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What is Deafness

Chapter 112
Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior
An expression referring to a partial or complete lack of hearing (also termed hearing impairment) that implies a wide range of hearing losses and their cultural implications, although the distinction between being deaf and hard of hearing is usually made within the context of hearing difficulties measured in units of decibels (dB) for loudness and in hertz (Hz) for pitch or frequency.
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Deaf Adolescents' Textisms
Yoshiko Okuyama (University of Hawai'i at Hilo, USA)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 12
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8239-9.ch112
Abstract
This article starts with an overview of the existing literature on mobile communication and then presents a more detailed account of the current scientific knowledge in mobile communication and deaf studies, followed by a summary of the findings from the two case studies that the author recently conducted. The first study investigated how texting was used by deaf adolescents in Japan. The second study examined text messages written by U.S. deaf adolescents. Both studies collected a small corpus of dyadic messages exchanged via cell phone between two deaf high-school students at each residential school to examine the unconventional spellings typically used in text messages, or “textisms.” The characteristics of each text-message corpus (356 messages produced by the Japanese pair, and 370 messages by the U.S. pair) were analyzed in order to explore the features of textisms adopted by these deaf adolescents.
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Chapter 19
A Survey of MAC Layer Protocols to Avoid Deafness in Wireless Networks Using Directional Antenna
A phenomenon wherein a Node A fails to initiate communication with another Node B, because Node B is beamformed in a different direction.
Published in Chapter: A Survey of MAC Layer Protocols to Avoid Deafness in Wireless Networks Using Directional Antenna; From: Handbook of Research on Progressive Trends in Wireless Communications and Networking
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Silent Struggles of D/deaf Youth
Condition of extreme hearing loss.
Published in Chapter: Silent Struggles of D/deaf Youth; From: Handbook of Research on Bullying in Media and Beyond
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Changes of Communication in Biomedical Sciences and Health: “Dr Google” and Hearing Loss
Also called hearing loss, is the condition where the individual is unable to hear some sounds. Considering the possible types, hearing loss can be Conductive, if associated with head bones from the outer and middle ear; Sensorineural if associated with the inner ear (Organ of Corti and ciliated cells) and the auditive nerve or even Mixed. Can be profound, severe, moderate or mild according to the severity. Can also be congenital if present at birth, post –lingual if present after acquision of language or even age-related if associated with older individuals.
Published in Chapter: Changes of Communication in Biomedical Sciences and Health: “Dr Google” and Hearing Loss; From: Internet of Behaviors Implementation in Organizational Contexts
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