Can deaf people hear with a Hearing Aid?

Question

People who were born deaf anyways.

Answer 1

some can and some can't and some just don't want to...with today's technology deaf people can hear with a cochlear implant...a special device they put in your head and ear...it requires surgery...some are not totally deaf and can use a standard hearing aid....so it really all depends...some deaf dont' want a surgery and take pride in being deaf and some get upset about the hearing world trying to make them like everyone else...everyone is different and i would love to go more indepth about it..if you would like to email me and talk more that would be great...i'm an ASL (sign language) student and the primary things we focus on are the things like what you've asked..as well as the culture and history of the death...it's a really neat class

Answer 2

Depends on why they are deaf and what kind of hearing aid it is.

Sometimes "deaf" just means they can only hear very little, and so are legally "deaf". Just like some people who are legally blind can still see a little.

Plus some kinds of deafness can be overcome with different kinds of hearing aid. Some hearing aids go far beyond just amplifying the sounds, some can actually perform some of the functions of parts of the ear, thus possibly bypassing damaged or missing parts of the ear.

Thee are a lot of factors involved.

Answer 3

There are different types of deafness. Some people have absolutely no ability to hear what-so-ever, so hearing aids will do nothing. Others have severe hearing loss, and a hearing aid will help. Some have hearing loss for reasons beyond the ear itself, which cannot be remedied with a hearing aid.

Answer 4

nicely, i'm no longer common of listening to and positioned on listening to aids yet I surely have worked with loads of deaf those this is they have not have been given any measurable listening to the place amplification could be a earnings so which you will have profound listening to and nonetheless hear or maybe experience sounds yet so some distance as speech is going no use. Why? nicely it includes them interior the sound international it may indicated the place a noise is coming from for directionality or you would be based on eye web site on my own. they could have some convenience listening to or feeling something, in case you have no longer have been given any listening to you truly are on my own in some experience. So it somewhat is a case of the two offering added suggestions to the guy and private convenience yet there's no speech intelligibility and only with the aid of fact somebody says you're deaf does no longer mean which you could not have some measurable listening to easily like asserting all blind human beings can not see something.

Answer 5

It depends on the cause of the deafness. What a hearing aid basicly does is amplify the sound waves, so if the nerves that 'translate' the sound waves are there, it should be possible. Otherwise, no.

Now, I have seen articles about research being done for a gadget that can actually replace the auditory nerves.

Answer 6

The function of a hearing aid is to amplify sounds. Modern standard hearing aids have 3 sections - the microphone, the processor which rests behind the users's ear, and the output, which comes out out the main unit and into a mould that rests in the user's ear.

Deafness comes in two forms - conductive (the result of conditions such as glue ear, blockages in the ear canal or damage to the ear drum) and sensorineural (conditions such as otosclerosis or fusion of the ear bones, as well as damage to the cochlear hairs and auditory nerve). Most cases of born-deafness are sensorineural, and most of these cases are caused by flattening of the hairs that receive sound in the cochlea.

Each of these hairs respond to sound at differing frequencies, which results in residual hearing for profoundly Deaf people (in particular speech sounds) being distorted. As I said earlier, hearing aids amplify sound. They do so indiscriminately i.e. they don't amplify certain frequencies over others, and therefore are of little use to profoundly Deaf people, at least as far as speech is concerned.


Further to the point on cochlear implants..... The use of these (at least here in Britain) is controversial as they are invasive and their claim to 'cure' deafness and restore 'perfect' hearing has been found wanting. While they are more powerful than hearing aids and are certainly beneficial for people that have lost their hearing, for profoundly deaf people they do not provide sufficient hearing to call them 'hearing' people. Also, as they are implanted into the head, once fitted it becomes very dangerous for implantees to participate in contact sports or any activity where bumps to the head are likely.

The controversy really arises because it is our Health service's policy to implant children/babies as young as possible because it is believed that the younger the implant is performed, the better chance the child has of learning speech. In reality, the majority of Deaf children leave school with barely intelligible speech and the reading age of an average 8-9 year old.

Deaf communities worldwide vehemently oppose such a view. They believe that the true benefit for Deaf children is to learn and be taught through sign language, and learn the written language as a second language. This sidesteps the need for surgery, and in fact enables the Deaf child to become fluent in two languages, thus increasing their literacy.

Answer 7

hearing aids cannot restore perfect hearing. Cochlear Implants cannot restore perfect hearing. this is a fact. I have a hearing aid in one ear and i am profoundly deaf in one ear. i have 26 years of practice in reading lips which i do not do perfect all the time.
the hearing aid "help" but does not restore my hearing.
not all deaf people can use them.

Answer 8

Not if they are totally deaf. However a Cochlear Implant can restore hearing to completely deaf people. very expensive though, it is worth it.

Answer 9

no because they are physically and mentally deaf so it is imposable unless they are not deaf serverally deaf and the Hearing Aid is very good and works well.

Answer 10

no, but it depends on their level of deafness. Hearing aids only amplify sound that you would hear. Some people have irreparable ear drums.