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Hearing loss refers to the impairment in perceiving or processing auditory information. Hearing impairment can be partial or complete, and may occur in one or both ears. The impairment in hearing may be acquired, inherited or caused due to perinatal problems and aging. Tinnitus, hyperacusis and presbycusis, endaural phenomena, and auditory processing disorder are a few hearing disorders. A common cause of hearing loss is chronic ear infection....

Hearing loss is defined as the inability to apprehend sound. There are mainly three forms of hearing loss, namely, sensorineural hearing loss, conductive hearing loss and mixed hearing loss. A number of factors like genetics, ageing, exposure to noise, infections, birth complications, trauma to the ear, and certain medications or toxins can lead to hearing loss. Its primary symptoms involve difficulty in understanding speech, and pain or press...

In this extraordinary memoir, Peter Barry recounts a life full of misdeeds and misadventures, tough times and unexpected pitfalls, shot through with many magical moments of providence, coincidence, absurdity and sheer good fortune. From a childhood on a hilltop farm - as the landscape of rural Northern England changed forever - to building the legendary Snowy Dam in Australia, from playing gigs in Lancashire village halls to recording albums i...

In this extraordinary memoir, Peter Barry recounts a life full of misdeeds and misadventures, tough times and unexpected pitfalls, shot through with many magical moments of providence, coincidence, absurdity and sheer good fortune. From a childhood on a hilltop farm - as the landscape of rural Northern England changed forever - to building the legendary Snowy Dam in Australia, from playing gigs in Lancashire village halls to recording albums i...

George Orwell: The Ethics of Equality is the first book written by a philosopher about George Orwell's philosophy, especially his ethics. Orwell is sometimes understood to be profoundly disinterested in philosophy, but he had much to say about philosophical matters, including humanism, the good life, free will and moral responsibility, equality, liberty, justice, and more. Peter Brian Barry examines all of Orwell's collected works, including h...

In this entertaining and expertly-written memoir, David Barry tells the whole story of Please Sir! from his own audition all the way through to what the gang are doing today.

16-year old Alan Crosthwaite is committed to a mental asylum when he takes action against an international oil company polluting the environment. The only reason he doesn't end up in prison is because the company's CEO is his father.In therapy, Alan writes about the doomsday scenario confronting our planet, his feelings for the girl he met at a School Strike for Climate demonstration, and his family. But it's his preoccupation with the world's...

This volume of essays explores the scope for a further extension of ecocriticism across the environmental humanities. Contributors, who include both established academics and early career researchers in the humanities, were given free rein to interpret the brief. The collection is unusual in that it considers collaboration between individuals both in the same discipline and across creative disciplines. Subjects include familiar environments cl...

Song Junction features 40 appealing songs plus activities for the elementary music classroom (grades K-2) and singers aged 5-7. It includes new songs by music educators, traditional songs from around the globe, and piano accompaniments for added variety. Grouped into themes such as "All About Animals" and "Tell Me a Story, " the songs come with teaching notes describing the actions, games, stories, and objectives, all carefully calibrated. A v...

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Have you ever looked through the names in a bird book and thought "It's all Greek to me!"? This entertaining andinformative guide to bird names explains the meanings behind the names, many of which have fascinating originsand stories behind them.

The Fiction of Evil explores how the study of literature is important to the study of metaphysics and ethics and is essential reading for those studying the evil or philosophy of literature at undergraduate level.

Is it possible to return the literary text in all its particularity to the centre of literary study, without going back to the 'words-on-the page' myopia of the past? That is the primary question which Literature in contexts engages with. In the 1980s the study of literary theory eclipsed the study of the literary text, but today, we are told, we are 'post-theory'. Yet as it emerged from the shadow of theory, the literary text was eclipsed ...

Takes ecocriticism into new areas that include collaboration across the environmental humanities and into the cultural studies of the human response to the environment. -- .

4th edition. An updated guide to those beginning to study literary and cultural theory, with expanded chapters and an overview of the subject.

Peter Barry explores a range of poets who visit and celebrate the "mean streets" of the contemporary urban scene. Poets discussed include Ken Smith, Iain Sinclair, Roy Fisher, Edwin Morgan, Sean O'Brien, Ciaran Carson, Peter Reading, Matt Simpson, Douglas Houston, Deryn Rees-Jones, Denise Riley, Ken Edwards, Levi Tafari, Aidan Hun, and Robert Hampson writing on Hull, Liverpool, London, Birmingham, Belfast, Glasgow, and Dundee.

Eine der dichtesten Verfilmungen des großen Abenteuer-Romans von Jack London. Kapitän Wolf Larsen rettet einige Schiffbrüchige. Unter ihnen befindet sich der intellektuelle Humphrey van Weyden. Der brutale Tyrann Larsen lässt seine Mannschaft und die Geretteten spüren, dass sie ihm an Bord zu gehorchen haben. Van Weyden wird gezwungen niederste Arbeiten zu verrichten und auch solche, denen er nicht gewachsen scheint. Wie weit ein Kapitän gehen...

Enthält die folgenden Filme: Zehn kleine Negerlein (Das letzte Wochenende) Zehn Personen finden sich zu einem Wochenendebesuch auf einer einsamen Insel ein. So harmlos sie aussehen, hat doch jeder irgendeine heimliche Untat zu verbergen, mit der er bisher ungerechtfertigter Weise dem Arm bürgerlicher Gerichtsbarkeit entronnen ist. Aber einer ist unter ihnen, der sich zum Rächer berufen fühlt ... Mord nach Maß Trotz des Widerstands ihrer Famili...

This book provides an up-to-date, comprehensive treatment of microclimate and local climate. It describes and explains the climate within the lower atmosphere and upper soil, the region critical to life on Earth. It is invaluable for advanced students and researchers in climatology, environmental science, geography, meteorology, agricultural science, and forestry.

The Fiction of Evil explores how the study of literature is important to the study of metaphysics and ethics and is essential reading for those studying the evil or philosophy of literature at undergraduate level.