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Deaf & Hearing Awareness Training

Deaf & Hard of Hearing

Assistive Technology

Deaf & Hearing Awareness Training

Welcome

Your presenter today is:– Julianne Gillen, Community Resource Officer

Julianne.gillen@deafhear.ie

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DeafHear.ie

• DeafHear.ie is a voluntary non-profit organisation and is registered charity

• We have 12 Resource Centres throughout the country

• Outreach clinics in a number of different locations.

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Support Network

DeafHear.ie Services

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Under the Umbrella of DeafHear.ie

• Irish Hard of Hearing Association

• Irish Tinnitus Association

• Irish Society for Mental Health & Deafness

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Statistics

• 14% of population have a hearing loss*• Of that 14%:

– 1% is culturally deaf– 5% require amplification– 4% can not use amplification– 4% may not be aware of their hearing loss

*NDA official figure, DeafHear 17%

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Talking Numbers

Wheelchair Users 1%

Vision Impairment 1.4%

Deaf or Hard of Hearing 14%

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How We Hear

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Conductive Hearing Loss

• This is when sound cannot be conducted (pass through) the outer and middle ear.

The causes include: • collection of fluid in the middle ear ('glue

ear' in children)• damage to the eardrum by infection or

trauma• blockage of the outer ear (by wax)• middle ear infections

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Sensorineural Hearing Loss

This happens when the tiny hair cells in the cochlea are damaged and so do not convert sound into electrical impulses.

The causes include:• age related hearing loss (a natural part of the

aging process)• acoustic trauma (such as a loud noise) to the

hair cells• viral infections of the inner ear (measles,

mumps, chickenpox)

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Rustling leaves

Library

Ocean

Conversation

Telephone

Truck

Lawn mower

ChainSaw

Personalstereo (max)

Jet aircraft(100m)

Rockband Pain

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Frequency and Intensity of familiar sounds

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Mild - Dave Browne (32) - secondary school teacher

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Speech Audiogram

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Mild - Dave Browne (32) - secondary school teacher

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Profoundly deaf - Carol Casey (28) - civil servant

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Profoundly deaf - Carol Casey (28) - civil servant

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What is a Hearing Aid

In The Ear (ITE)

Half Shell

CanalBehind The Ear

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Behind the Ear

Behind the Ear (BTE) hearing aid and attached earmould

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In the Ear (ITE) Hearing Aid

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Cochlear Implant

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Hearing Aid Batteries

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Aids & Appliances

• Make it shake

• Make it flash

• Make it loud

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Telecoil or ‘T’ Switch

Telecoil switch on ITE Telecoil on the Behind The Ear

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Loop System

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Portable Loop Systems

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Counter Loop

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Using the loop with Telephone

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Assistive Telephone Equipment

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When a Phone Rings…

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When the doorbell goes…

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When the baby cries at night….

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When the Fire Alarm activates…

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Bellman System

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Silent Alert System

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TV/Audio listening devices

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Personal Listening Devices

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Tinnitus Assistive Technology

• Tinnitus Pillow

• Tinnitus Pillow Speaker

• Tinnitus Alarm Clock

• Tinnitus CD’s

• Sounds and Aroma Tinnitus Relaxer

• Naturcare Tinnitus Masker

• Sound Oasis Tinnitus Relaxer

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Guidelines

• Getting Deaf/hard of hearing person’s attention• Topic of discussion • Face the person• Maintain eye contact• Speak slowly and clearly• Facial expression • Mouth free of obstruction• Avoid standing in front of a light source• Level of noise in the room

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Any Questions?

Thank you for listening!