There are many factors that can significantly affect communication with people with hearing problems.
For a conversation to take place, there must be a speaker and a listener. Conversation can take place anywhere
imagined. Knowing some aspects of hearing impairment prepares you for the opportunity to speak more efficiently.
Speech (lip) reading
Sometimes you may witness people with hearing impairment say the phrase 'I can't hear anything without my glasses'. This sentence reveals that that person uses the 'speaking (lip reading)' method. People have learned this without realizing it. Over the years, the person has developed such an ability because he distinguishes sounds and pays attention to the lip and facial movements of the person speaking.
On the other hand, many people have received regular training in this. Whichever it is, if a person looks at the face of the person he is listening to, it will help him understand. Speech organs such as 'tongue, teeth, lips' can be seen in the production of many sounds.
If the speaker covers his mouth, chews gum, smokes a pipe while speaking, visual factors that make it easier for those with hearing difficulties
to understand. They are left deprived. Bad speech not only causes visual distortion
but also creates difficulty in understanding words. On the other hand, trying to show mouth
movements very carefully also causes the words to be distorted. Lip-readers have learned to understand 'normal speech'.
Attention!
We often hear the saying 'He hears when he wants to hear' from relatives of people with hearing difficulties. Sometimes
the person hears and understands without apparent difficulty. This occurs in the ideal listening environment, which is quiet, within a short
speaking distance, and with a person speaking clearly. A noisy environment, talking from one room
to another, or trying to understand a conversation with a bad speaker usually
results in failure. We cannot expect a hearing-impaired person to understand us when he carefully reads the newspaper or watches television. Hearing conditions vary according to time and place. The hearing impaired
are also affected by these conditions. Changing conditions of the speaking environment, the person, the hearing It may lead to the judgment that the person with e-difficulty is uninterested in talking. The reality is that the hard of hearing person spends a lot of effort trying to distinguish important points
. The energy these people spend to understand is greater than that of the
speaker.
Voice Adjustment
Assisting the hearing aid, the speaker should not shout. The person should know that the hearing aid increases the sound
, and if there is shouting, the person using the device will feel uncomfortable enough to
reach a physical level. If a person gives the impression that he hears but does not understand, when we are forced to shout
, the quality of the sounds deteriorates further.
In addition to the listener's discrimination problem, the speech turns into a noise consisting of meaningless words
with the effect of shouting.
br /> Another point to remember is that towards the end of the sentence, the volume of the voice should not be reduced.
Pronunciation
Even if the person has bought a good hearing aid and uses it appropriately. Even though it is adjusted, speech with distorted
pronunciation prevents understanding, because this device does not change the pronunciation, it just amplifies the incoming sound
and transmits it to the ear. The person should speak carefully and not exaggerate the words. Exaggerating the person's pronunciation of
causes his/her speech to deteriorate. It should be remembered that all sounds will make this worse if the correct
pronunciation is made. If you think that it is difficult to understand the sentence that will be written now and that the understood parts of it are mispronounced, you will give them more credit: >
Some celebrities, especially news anchors, are famous for their fast speeches. However, it is very difficult for those who are hard of hearing to understand fast speech. The words come one after the other and get mixed up. Just like
the difficulty you have in understanding this sentence now.
It is difficult to understand consecutive words
When speaking, words last less than a second. During this period, the brain tries to perceive the sounds and give them a meaning. If one or more of these sounds are distorted or swallowed during fast speech, the listener's understanding is affected. conversation duration Because it is coherent, the listener has a short
time to understand each word. Often, the reason why people with hearing difficulties give wrong answers to questions is not because they do not know the answer, but because they misunderstand the question.
Speech Type
Distinguishing mixed sound (word) groups, This is an important issue for those with hearing difficulties. It is important for those with hearing difficulties to choose the right words for the subject the speaker is talking about, as they do not understand and misinterpret some sounds. Since different words can be used to describe a subject, care should be taken to choose words related to the subject when talking to a person who is hard of hearing.
For example, would you like to see the newspaper? Instead – Newspaper; Do you want to read the newspaper? So, it will lead to better
understanding.
You see, hearing impairment is a complex condition. Adapting to a challenge is difficult and
scary. You can make this difficult task easier by remembering some tips. Get his/her attention, speak loud enough and with good pronunciation.
Do not speak fast. Above all this, be patient.
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