NEW AUDIOMETER, randy pnMBd to the schools la Cborohss County by the Murphy
Women'! Club la demonstralsd bare by Mra. Margaret S. Bruce, speech thermit for the
Murphy end Andrews schools. Mrs. Bruce Is shown above testing the bearing at Jante Mason,
daughter at Mr. end Mrs. L. L. Mason of Murphy. (Scout Phon)
Hearing Tests Show 15.7%
Off Students In County
Have Hearing Impairments
MURPHY - Many children
in public schools suffer from
some degree of hearlM
Impairment end this loss Is
often not recognized by the
teacher or the speech cor
recttonlst. Many times the
child with a loss of hearing
is labeled as withdrawn. In
attentive, or low Intelligence.
Recognizing ,thls situation
could exist In the schools of
Cherokee County, the Mur
phy Women's Club busied
themselves with raising the
money to buy an audiometer,
a machine used to test the
hearing of each ear, for use by
the speech therapists In the
three school units In the
county.
A $338.00 audiometer was
bought by the club and pre
sented to the school on Jan.
1 of this year. The machine
is recommended by the N. C.
State Department of Public
Instruction. It is the goal of
the speech therapist to sweep
check the hearing of every
student.
Since the machine was put
Into use, 1,553 students at
Marble, Murphy, and And
rews have had their hearing
tested by the sweep test
method. Bach atudent was
checked up id 15 decibels, the
top frequency of normal hear
ing, The testing began a minus
-10 decibels. If the student
missed two or more frequenc
ies during the sweep test, then
a more thorough treshold test
is given.
According to Mrs. Bruce,
three students can be given
the sweep every 15 minutes
and returned to class. The
treshold test requires more
time.
On Feb. 1, 735 students at
Murphy completed the sweep
testing. Of this total 121 child
ren failed the test.
The Marble school has also
been completed. Out of 121
students tested, 22 failed.
Mrs. Bruce Is in the pro
cess of testing the hearing of
the students at Andrews now.
She has completed tests on
680 and has 20 more tests
to make. Out of the 680. 101
have failed the sweep test.
The results to date show
that out of 1,553 students test
H 15.7 per cent,
? tiled the test Indicating some
hearing Impairment. Treshold
test will be given to these
children to determine the ex
tent of the hearing Im
pairment.
In the treshold test, each
frequency is tested to see just
where the student hears on the
frequency. This type of test
shows how great a loss the
student has on each frequency.
TWo such tests, or audiograms
*** made before the parent
Is notified of the child's hear
ing loss.
THE DEAF AND
HARD - OF - HEARING
CHILDREN
There are two main groips
of children with defective
hearing: the hard of hearing,
and the deaf.
Hard - of - heating child
ren are able to understand
and use speech and language.
These children learn to com
municate using the sense of
hearing deficient though It may
e. The derf are those thai
ave been deprived of the abi
ity to communicate through
peech and language because
4 the severity of the hearing
oss. There Is a dlflerenda
lon mada between the derf and
the deafened. The deaf are
those whose deafness occur
red before speech and lan
guage were acquired. The
deafened are those who be
came deaf after learning to
speak.
There are three types ol
deafness: As conductive or
receptive type, the perceptive
d the mined
or nerve type, and )
type.
Comhictlve deafness is
characterised by: poor hear
ing In the low tones, foot
hearing In the high mas, tht
loss Is caused by a pathology
of the external or middle ear
the auditory nerve Is function
ing but the soimd is not reach
ing the Inner ear.
A nerve deafness or per
ceptive deafness la character
taed byt good hearing la At
low maes, poor hearing A da
high vnes. As nerve Is no
functioning adequately, an<
omitted or distorted.
The mined type deafndnahai
elements of boA comhictl*
and nerve deefnees: loss in
the low ones, severe loss in
the high tones, some de
generation of the nerve, end
some hlockage of the sound
by sir In the external or mid
dle ear.
All three types of deaf
ness stem from two causes:
congenital deafness and ac
quired deafness.
Congenital deafness refers
to deafness of a hereditary
nature or one due to birth
injury.
Acquired deafness is caused
by brain infections, infections
of the ear, injuries of the ear,
or otosclerosis.
A hearing aid is usually re
commended when the hearing
loss exceeds 30 or 35 d b.
In the twilight area between
15-25 d b lip reading instruct
ion is recommended. When the
loss is between 35 and 75 d b,
a hearing aid is recommend
ed and also lip reading and
auditory training be given. If
the loss exceeds 75 d b, lip
reading is a vital necessity
since a hearing aid may be
almost useless.
A hearing conservation
program will Include: screen
ing test, audiometric test, re
ferral to a clinic to be seen
by an otologist, medical care,
and special educational re
commendations, preferred
placement, indivfcfcial hearing
aid, speech reading, auditory
training, acoustic training.
Characteristics of Deaf and
Hard - Of - Hearing children
are: speech andlanguagecome
slowly, tsider constant emo
tional tension, abnormal voice
quality, and seeming inability
to understand.
These are the characteris
tics of hard - of - hearing
and deaf children in whom
the defect is known to exist.
The teacher and speech cor
rectionlst need to know some
characteristic symptoms of a
liearlng loss so that they may
help Identify children with un
detected hearing losses. The
characteristic marks of a
hearing loss are: verbal di
rections ignored consistently,
close observation of the fact
of the teacher, consistently
the head to one side, appar
ent and repeated confusions
in understanding the speech of
others, reading disability,
spelling errors, frequent
colds with ear discharge,
spells of dizziness, and ex
cessive fatigue during class
recitation.
HELPING THE
ACOUSTICALLY
DEFECTIVE CHILD
The classroom teacher and
speech correctlonist have a
dual role to fill In teaching
the hard-of-bearing or deaf
child. They must (1) help the
child to make an adequate
social adjustment with his
classmates and (2) help the
child Improve his speech.
Reading as a means of ac
quiring information and as a
recreational device is so im
portant to the hard-of-hearing
or deaf child that it must be
regarded as one of the most
important abilities to be gain
ed in school.
Acquiring a speaking vo
cabulary equal *> that of the
normal child Is an almost im
possible task for the average
deaf child. Fortunately such an
attempt is no longer neces
sary. It Is now possible for
the deaf child to learn to use
a limited vocabulary thatwill
enable him to communicate
with no loss of meaning. This
system of condensed language
Is known as Basic English,
It consists of 850 words. Once
the student has mastered the
850 words, he can talk any
where, anytime, and has no
firther absolute need to in
crease his vocabulary.
Preferred placement will
help the hard-of-bearing us?
his available hearing to the
best advantage. If a child doei
not tnderstand the tsechen
directions the first dine, d*
directions should bo repeaex
in a different form. Often tha
same material said different!)
is immediately grasped.
The parents of acoustically
handicapped children can la
wheeled in die guidance ?
Ibeir chi!Awn. The John Tracy
Clinic helps parents by send
ing out correspondence tea
sons. The Volta Bursa
Washington, D. C? will hel)
locate competent physicians
HEARING TESTS
All children who exhibit
some hearing loss ere often
called deaf but deafness Is a
matter of degree. There are
several methods by which the
degree of deafness may be de
termined.
A screening test Is usually
the first step to discover If a
child's hearing Is normal. The
screening test may be (1) a
watch tick test, (2) a voice
test, (3) a phonograph test,
(4) an audio me trie sweep test.
If there is a hearing loss evi
dent the screening test if fol
lowed by a diagnostic test
(audlometrlc test).
The type of hearing loss can
be determined from the audio
gram. A conductive type loss
will show a slight or moderate
loss In the low tones and nor
mal responses In the high
tones. A nerve type loss will
show normal hearing in the low
tones and dipping down below
SO d b in the high tones. The
mixed type loss is shown by
a slight or moderate loss in
the low tones (above SO d b)
and dipping down below SO d b
In the high tones. SO d b Is the
point of dlfferentatlon between
conductive and nerve type los
ses.
The audiogram tells only
half the story. It determines
the Individuals ability to hear
pure tones only. Speech recep
tion Threshold Tests are need
ed to determine the individuals
functional hearing, such as:
Spondee, the Phonetically Bal
anced Word Lists (P B), and
Condnuous Discourse Test.
The Spondee Test consists
of 42 words each with two
syllables of equal accent.
The P. B. Word Lists con
tain 50 words such as "are,
bad, bar." The Condnuous
Discourse Test Is a thres
hold test for hearing of con
tinuous speech.
The speech correcdonlst is
primarily Interested in help
ing the hard-of-hearing child
conserve his present hearing
and to restore any speech
sounds which may have been
lost. In order to do this, the
correcdonlst must be aware
of each sound element on the
frequency range. Each speech
sound has a different phonedc
power.
Arranging the sounds which
are most powerful to the
sounds which areleastpower
ful, they are: pure vowels,
semi-vowels, unvolcedfrfcat
lves, stop and frlcadve con
sonants, and the unvoiced th.
The unvoiced th and the s
are very high frequency
sounds. Therefore, hard-of
hearing adults and children
omit the s sound entirely or
develop a lateral lisp.
RANGER MAN COMES UP
WITH LITTLE INVENTION
RANGER - Mr. R. J. Stire
waltof the Ranger Community
in his spare dme, has come
H> with a 11 tdeinvendon which
will save him some money,
dme and do a much more ef
ficient Job. For some dme he
has needed a bolus gun to use
for young scouring calves. In
stead of buying a gun, he used
a piece of rubber hose about
15 inches long and Inside this
hose he used an old battery
cable as a plunger. With his
knlve, he enlarged one end of
the hose enough to hold the
bolus sulmet.
Now Sdrewalt says, "I can
hold and give the necessary
dosage myself. I need no one
to hold the calf and can make
sure the sulmet tablet will
not be coughed back up."
Cherokee Scout A Clay County
Progress, Thurs., Mar. 7. 1963
Home Economic
Classes Hear
Hair Stylist
MURPHY - The home
economic classes at Murphy
High School beard a presen
tation on hair, the care of
hair, hair styling, and the
use of make-igj Monday. Mar.
4. The presentation was given
by Mrs. Elizabeth Stiles, a
1953 graduate of die high
school, and a recant graduate
of the University of Cosme
tology and Hair Design In
Marietta, Ca.
Mrs. Stiles plans B open
a beauty salon on Roua 4
within the next few weeks.
Mrs. Stiles appeared be
fore the classes at the re
quest of the school's acooo
mlcs teacher. Miss Martha
Hawkins.
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