首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Edith Smith of New York was concerned about her 18-month-old daughter, Amanda. The daughter did not respond when her parents spo
Edith Smith of New York was concerned about her 18-month-old daughter, Amanda. The daughter did not respond when her parents spo
admin
2013-01-18
66
问题
Edith Smith of New York was concerned about her 18-month-old daughter, Amanda. The daughter did not respond when her parents spoke to her, and never react to noises. "She doesn’t seem to know what is happening around her, "she told the doctor. Without examining Amanda, the doctor assured Edith that her little girl was fine.
But when Amanda was not talking by the time she was two, Edith and her husband became more and more anxious. (1)
Finally, Edith took Amanda to an ear, nose and throat specialist, who did an auditory brain-stem response test in which clicking sounds sent through earphones are measured in the brain.
This examination showed that Amanda was severely hearing-impaired in both ears. The tragedy was that late detection had delayed her language development and threatened, long-term, to hinder her growth socially.
Hearing impairment is one of the most common birth defects in Asia today. (2)
Dr. Andrew Smith, medical officer with the World Health Organization’s Activities for Prevention of Deafness and Hearing Impairment Team in Geneva, Switzerland, estimates that 5.5 million children in Asian-Pacific region are deaf or hearing-impaired.
He says that the lack of awareness among parents and some physicians about hearing impairment is a major reason for late detection in childrea Choy Kwee Yuen of Singapore initially did not suspect there was anything wrong with his child. At six month, Choy Jing Xian cooed and gurgled like any other baby. But when Jing Xian was eight months old, Choy became concerned. The infant would sleep through loud noises, including slaps of thunder. His doctor referred the boy to a specialist, who found that Jing Xian had a severe hearing impairment (3)
"All babies up to six months old make vocal noises — it’s a natural reflex, " says the specialist, "It’s hard to distinguish between a three-month-old hearing baby and a three-month-old deaf baby. "
He also stresses that even children with moderately severe hearing loss may hear loud sounds or react to hand movements. (4)
If a doctor tests a young deaf child’s hearing by ringing a bell next to his ear, he may react to the movement of hand rather than the sound.
Because hearing problems are often not detected, many children muddle along until hearing screenings are given at school. They don’t know they have a problem, and their symptoms may be misinterpreted.
(5)
Mounting evidence shows that the longer the delay in diagnosing the problem, the more trouble the child has in developing language and social skills.
选项
答案
医生如果通过在耳聋的小孩耳边敲响响铃来测试他的听觉,他的反应可能是针对手的动作而不是铃的声音。
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/FF2O777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
Beforethemid-nineteenthcentury,peopleintheUnitedStateeatmostfoodsonlyinseason.Drying,smoking,andsaltingcould
ItiswellknownthatretiredworkersinChinaare______freemedicalcare.
The______actionofthepolicemensavedthepeopleinthehousefrombeingburnt.
Afteryuppiesanddinkies,anewcreaturefromadlandstalkstheblock.TheNYLON,anacronymlinkingNewYorkandLondon,isa
Afteryuppiesanddinkies,anewcreaturefromadlandstalkstheblock.TheNYLON,anacronymlinkingNewYorkandLondon,isa
Scholarsandstudentshavealwaysbeengreattravelers.Theofficialcasefor"academicmobility"isnowoftenstatedinimpress
TheNationalTrustinBritain,togetherwithsimilarvoluntaryorganization,playsanincreasinglyimportantpartinthepreserv
Issuesofprice,place,promotion,andproductare______conventionalconcernsinplanningmarketingstrategies.
OnesuggestedmethodofcontainingthefireswaspresentedbyCaryColaizzioftheengineeringfirmGoodson,whichhasdeveloped
随机试题
A.孕激素IUDB.铜IUDC.惰性IUDD.太田环E.惰性不锈钢圆环IUD可以终身放置的是
慢性淋巴细胞性白血病外周血增生的细胞是
下列关于面神经麻痹的描述,错误的是
中药的副作用说的是
A.造成重大损失B.造成特别重大损失C.使生产遭受较大损失D.情节特别严重E.对人体健康造成严重危害
业务辅助序列的岗位包括()。
在ISO9000:2000八项质量管理原则中,( )是质量管理的基本点。
外语学院因教学需要,欲从本院在读研究生中招聘《大学英语》课程助教一名,承担诸如作业批改、教学材料收集、教学效果反馈等一系列教学辅助工作。请以应聘者的身份,拟写申请书一份,阐述自己可以胜任该岗位的各项理由。要求内容得宜,格式规范,字数在40
在考生文件夹下,“samp1.accdb”数据库文件中已建立两个表对象(名为“员工表”和“部门表”)和一个窗体对象(名为“fEmp”)。试按以下要求顺序,完成表及窗体的各种操作:将“员工表”姓名字段中的所有“小”字改为“晓”。
【B1】【B20】
最新回复
(
0
)