| Hearing loss occurs for many reasons, sometimes | | | | themselves so the person who is impaired can read |
| because of an accident or an illness, medication, or | | | | their lips or interpret their hand signals. Televisions or |
| maybe from birth. Some people lose their hearing | | | | radios that are turned up loud for the hearing |
| because of the exposure to constant, loud noises | | | | impaired can be a source of frustration for those in |
| that pierce the eardrums. Hearing loss is a frustrating | | | | the family who are not. Television was vastly |
| physical challenge, but there is hope for recovery in | | | | improved by the addition of closed-captioning. Most |
| many cases through surgery, the use of a hearing | | | | dvd movies now include the closed captioning feature |
| aid, or a combination of both. Complete recovery | | | | so that the hearing challenged can watch a movie |
| may not always be possible, which is why hearing | | | | with the family and not create an uncomfortable |
| aids are so important in our society. | | | | situation for the other members. |
| Children have been teased, misunderstood, abused, | | | | When a person needs a hearing aid, it can create |
| and shunned because of hearing deficiencies. A | | | | embarrassing situations, such as when they |
| parent who may wonder why their child ignores them | | | | misunderstand something another person says and |
| on a regular basis or why that child may not learn as | | | | they laugh inappropriately. This person will not be able |
| well as another should have their child tested for | | | | to understand whispering, so communicating in a |
| hearing loss. Children's hearing aids have come a long | | | | crowd must be handled with care. There are |
| way in recent years. They no longer have to be | | | | insensitive people who make fun of this person, |
| unappealing, irritating, and a burden. | | | | knowing he or she can't hear properly. It can wear |
| Hearing aids can help your children overcome | | | | on a person's self esteem and create depression |
| classroom challenges. The right hearing aid can make | | | | when one cannot hear properly and constantly has to |
| a world of difference in whether or not your child | | | | struggle to be understood and to understand. Feeling |
| makes the decision to pay attention to the teacher. | | | | like an outcast when you need help and can't seem |
| When one can't hear properly, they sometimes just | | | | to get it is a struggle. Even though hearing aids don't |
| give up trying. A child should not have to be faced | | | | solve all the problems of a hearing loss, they can |
| with this when help is available. | | | | greatly enrich the life of the person who needs the |
| Although many jokes have been told about hearing | | | | help and those who communicate with this person. |
| loss, it can be no laughing matter. Sometimes the | | | | Talking on a telephone used to be more of a struggle |
| biggest challenge is not with society, but with that | | | | for people who wear hearing aids. Now aids have |
| person's own family. The family members have to be | | | | been created that are specially equipped with |
| around the person on a more constant basis than | | | | features for phone transmissions, including cell phone |
| anyone else and can become quite irritated with | | | | use. |
| continually having to repeat themselves or arrange | | | | |