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Here are the top ten articles for the Deafness Site! These rankings are live and get reset at the beginning of each month, so check back often to see what your fellow visitors are most interested in! 1. Gradual Deafness Felicity went gradually deaf from around age 25 until she was totally deaf by age 35. She lived the next 2 decades deaf. 2. Tips for music with a Cochlear Implant Cochlear implants provide excellent speech recognition for the majority of implantees. The next thing we all want is to enjoy listening to music and hear it the way we once did. Here's some tips about who to get the best sound for music with your Cochlear Implant. 3. Are Cochlear Implants for adults? Cochlear implants have proven to work well in adults. If you are struggling with a hearing aid, then it may be time to look into getting better sound. 4. Learning to be hear bilaterally How do we go about learning to hear with a second implant? How do you proceed to get the best of your hearing? 5. Issues faced by Deaf children As late as the mid-20th century children with a hearing loss were often misdiagnosed and parents were told they had a mental deficiency. Research has found that children must receive stimulation to the auditory nerves during the early formative years. 6. Going deaf by accident It's bad enough to go deaf because of aging or due to disease, but to go deaf by accident – through a sudden traumatic event, must be devastating. Sudden hearing loss is a loss which occurs in 1 to 3 days. One of the most common causes is a head trauma. 7. History of Auslan - Australian Sign Language Deaf Communities were formed as a result of adversity and alienation – a necessity for a group of people who were branded with a stigma who were ostracised and isolated from the world into which they were born. It was from this that their rich language was developed. 8. Deaf humour Like any culture (or sub-culture) there are ‘in jokes’ and there is plenty of deaf humour around which play on the differences between hearing and deafness. Through humour we can laugh at ourselves and be laughed at without being ridiculed. 9. Famous Deaf People Deafness is not reserved for the poor or the unknown and there are many famous people, past and present who are also Deaf or hearing impaired. 10. Why our ears are so important Most people take their ears for granted. After all you were born with them and just like our eyes or mouth your hearing ability developed without you even thinking about it. Most of us never stop to consider what it would be like if our hearing stopped working. Be sure to visit the Deafness Archives for all the articles!
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