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Are You Listening?

Excuse me?

Hearing is Important• Since Before Birth• An unborn child picks up • sounds• voices • accents• music

• The child stores them as• unconscious memories.

• Later the child • associates these familiar sounds with safety and

security.

Not Hearing• “Blindness separates people from things. •Deafness separates people from people.” • ~ Immanuel Kant

Hearing is Social Contact• To establish contact with other people, • holding an intimate conversation or • simply laughing together

•Hearing means communication and is an irreplaceable component of our social lives.

Hearing is Linked to Emotion• Music

Hearing is Linked to Emotion• Music

Hearing is Linked to Emotion• Music• the rushing of waves

Hearing is Linked to Emotion• Music• the rushing of waves

Hearing is Linked to Emotion• Music• the rushing of waves• the twittering of birds

Hearing is Linked to Emotion• Music• the rushing of waves• the twittering of birds

Hearing is Linked to Emotion• Music• the rushing of waves• the twittering of birds• the laughter of children

Hearing is Linked to Emotion• Music• the rushing of waves• the twittering of birds• the laughter of children

Hearing is Linked to Emotion• Music• the rushing of waves

• We all associate emotional moments with unforgettable hearing experiences.

Hearing is Linked to Emotion• Music• the rushing of waves

• We all associate emotional moments with unforgettable hearing experiences.

HEARING LOSS CONCERNS US ALL

• According to the WHO, 15% of the world population are currently affected by hearing loss. • The number of people affected continues to rise due to the demographic aging of our society and the growing noise pollution in our environment.

SUDDEN HEARING LOSS WHEN THE EAR SUDDENLY NO LONGER FUNCTIONS

• Sensations:

• Sudden deficiency in the form of a sense of pressure, as if their ear was blocked by a piece of cotton wool

• Impression that their ear has somehow closed

• Usually accompanied by tinnitus

• sounds that resemble a high-pitched whistle (cicada-like) • ring • hiss • or hum

SUDDEN HEARING LOSS• Although this form of hearing loss, occurring

completely out of the blue, is a condition affecting a growing number of people, its causes are as yet unknown. Sudden hearing loss can probably be attributed to the interaction of physical and psychological factors that combine to place the organism under undue pressure, something often subsumed today under headings such as "stress" or "burnout syndrome".

PAYING THE PRICE FOR OVERSTRAINING THE BODY• "At the time, I was recording in the States and had

spent the day singing in the studio. Then I collected my daughter from school. We got home, had something to eat, played a video game. Then suddenly my ear went sssssssshh. Within a second my left ear simply closed down. As if I had been under water. I tried to clear it by pinching my nose. But it made no difference. So I thought it will sort itself out. But it didn’t."

• ~Phil Collins

• 8. If you’re talking to someone who is having a hard time hearing you, try changing your wording or lowering your voice.

• Commander_Shepard_: People who are hard of hearing are unable to hear certain frequencies very well. It varies, obviously. But yelling at them is rude and doesn’t work at all. Speak normally first, then allow the person to ask for clarification. If they do, speak a tad slower and maybe with a deeper voice (usually it's higher frequencies that go first).

• Commander_Shepard_: I was a nursing student. It was one of the first things they taught us for socializing and conversing with the elderly, for whom this is rather common. Speaking more loudly won't make the hair fibers targeted towards mid range freqs pick up any more then they can. The high freqs are dead.Taking to deaf people is easier then ever before now. Sign language has always been there, but I know a deaf dude and he just texts everything and everyone. He tells me how much of a miracle mms and texting has been for him.

Primary Auditory Cortex

Image by James.mcd.nz - self-made - reproduction of combined images Surfacegyri.JPG by Reid Offringa and Ventral-dorsal streams.svg by Selket. Licensed under GFDL via Wikimedia Commons

• Highlighted in magenta

• Known to interact with all areas highlighted on this neural map