Essays Tagged: "Hearing aid"

Case study for Dementia

s he was crossing the street. He struck his head quite hard on the pavement. He was not wearing his hearing aid at the time. An ambulance took him to the Victoria Hospital in Halifax where he was seen ... ntified three years ago in a full audiometric evaluation as a bilateral, mild-moderatesensorineural hearing loss. He was prescribed a behind-the-ear (BTE) hearing aid for the right ear but does not we ...

(3 pages) 81 0 3.5 Mar/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Noise reduction in hearing aids

Recently in a local hearing clinic, a client?s concerns were discussed. ?I?m afraid I won?t like them. My brother in law ... ic, a client?s concerns were discussed. ?I?m afraid I won?t like them. My brother in law bought two hearing aids, and he keeps them in a drawer in the kitchen.? While the number of people dissatisfied ... , and he keeps them in a drawer in the kitchen.? While the number of people dissatisfied with their hearing aids hovers around 50%, the hearing aid industry is hard pressed to decrease the number of r ...

(10 pages) 12 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

The Vietnam Aftermath

ildren but also determined to provide services and equipment for them.Woodruff, the director of the Hearing and Balance Center in San Diego, is one of hundreds of volunteers for the non-profit organiz ... g Asian Children (AHAC). AHAC has provided an unique service to the children of Vietnam through its Hearing Aid program by detecting hearing loss and distributing hearing aids to those who might benef ...

(2 pages) 4 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

Organisational Culture- analysis of Oticon

nish company founded in 1904 was the first company in the world to invent an instrument to help the hearing impaired. In the 1970's, Oticon was the world's number one manufacturer of the "behind the e ... r of the "behind the ear" hearing aids. During the 1970's and 1980's as the market for "in the ear" hearing aid grew, Oticon's fortune suddenly declined and they lost money and market share. The main ...

(15 pages) 149 0 3.0 Apr/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

How Digital Aids Helping Hard of Hearing

How Digital Aids Helping Hard of HearingNow a day, a perfect medical treatment system should make everyone have a health body, unfort ... tunately disease, damage, infection and physical defects are also very common in the world. Hard of hearing is one of physical defects, it is caused by different factors, including to age, noise, illn ... eople who have relative insensitivity to sound in the speech frequencies. The disease severity of a hearing loss classified according to the increase in volume above the usual level necessary before t ...

(4 pages) 1 0 0.0 Jan/2014

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

Therapeutic Relationships

ario that may be improved upon in the future, such as 'have more patience with an individual with a hearing impairment'. This is easier for the individual to apply rather than a general statement such ... receiving care twice a day from external agencies. Shirley has experienced several strokes and has hearing loss due to meningitis as a child. She has motor weaknesses in her arms and legs, associated ...

(8 pages) 0 0 0.0 Nov/2014

Subjects: Social Science Essays