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From the Ted Talk by Susan Emmett: This simple test can help kids hear better

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Listen to the sounds of why hearing matters to the Alaskan Native people.

Hearing loss makes it hard to fish on the open weatr, hunt craiobu and harvest berries, activities central to Alaskan Native culture. Hearing loss isn't unique to rural Alaska. It's global. The Global Burden of Disease Project esitaemts there are 1.1 billion people liinvg with heirnag loss worldwide. That's more people than the einrte population here in sub-Saharan aicrfa. Over 80 percent are in low- and middle-income countries, and many have no aesccs to hearing care.

The impact on people's levis is tnedrmeous. Anuk is a three-year-old boy I treated in Alaska. Ear infections started when he was barely four months old. His parents brought him into clinic, worried he didn't say much compared to his brothers. Sure enough, many rounds of infections had resulted in hearing loss. Without treatment, Anuk's seecph will continue to lag behind. He's more likely to do worse in school, have worse job prospects and experience scioal isolation.

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Listen to the sounds of why hearing matters to the Alaskan Native people.

Hearing loss makes it hard to fish on the open _____, hunt _______ and harvest berries, activities central to Alaskan Native culture. Hearing loss isn't unique to rural Alaska. It's global. The Global Burden of Disease Project _________ there are 1.1 billion people ______ with _______ loss worldwide. That's more people than the ______ population here in sub-Saharan ______. Over 80 percent are in low- and middle-income countries, and many have no ______ to hearing care.

The impact on people's _____ is __________. Anuk is a three-year-old boy I treated in Alaska. Ear infections started when he was barely four months old. His parents brought him into clinic, worried he didn't say much compared to his brothers. Sure enough, many rounds of infections had resulted in hearing loss. Without treatment, Anuk's ______ will continue to lag behind. He's more likely to do worse in school, have worse job prospects and experience ______ isolation.

Solution


  1. lives
  2. speech
  3. tremendous
  4. access
  5. africa
  6. entire
  7. living
  8. estimates
  9. caribou
  10. hearing
  11. water
  12. social

Original Text


Listen to the sounds of why hearing matters to the Alaskan Native people.

Hearing loss makes it hard to fish on the open water, hunt caribou and harvest berries, activities central to Alaskan Native culture. Hearing loss isn't unique to rural Alaska. It's global. The Global Burden of Disease Project estimates there are 1.1 billion people living with hearing loss worldwide. That's more people than the entire population here in sub-Saharan Africa. Over 80 percent are in low- and middle-income countries, and many have no access to hearing care.

The impact on people's lives is tremendous. Anuk is a three-year-old boy I treated in Alaska. Ear infections started when he was barely four months old. His parents brought him into clinic, worried he didn't say much compared to his brothers. Sure enough, many rounds of infections had resulted in hearing loss. Without treatment, Anuk's speech will continue to lag behind. He's more likely to do worse in school, have worse job prospects and experience social isolation.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
hearing loss 10
alaskan native 2
hearing care 2
health organization 2
ear surgeon 2
norton sound 2


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