Abstract
This chapter focuses on hearing loss and auditory processing disorders (APD) with reference to culture and identity. Hearing impairments constitute a world-wide problem. They affect both language communication and social interactions, and hence, influence personal identity. APD are discussed from both audiological and neuropsychological perspectives. We present demographic data on hearing impairment and the most important methods applied to assessment and treatment of hearing disorders. We also discuss major cognitive deficits associated with hearing impairments across the life span and their psycho-social consequences. We also emphasize the importance of temporal aspects of auditory information processing which are crucial for broad aspects of cognitive function with special reference to language communication and learning ability. The reviewed literature data are illustrated with some results from our studies indicating psychophysical, electrophysiological and neuroimaging correlates of temporal processing after application of Fast ForWord training.
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When capitalized, “Deaf Community” refers to a group of deaf individuals committed to preserving a deaf culture. When not capitalized, “deaf community” refers to the general population of individuals with profound or complete hearing loss. This is an important distinction.
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The term prescybusis is a general term used to designate hearing loss that cannot be directly accounted for by any known etiology and is therefore non-specific. Most people agree it is primarily due to unaccounted environmental factors (McPherson et al. 2008).
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Supported by the Polish Ministry for Science and Higher Education grant no.: 1082/P01/2006/31 and 507/1/N-DFG/2009/0. We thank Scientific Learning Corporation from Oakland, USA, for the opportunity to use Fast ForWord training in our research. We would like to thank Professor David McPherson for his valuable comments on this chapter.
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Szelag, E., Skarzynski, H., Senderski, A., Lewandowska, M. (2011). Hearing Loss and Auditory Processing Disorders: Clinical and Experimental Perspectives. In: Han, S., Pöppel, E. (eds) Culture and Neural Frames of Cognition and Communication. On Thinking. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15423-2_10
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