Hearing Loss and Deafness are not the Same
Hearing Loss and Deafness are not the Same
Hard of Hearing:A person is said to be hard of hearing if he or she has hearing loss which can be helped by medical and/or surgical treatment, or has learned speaking naturally as partially hearing child or adult. Rehabilitation measures like providing amplification (hearing aid), speech and auditory trainings can help in restoring verbal communication.
Provided the treatment is started early hi life, suck a person can be educated with normal hearing children and in lateral life will have the same employment opportunities, as normal hearing people.
The Deaf:A person is said to be deaf if he or she has a severe hearing loss with little or no residual hearing. Such a person’s hearing is non-functional for ordinary purpose of life. When measured with an audiometer the hearing loss for speech is 82 dB or worse (normal hearing is from a to 25 d) A deaf person should be educated Zairained irra deaf school.
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