Important Tips for Communication With Hearing Impaired People Hearing Impaired persons have special requirements which optimize their communication experience.
There are three main types of hearing loss : 1. Conductive Deafness - This is on account of disease/ discontinuity in the External and Middle ear - from the Pinna to the entrance to the Inner Ear. 2. Sensorineural Deafness - These are related to problems in the Inner Ear ( Cochlea- Sensory) or the Acoustic Nerve (Auditory Nerve - Neural). 3. Mixed Deafness - Arises out of a combination of both of the above. A patient of Conductive Deafness can be treated with medicines, simple procedures (like wax removal) or surgery (like the repair of the eardrum). The hearing loss is not complex and a simple amplification will make them hear better. A patient with a Sensorineural Deafness has a more complex hearing requirement. In the Sensory type of deafness, there is a phenomenon of Recruitment- that is, initial sounds are heard less, but as the amplitude increases the ear 'recruits' and more and more of the...