increase in a certain sound indicates that there is ten times increase in the intensity of the sound. A Sound measuring 120dB is very much capable to damage the eardrums. However if the intensity of sound is about 85dB can already be hazardous to the ears if the person is exposed to it continuously. If you are being continuously exposed to such intense sound can bring health problems like damaged eardrums. Source of Noise Pollution: Basically there are 2 major sources for noise pollution, i.e indoor
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ASSESSMENT OF THE PATIENT Why do we assess the pt? · To evaluate the client’s current physical condition · To detect early signs of developing health problems · · Gather General Data information….The Data Base 1. Personal Data 2. Chief Complaint = 3. Past Health History = the past health problems, treatments, & outcomes. A. Surgical history…..type & date of surgery. B. Medical Illnesses 4. Family History= 5. Allergies = 6. Current Meds 7. Prosthesis=
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Introduction When designing a building it is important to not only select the correct materials for building components but to also consider the basic factors that will affect human comforts in the internal built environment. Every human has different comfort levels and building design will be influenced by personal factors. Designers should also consider what the building is to be used for as this will dictate the internal environment conditions. It is important to achieve the correct internal
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Anthology Teaching students with special needs Fabian Francis 081123090 Mr. A. Solomon Mico University College April 23, 2012 Introduction This anthology seeks to give readers an understanding of various disease and sickness students in a physical education class may suffer from. Time to time it has been a problem for students suffering from the disease, teachers and normal students in the class to react positively in a physical education class. As the motto of the Ministry of Education
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Introduction Communication is simply the act of transferring information from one place to another. There are various categories of communication and more than one may occur at any time. The different categories of communication are: (1) Spoken or Verbal Communication: face-to-face, telephone, radio or television and other media. (2) Non-Verbal Communication: body language, gestures, how we dress or act - even our scent. (3) Written Communication: letters, e-mails, books, magazines, the Internet
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The human body can encounter several diseases throughout life whether they are genetic or acquired. Many times diseases are age related and others are genetic that someone is born with. Some diseases of the special senses are Age related macular disease, glaucoma, cataracts, detaches retina, deafness, Meniere’s disease, and Ataxia. Each caused from something different and each effecting everyday life of an individual. Age related Macular disease is also referred to as Macular degeneration. It
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The above graph represents the frequency that can be heard according to age. It is apparent that as a person gets older their hearing becomes less able to recognise frequencies. This relationship between age and hearing loss shows the condition of presbyacusis which affects every aging human. Presbyacusis is the slow loss of hearing over time. This hearing condition affects higher sound frequency perception compared to lower frequencies as represented in the above graph, with the pattern of how the
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under anesthesia to receive ear tubes, and one had her adenoids removed as well. This has been a radical transformation in our household, and it all began with the common kid phrase, “I can’t hear you.” Most of the time when I hear people talk about tubes, it’s usually with infants, so I had no idea this could be something a six-year-old or even a 1.5 year old might need. I thought we were in the clear because we made it past a year without any of our kids having many ear infections. Then cue the nastiness
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Otosclerosis. Otosclerosis is a condition caused by an unusual bone remodeling in the middle ear. During Otosclerosis, this remodeling process disrupts the ability of sound to travel from the middle ear to the inner ear. This disease typically causes conductive hearing loss, which occurs when sound is not conducted efficiently or effectively through the outer ear canal to the eardrum and the ossicles of the middle ear. This disease affects more than three million people in the United States, and in most
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your body, noises you can barely imagine – the hypnotic pump of organs, the soft ebb and flow of lungs at work – noises that can name you normal, healthy, or not. The intimate instrument – the stethoscope – knows your body in a way your own hands and ears never can” (73). Contradictory to the idea that the application of technology can be harmful to the world, Church begins to establish the great advantage that instruments, such as the stethoscope, can offer. With a stethoscope, doctors can effectively
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