Hearing Impairment: An Invisible Disability How You Can Live with a Hearing Impairment

ISBN-13: 9784431223269 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 608 str.

J. Suzuki; T. Kobayaski; K. Koga

Opis

Hearing Impairment - An Invisible Disability is the first work of its kind to comprehensively cover all aspects of hearing impairment. It covers the following categories through more than 100 contributions from all over the world to constitute an encyclopedia of hearing impairment: - Hearing Basics: What does hearing impairment mean? Its causes and effects are explained through many real-world examples. - Children: Childhood is a time when hearing impairment often begins, so proper treatment at an early stage can help alleviate difficulties and allow for as normal a life as possible. Many case studies from both the developed and developing parts of the world, including Indonesia and Latin America in the latter category, are provided to aid comprehension. - Hearing Aids: Through newly emerging technology and with the help of electronics companies, new and affordable hearing aids are being developed and marketed. The authors take a closer look at this burgeoning field. - Medical Aspects: Medical treatment of hearing impairment has recently shown remarkable change, manifested in improved techniques and applications all over the world. Although mainly of relevance to researchers and practicing physicians, the clear explanation of the medical and technical terminology is likely to be of interest to all concerned with the future of hearing impairment. - Social and International Help: With a wealth of assistance from individuals, NGOs, and international organizations specifically tailored to help the hearing impaired, those in need of guidance can gain confidence from the knowledge that substantial support is available to help them pursue a full and varied life.

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I. Hearing Basics.- Hearing—Objective, Subjective and Personal.- The Hearing Mechanism: A Guide for Laymen.- Hearing Impaired: Invisible Disability.- Hearing and Balance—In General Term.- Hearing Impairment and Deafness.- Noise and Hearing Impairment.- Musicians and Hearing Impairment.- Hearing Impairments in the Society of Developing Country, Indonesian Case.- Hearing Health Infrastructure in Indonesia.- Hearing Impairment in Brazil.- Welfare of Those with Hearing Impairment.- Primary Necessity and Support for Hearing Impairment in China—Present Status on Medicine and Education.- Deafness in Bangladesh.- Hearing Impairment in Nepal.- Acceptance and Adaptation—a Personal Journey.- Noise Deafness in My Case.- Is It Possible to Cope Effectively with Hearing Loss in the Workplace?.- Voices Unheard: The Academic and Social Experiences of University Students who are Hard of Hearing.- II. Children.- Invisible Disability/ How Can You Survive with Hearing Impairment—The Infant and Child.- Newborn Hearing Screening—the Ultimate Early Detection Strategy for Hearing Loss.- Preventative Otology—Preventing Ear Disease and Hearing Loss in the Paediatric Population.- Early Intervention for Hard-to-Hear Children in Japan—the Center for Hearing Impaired Children, Past, Present and Future of Kanariya Gakuen.- Early Intervention Program of Hearing-Impaired Children in Japan.- Acquisition of Oral and Written Language by Children with Severely Impaired Hearing.- Coping with Hearing Impairment in Children: The Grieving Process after Diagnosis.- Current Issues on Language Education for Young Hearing-Impaired Children.- Deafness in Infants and Children—Early Detection, Auditory Training and Education.- An Introduction of a Comic on Hearing Impairment.- Hearing Impairment in School Children.- Educational Program for Parents of Deaf Children in Latin America.- The Special Class for the Children with Hearing Difficulty in Okayama Uchisange Primary School—Its history of establishment and process of development as the oldest Nanchyougakkyu in Japan.- It Grew up to 46-Years-Old!.- Congenital Hearing Loss in Virus Infection: Rubella and CMV Infection in Children.- III. Hearing Aids.- High-Quality, Low-Cost Hearing Aids.- Hearing International Project on High-Quality, Low-Cost Hearing Aids.- Present Status of Hearing Aids Marketed in Japan, from the Viewpoint of a Layman User.- The Book to Normal Hearing Person for Hardness-of-Hearing Person Support—Recognition Made the Mistake in Receiving a Hearing-Aid.- Outcome of Hearing Aid Technology.- Why the Hearing Impaired do not Use Hearing Instruments.- Development of High-Quality Inexpensive Hearing Aid and Popularization of Hearing Assistance System.- High Quality Low Cost Hearing Aid.- Commercially Available Low Cost Hearing Aids and these Limitations.- The BAHA—Direct Stimulation of the Temporal Bone.- Implantable Hearing Aids (the MEI) in Japan.- Experiences of Cochlear Implantation at the Seoul National University Hospital.- Can We Apply Ultrasound to Hearing Aids for the Profoundly Deaf?.- IV. Medical Aspects.- Vocabulary.- Eustachian Tube and Otitis Media.- Autoimmune Sensorineural Hearing Loss.- Delayed Endolymphatic Hydrops: Episodic Vertigo of Delayed Onset after Profound Inner Ear Hearing Loss.- Causes of Sensorineural Hearing Impairment—From Transmission Electron Microscopy.- Hearing Impairment of Former Leprosy Patients.- Multifold Burden in a Hearing Impaired Person.- Genes and Hearing: The Molecular Basis of Hearing and Deafness.- Chronic Ear Infection.- Curable Sensorineural Hearing Loss.- Prevention of Hearing Impairment and Deafness—Special Problems in Korea.- The Rhinological Diagnosis in the Management of Otitis Media.- Subjective Audiometry.- Is the Origin of So-Called “Jumbling of Object” Only by Bilateral Peripheral-Vestibular Lesions?.- Vertigo and Balance: Clinical Aspect.- Hearing Loss Associated with Vertigo.- World Health Organization to Address the Problems of Deafness and Hearing Impairment on a Larger Scale.- Communication Disorders of Patients Receiving Home Medical Care.- Rotarian’s Contribution to the “Ear Health Care Project” in Indonesia—Report of Bali Island Project.- A Contribution of Rotary International for the Ear Health Care Projection in Indonesia.- The Rotary Aid for the Ear Care Project in the Southeast Asia.- My Experience in Davao.- Management of Hearing Impairment and Deafness—General Idea of Medical and Conservative Treatment—.- Severe Hearing Impairment: Consequences, Present Available Treatment and Future Expectations in the Management.- Experience of Cochlear Implant.- Hearing Preservation on Gentamicin Treatment for Meniere’s Disease.- Hypothermia Facilitates Hearing Restoration in the Treatment of Severe Sudden Deafness.- Surgical Management of Middle Ear Cholesteatoma—Treatment with Canal Reconstruction Tympanoplasty with Mastoid Obliteration (CRTMO).- What You Should Know or Care About Tympanoplasty—From Patient and Doctor Sides of Consideration.- Tympanoplasty for the Hearing Impaired.- Follow up System in Middle Ear Surgery for Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media.- Education and Training in Otorhinolaryngology—Specialty Education and Training: Post-Specialty Training in Special Areas of Otorhinolaryngology.- Education and Training in Otorhinolaryngology—The Scope of Otorhi nolaryngology and IFOS Education Committee Tasks.- Education and Training in Otorhinolaryngology—Results of World-Wide Surveys Concerning Medical School Education of ORL.- Educational Audiological Issues in Japan.- The Audiological Self-Management Program for Hearing-Impaired College Students.- Training of Ear Specialists in the Philippines.- Temporal Bone Dissection Course (TBDC) Has Important Role in Preventing Hearing Impairment Caused by Chronic Middle Ear Infection in Indonesia.- V. Social and International Help.- People Supporting the Hearing Impaired.- Hearing Loss Deafness.- Early Diagnosis of Hearing Loss in the Developing Countries.- The Development of Rehabilitation for Deaf Children in China.- Current Status of Deafness and Hearing Impairment, Prevention Strategies and Activities in China.- “Total Communication” for Hard of Hearing and Late-Deafened People in Japan.- Hearing Loss and Social Life.- A Strategic Formulation to Decrease the Number of Hearing Impaired People in Indonesia.- Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Prevention of Hearing Impairments in Latin America.- One and a Half Decades of Mobile Ear Surgery Camps in Rural Areas of Nepal to Combat Deafness and Ear Disease.- Community Participation in Noise Control.- The International Hearing Foundation (IHF)—Dedicated to Education, Research, and Service.- European Union Promoted Research Cooperation in Hard of Hearing; the Bioear Project.- Experiences with Otorhinolaryngologists in Asia.- “Peaceful and Contented Mind”.- The Week of Hearing Health: A Prevention Model for Developing Countries.- Pan American Society of Audiology and International Society of Audiology: Non-Governmental Organizations for the Benefit of Hearing Impaired Persons.- Otological Center: Manila.- A View on the Management of ORL Hospital.- Considering about the Hearing Impairment of the Invisible Disability from My Experience in Surabaya.- Mustajib Met at Bali.- My Dear World Friends.- How Can You Survive with Hearing Impairment.- International Federation of Otorhinolaryngological Societies (IFOS).- Working…Towards…Better Hearing: Hearing International —Hearing For ALL.- Hearing International Newsletter: A Window to the World.- Activity of the Association for the Education and Welfare of Hearing Impaired Inc. Japan, and the Present Status of Deafness Education.- Ear and Hearing Health Program.- We Want a Social System that Allows Everyone around the World to Receive Medical, Health and Welfare Services Anywhere, Anytime!—Medical Treatment and Preservation of Health.- We Want a Social System that Allows Everyone around the World to Receive Medical, Health and Welfare Services Anywhere, Anytime!—Social Welfare of Japan.- Hearing Impairment and the Need for Voluntary Social Basis in Hearing Deficit Prevention Campaigns.- Corresponding Education for Ear Disability in Dr. Cipto Mangunkusomo Hospital Jakarta Indonesia.- Volunteer Activity as Secretary General of Hearing International Japan.- Let’s Try. You Can Do It!—Health Revolution Starts from Activities in the Community.- Training of MDs Specialized in Audiology: A Mexican Model for Developing Countries.- Ear, Nose & Throat Journal: in Transition.- Acta Oto-Laryngologica—an International Medical Journal in the Service of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery.- Hearing Research and the Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO).- Postscript.