2. Types of Hearing Loss Conductive Sensorineural Mixed
Outer or Middle Ear Damage or Obstruction
May be Treatable
Sensorineural
Inner Ear or Beyond (Cochlea or Auditory Nerve)
Mitigate with Hearing Aid or Cochlear Implant
Mixed

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6. Missing Letters - Solution
brave new world
atlas shrugged
minneapolis minnesota
chicago illinois

7. More Missing Letters
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8. More Missing Letters - Solution
In looking at a mapping of common speech sounds by frequency and decibel, it can be seen that even a mild high frequency loss means the individual loses the sounds /s/, /f/, /t/, /h/, /p/, /th/, /ch/.

10. Speech Banana and Sounds

11. Severe Hearing Loss

12. Moderate HF Hearing Loss

14. Here Come the Veterans
Hearing Loss is Number 1 Diagnosis of Troops in Afghanistan and Iraq
Two-thirds of returning combat troops have significant hearing loss
Most also have significant tinnitus
Sound levels up to 140 db (threshold of pain is 120 db)
Many fail to use hearing protection

15. Hear Come the Kids
Significant increase in hearing loss among kids and young adults
Prolonged exposure to loud sound
iPods, earbuds, cell phones, headsets
One study found 30% increase in hearing loss compared to 15 years ago
Damage often shows up much later

16. Here Come the Boomers 78 million people born between 1946 and 1964
Several hundred turning 60 every minute for the next 18 years
Roughly half will have hearing loss
They are already starting to reshape the hearing loss world!

17. Resources Hearing Aids Cochlear Implants Hybrid Implants Apps
Text Transcription Apps
Smartphone “Hearing Aid” Apps

18. Resources (continued)
Assistive Devices
PocketTalker
FM Systems
Induction Loops
Bluetooth Systems
Near Field Magnetic Induction
Alarms
Speech recognition

19. Resources (continued)
California Telecommunications Access Program (ddtp.org)
Telephones and accessories
California Relay Service (also ddtp.org)
Bridge communications modes
Television Captions
Captioned Movies
Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA)