implant was invented to help individuals to hear.

Second, you should be sure that you take your time while you are talking. There are a lot of people that rush through their conversations on a professional level because they have a lot of things to do and they want to get their clients in and out efficiently.

Unlike hearing aids which simply amplify sound, and are completely ineffective for individuals with complete deafness, Cochlear implants are used to bypass the damaged portions of the ear by completing their purpose. In that way, cochlear implants act as a replacement for damaged portions of the ear.

One's home is an extremely difficult thing to part with, and this difficulty only becomes deeper as one ages within the home.

Other useful tools for deaf individuals include captioning telephones and captioned call service. With these products and services, deaf individuals can use phones and make calls without the need for an interpreter. Either way, this is a wonderful tool.




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