11. Make the written translation of the text.
12. Comment on the Quotations
*"Blindness cuts you off from things; deafness cuts you off from people." — Helen Keller *"What matters deafness of the ear, when the mind hears. The one true deafness, the incurable deafness, is that of the mind." — Victor Hugo *"Deaf people can do anything except hear." — I. King Jordan
13. Make a report about a)Audism, discrimination against Deaf and hard-of-hearing people b)Auditory brainstem response (ABR) test c)Closed captioning d) Deaf culture e) Hearing loss with craniofacial syndromes f) Models of deafness for a comparison of the medical, disability and cultural models of deafness. g) Post-lingual hearing impairment h) Pre-lingual deafness i) Tinnitus j)Unilateral hearing loss
k) the influence of genetics and medications on hearing
14. Read the article “Guarding against hearing loss”. Make the summary of the general advice.
Guarding against hearing loss
Simple precautions can protect ears of music lovers
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CNN
Thursday, March 18, 2004 Posted: 4:09 PM EST (2109 GMT)
(CNN) -- If you've ever experienced ringing in your ears after a night of clubbing or attending a gig, tune in now. There are simple measures you can take to avoid permanent hearing damage.
People love music, and many people love it loud. But whether you're a performer or promoter, roadie or fan, if you want to continue enjoying music, you need to protect your hearing. "Once the hearing's been damaged due to noise, there's no remedy at all," said professor Mark Lutman, an audiology expert at the University of Southampton in England. "Once the hair cells in the inner ear are damaged, they never recover. There's no mechanism for replacement or recovery, so the hearing loss is there for life." London-based charity Royal National Institute for the Deaf conducted a study on hearing damage caused by music and launched a campaign called "Don't Lose the Music," aimed at educating fans on how to protect their hearing while enjoying music. RNID has lobbied fans at music festivals and offered earplugs to clubbers jetting off to dance meccas such as Ibiza, Spain. The group's top tips for hearing loss prevention include standing away from speakers, taking regular breaks from the music in quieter areas of the venue and using proper earplugs, rather than makeshift toilet tissue plugs. "Three out of four people who go clubbing regularly experience the signs of permanent hearing damage and that's a great concern for future young people," said Brian Dow, of RNID.
Warning signs
DJ Louis Millichamp suffers from tinnitus, or ringing in the ears. "It's there 24 hours a day. It's [there] when everything gets quiet and there's no noise around," Millichamp said. He had been DJ-ing for about seven years when he first started noticing a slight ringing in the ears -- the kind of ringing people may experience coming out of a nightclub after sitting too close to a speaker. It took Millichamp a while to realize he had a problem and that it was tied to loud music. That response is not unusual, according to Dow. "The research showed that the majority of people were not aware that ringing in the ears can be a sign of permanent hearing damage, and that's a concern because it's often experienced by people who are going [to gigs or clubs] regularly," Dow said. More than a reduction in volume, the effect of noise on hearing is a reduction in clarity, Professor Lutman said. Patients with hearing loss due to noise often report that they have more difficulty than they used to hearing against background noise. "So, for example, if they are in a pub, and there's a lot of people talking in the background, they may miss out on conversation when their friends are able to follow it," Lutman said.