https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj This padlet describes the new things I have learned from this course and my experiences throughout the semester. en-us 2019-05-05 17:33:33 UTC 2026-01-18 11:56:28 UTC hello@padlet.com leven104 https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj/wish/356959719 I really enjoyed watching and learning from these videos. I was able to hear and understand both sides of the story from the point of view of the audiologist and the person with a hearing loss. This video in particular stood out to me: Claire, Adam, and his mum. This video showed a lot of patient-centered care from the Audiologist by allowing Adam to see the different options of hearing aids he was able to choose from. The Audiologist took time to listen to Adam as to why he wanted hearing aids and what he thinks and feels about his hearing loss. It also showed techno-centered care when the Audiologist explained the hearing aids to the patient and all of its abilities.]]> 2019-05-05 17:37:43 UTC https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj/wish/356959719 leven104 https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj/wish/356960631 I liked being able to learn more about hearing aids and actually get to see them and touch them. It was cool to see the different parts of the hearing aids like the battery compartment and the microphones. I found it interesting that not all hearing aids had the same components. For example, BTE aids have the microphone by the ear hook, while the ITE device has 2 microphones next to its battery compartment.]]> 2019-05-05 17:46:56 UTC https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj/wish/356960631 leven104 https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj/wish/356961304 2019-05-05 17:52:51 UTC https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj/wish/356961304 leven104 https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj/wish/356962558 In the Speech Acoustics and Visual Communication lecture I learned that the place of articulation is the hardest and most errored feature and that most speech sounds are not visible. When my friends try to mouth me words in public I am barely able to understand and follow along so I cannot imagine lip-reading trying to follow a conversation for those with a hearing loss that rely on lip-reading. When trying to say ball- it could be seen as a /m/, /p/, or /b/ since all of these phonemes have a bilabial place of articulation. And the /l/ is hard to see because it is inside the mouth. ]]> 2019-05-05 18:03:55 UTC https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj/wish/356962558 leven104 https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj/wish/356963341 My uncle wore hearing aids for most of his life before his bilateral cochlear implants and he told me that he relied on lip reading a lot when he had hearing aids in. When I was growing up he always asked me to talk slower so that he could read my lips. Now with his implants he is able to talk on the phone, with sound-to-text still on, and it is much easier for him to understand and follow a conversation. He also told me that when he first received the implants and heard a car horn or the sound of a lawn mower from the neighbors he was surprised at just how much he was unable to hear. ]]> 2019-05-05 18:10:59 UTC https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj/wish/356963341 leven104 https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj/wish/356964095 When lipreading or speech reading I learned that it can be dependent on the environment, talker, and receiver. For example, if the talker is smiling while they talk it is harder for the receiver to understand the speech/viseme cues while lip reading.]]> 2019-05-05 18:17:11 UTC https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj/wish/356964095 leven104 https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj/wish/356964487 I found the short lecture on sign language and systems to be fascinating. I did not know there were different types of sign language based on geographic location. Like any language, it is hard to learn a new language, but I think knowing some sign language is beneficial for anyone who interacts with hearing loss. ]]> 2019-05-05 18:20:26 UTC https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj/wish/356964487 leven104 https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj/wish/356965066 When I was a sophomore I volunteered at the Children's Hospital in St. Paul in the audiology unit. I watched and helped an Audiologist Assistant with organizing parts of a hearing aid and testing to see if they work. I also witnessed a child hearing screening and sat in on a hearing aid mold fitting. I thought this was interesting because they had to put some foamy hardening substance in the child's ear and let it harden so that they could make an ear mold in the child's preferred color. It reminded me of when I had to get braces and a retainer and hey had to make a mold of my teeth. I think it comes full circle when I learned about the parts of a hearing aid in class because now I understood why I had to organize the different components into separate areas because not every hearing aid used the same battery or had the same parts.]]> 2019-05-05 18:25:16 UTC https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj/wish/356965066 leven104 https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj/wish/356965873 I think these are great ways to get attention. I never thought about what it would be like to be deaf or hard of hearing while crossing the street. Most crosswalks have the talking monitor and the visual signal that says to walk or to not walk. After this lecture I thought about what other devices are able to use visual signals rather than just sound: fire alarms blink red and use noise to alert, a landline uses blinking lights to display a voicemail if a call is missed, and a police car/ambulance uses flashing lights and a siren to let people know to move out of their way.]]> 2019-05-05 18:32:09 UTC https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj/wish/356965873 leven104 https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj/wish/356967083 2019-05-05 18:41:36 UTC https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj/wish/356967083 leven104 https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj/wish/356970899 2019-05-05 19:11:55 UTC https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj/wish/356970899 leven104 https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj/wish/356971381 With my uncle having hearing aids most of my childhood, I had noticed the whistling sound coming from his ears but I never knew why and or what caused that sound. From this class I learned that sounds coming from the ear reach the microphone which is then re-amplified by the HA and causes the high-pitched sound known as feedback.]]> 2019-05-05 19:16:00 UTC https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj/wish/356971381 leven104 https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj/wish/356972138 I had touched on telepractice in some of my speech-language classes, but I had not heard of telepractice within the audiology realm. After some research on this new way to communicate, I think this will be widely used in the future. A lot of things are being shaped by technology and I think assessment and treatment in the medical field will be another option for people to use if they are unable to leave their house to go to an appointment.]]> 2019-05-05 19:22:12 UTC https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj/wish/356972138 leven104 https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj/wish/356975331 2019-05-05 19:48:25 UTC https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj/wish/356975331 leven104 https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj/wish/356975426 2019-05-05 19:49:08 UTC https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj/wish/356975426 leven104 https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj/wish/356976662 From taking this class and learning more about hearing loss, I am now better prepared and able to be open-minded about hearing loss and the signs of it. I will take hearing loss into consideration when talking with others. For example, I will not get annoyed at my grandparents or parents for asking me to repeat what I said or if I could enunciate more. I will also take into consideration the environmental factors and talker/receiver factors that could impact hearing.]]> 2019-05-05 19:59:43 UTC https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj/wish/356976662 carne005 https://padlet.com/leven104/ghh0w3ac86cj/wish/357431494 I love your padlet. It's so personal with experiences from your other internships, classes and with your uncle. Glad to see you got so much out of the class.
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