Surgeon teacher

A surd teacher - rarely meeting the names among the townsfolk. Although we all know that there are sign language interpreters, sign language.

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Who is the guardian?

These are those specialists who translate audio for people who have hearing problems. The therapist also performs a broader function. It helps to adapt in life to people with limited hearing and speech abilities. The profession of the faculty is essentially a narrow specialization of the defectologist, who not only studies and corrects hearing impairments, but also participates in the social and psychological adaptation of his patients.

It is important not to confuse the functions of the guardian and the doctor of the otorhinolaryngologist. This doctor is engaged in diagnosing problems and pathologies of the ear, throat and nose, as well as their treatment. But at the same time he is only interested in the medical side of the issue. Attention is paid to the elimination of physical deficiencies, the treatment of specific diseases, whether medicamental, surgical or any other method. The therapist, in turn, does not cure the disease, but helps to live with them. Certainly, there is also a certain correction, work on the pronunciation of sounds, the training of sign language. Also, surdopedagogy works with children who have received a cochlear implant.

When should I contact a surdopedagogist?

The surgeon-educator is not the doctor with whom all children get acquainted at planned check-ups at the polyclinic. Usually, this specialist is treated when there are characteristic symptoms of those diseases with which the surdopedagogist works. Often children become sur-pedagogical patients, but children are rather small. This is due to the fact that if the hearing impairments are congenital, the parents notice early enough that the child does not react to the sounds. But about such a doctor as a surdopedagogist, very few of the parents know, and not in every policlinic he is. Therefore, if necessary, usually sends to such a doctor another specialist - pediatrician, neuropathologist, ENT.

But hearing disorders can also be acquired, even at a very small age. The cause of this may be complications from the inflammatory processes of the ear or throat. Therefore, if the parents know that the child has suffered such a disease, and if medications that can reduce hearing have been used in the treatment, then it is worth paying special attention to the child, and in case of suspected hearing impairment, it is necessary to seek advice not only to Laura, but and to the surdopedagogist. The same concerns should cause injury to the ear or head. Attention is drawn to the lag in the development of the speech of the child. Sometimes the cause of this phenomenon can be a violation of auditory perception. Therefore, in this matter, the help of the guardian of the faculty may be required.

What kind of tests do I need to pass when I contact a surdopedagogist?

Health problems, which are considered by the faculty, have many aspects. As previously mentioned, the causes of hearing impairment can be various other diseases. Therefore, when considering the situation, you need to have a comprehensive picture of the health of the child. Therefore, in the list of analyzes, when referring to the guardian, such standard and familiar analyzes as a general blood test, general urinalysis, general analysis of feces will enter. Blood tests for glucose and erythrocyte sedimentation rate may also be required. Since for a full assessment of the causes of the violations you need to know whether there are hidden inflammatory processes, what is the general condition of the patient. This is necessary not only for the diagnosis, but also for choosing the most correct tactics of correction and treatment.

If there is clearly an inflammatory process near the ear or in it, sometimes it is recommended to make a microbiological culture of fluids in order to more accurately determine the pathogen of the inflammatory process.

In addition to standard laboratory studies, when developing problems with the perception of sound for a more multifaceted view of the situation, a number of genetic studies can be carried out. Since the connection of deafness with the mutations of certain genes has been proved. If such a mutation is present, then the problem will be more difficult to deal with, but nevertheless information about this state of affairs is important for selecting methods of working with the patient.

What diagnostic methods does the surdo pedagogue use?

In addition to analysis and standard methods of research, the guardian also uses a number of very specific diagnostic methods. So, in addition to the standard medical examination, the faculty can send a patient to perform such a diagnostic procedure as audiometry.

Audiometry is a procedure for measuring acuity. There are different methods and devices for conducting it. To do this, the sensitivity to the sound waves, which are fed at different frequencies, is checked. To date, the study is carried out using an audiometer instrument, and previously such procedures were performed using various tuning forks. Although today the use of tuning forks is possible and permissible.

The result of such a study is an audiogram. With regular audiometry on the dynamics of these audiograms, a doctor can diagnose not only a simple hearing loss, but also the development of this process in time.

Audiometry provides information on bone and air conduction, that is, it allows you to evaluate how the inner ear works, and the entire auditory tract as a whole.

Audiometry is performed by both tonal and speech method. And if the first one allows you to estimate the sensitivity to the sound in the range of typical frequencies (125 Hz - 8000 Hz), the second one speaks about the ability to recognize human speech of different levels of loudness.

What does the guardian do?

The therapist in his practice deals with the development of communication and speech skills in hard of hearing or deaf people, and also adapts them to hearing aids of various types.

The doctor-surdopedagog on the basis of studying some or other physiological characteristics of hard of hearing or completely deaf children, develops such methods of correction of a problem, methods of development and education that the child could be trained freely. Do not lag behind peers in the educational process and the social sphere.

Also, the faculty conducts general education classes in school subjects for hard of hearing and deaf children, using special methods of reporting information, explaining concepts.

But the most important goal is to educate children with limited hearing abilities of oral speech, which not only helps to better adapt in society, but also affects the overall intellectual and psychological development. This is a rather difficult task, because in this case the child himself does not hear and does not hear others, therefore he does not fully fully understand the meaning of his actions when he learns to speak.

You need to understand this is not just a formal job. In fact, this is the same work of the teacher, which requires understanding, participation, sympathy, the ability to stimulate and encourage their wards. But the main difference is that the surdopedagog works as deaf or almost deaf people. Of great importance, of course, is whether the person has ever heard. Since a person who has heard before, who for some reason or other has lost some or all of this ability, has an idea of the sound, which significantly influenced his general development, on the formation of abstract thinking. If a person has not heard from birth, then a slightly different approach is required. For such work, you need not just be a good professional, but also be able to understand those. With whom you work, study them. For some surdopedagogists, this is the way to a lifetime. Undoubtedly the surdopedagogist teaches the language of gestures. At the same time trying not only to teach to exchange important information, but also to create live emotional communication. Also, the surdopedagogist can train a deaf or hard of hearing person of elementary speech, here logopedic skills and skills of the defectologist are already required. And of course the surdopedagogue is first and foremost an educator, therefore the number of his actions includes everything that teachers usually face in general. This is the psychology of communication, and the ability to interest, and the ability to discern in each student an independent original personality.

What kind of diseases does the surdo pedagogue cure?

A help of a therapist can be required for various diseases of the middle and inner ear, brain, and even teeth or tongue.

The Surgeon educator performs diagnostics and correction for such diseases as deafness, deafblindness and deafblindness.

Also, he can work with patients suffering from hearing loss, otitis media or otosclerosis.

Other reasons for contacting a surdopedagogist may be nystagmus, neuritis of the auditory nerve, Meniere's disease, a vibrational disease.

Deafness is a complete or almost total loss of the ability to perceive and understand sounds from the outside, and hearing loss is a significant decrease, but not a complete loss, the ability to hear sounds, most often caused by internal ear diseases, inflammation of the inner and middle ear, various other infectious processes and their complications near ears (otitis media, influenza). In addition, loud sounds, severe noise, vibration or mechanical trauma may be the cause of hearing loss or loss.

A more complicated case is deaf-mute. This is an inability not only to hear, but to speak. Deaf mute can be due to the fact that the child does not hear speech, and can be caused by violations of the vocal apparatus. Identifying the cause of the problem, the guardian finds the individual method of work with such a student.

The most difficult case for correction is deafness and blindness. A deaf child is taught oral speech through visual contact. If, however, acquired or innately, the child is not only deaf, but also blind, then it is not possible to teach his speech at all. But nevertheless, such a person desperately needs special training in order to acquire elementary skills of communication and self-service.

Ménière's disease is the accumulation of fluid in the inner ear. This puts pressure on those cells that are responsible for the spatial orientation of the body and balance. This disease can be caused by infectious and other inflammatory processes in the inner ear, trauma or vascular disruption.

Tips for the faculty

If the help of the guardian was necessary, then most likely the child has already been diagnosed with hearing loss or deafness. It is always difficult for parents and loved ones of a small patient. But we must understand that, despite all the difficulties, people with similar problems can perfectly adapt in society, not denying themselves the human joys of life on a par with normal hearing. But this requires not only the help of the guardian, but also the intense and painstaking work of parents and family members. And first of all, one should adhere to a number of simple and at the same time very important rules:

• ADOPTION

Many parents, worrying about how their child with hearing problems will adapt in society, try to treat him as a hearing, put tasks too complex for the baby, build communication with him without considering that he does not hear them. Therefore it is important to accept the fact that the child is hard of hearing or does not hear and act in accordance with this.

• INDEPENDENCE

The parent hyperopeak also limits the ability of the child with a limited hearing to adapt in society. He and so should learn much more than his well-heared peers, so the task of parents is not to protect the child from the outside world, but to create the most comfortable and safe conditions for his knowledge.

• COMMUNICATION

Due to the fact that people with hearing limitations somehow have problems with speech, because communication for them is very difficult, it becomes unreasonable. Therefore it is very important to instill a baby with hearing problems not just desire, but desire and habit of communication. To do this, you need to show him an example of communication with him - use gestures, facial expressions, gestures. It is necessary to show the child that communication is fine, to spark in him the desire to also learn this fascinating occupation.

But in any case, it should be remembered that if you have hearing problems, you should immediately consult a surdopedagogist. And better be a false alarm.