Jj is for Jottings 148. Other Effects of Noise.
Most of us know about the effects of noise on our hearing, discussed in the previous post. Spending much time in noisy environments can cause long-term damage to your hearing. Examples are working in a noisy factory or living near an airport. Exposure to loud music has the same effect (and you usually have more control over that one).
“Protect your brain from the other effects of noise, Jagar.”
Jj is for Jottings 147. The Effects of Noise on Hearing.
Many of us have heard about the effects of noise on hearing – noise is a significant source of hearing loss. But we need to understand how noise causes hearing loss and about different noise levels if we are to prevent noise-induced hearing loss.
Jj is for Jottings 146. Social Stories.
Social Stories were developed to explain social situations to autistic children and help them learn socially appropriate behaviour and responses. The terms Social Story™ and Social Stories™ are trademarks originated and owned by Carol Gray in 1991. There are many stories “out there” purporting to be Social Stories, but if they do not follow the trademarked criteria, they are not.
The purpose of this article is to introduce the idea of Social Stories to those who may not have come across them before. For in-depth knowledge of how to write them, you will need to go to the source: Carol Gray herself. (“The New Social Story Book”).
Social Stories? Not this one – they don’t work for cats anyway. It’s a pity I didn’t clear the table but just had to seize the moment.
We’ve all had another strange year,
With COVID rules changing – unclear!
Cats, alpacas and all,
Kier, Sue, Antony call
For a ’22 filled with more cheer.
Shanti had to be bribed to stand on Ant’s present, so she’s not looking frightfully happy.
Jj is for Jottings 145. Manner of Articulation.
As a reminder from the previous article, we classify the spoken aspects of consonants across 3 dimensions:
We have previously covered voicing, and then place of articulation in the previous article. So now we turn our attention to manner of articulation. Continue reading
Jj is for Jottings 144. Place of Articulation.
We classify the spoken aspects of consonants across 3 dimensions:
The voicing dimension specifies whether or not the vocal folds (or cords) are vibrating. It has already been discussed in Voiced vs voiceless minimal pairs. And I have outlined the rules for when we voice the normally voiceless /s/ (resulting in /z/). Most people are completely unaware of doing this, and would be surprised to learn that they are correctly following the rules. The voicing dimension is rounded off by the article on partial devoicing of consonants. Continue reading
Jj is for Jottings 143. Mouth Breathing.
Mouth breathing – breathing through the mouth instead of through the nose – seems like a harmless enough sort of habit. But its effects turn out to be quite far-reaching. I referred to mouth breathing as a potential side effect of tongue tie, but that is only a tiny piece of the puzzle. I’m talking here of chronic mouth breathing, not the times when we all breathe through our mouth. Continue reading
Jj is for Jottings 142. Critical Thinking.
I was thinking the other day about how the world would be much better if more people applied critical thinking skills in their daily lives. Also about how we can introduce critical thinking to children. Funnily enough, the very next morning I read an article in the newspaper citing the results of a study into conspiracy theorists and critical thinking skills. More of that later. I took that as a sign to write this article. Continue reading
Jj is for Jottings 141. Tongue Tie Side Effects.
Following on from the previous article on tongue tie, we now turn to discussion of side effects of tongue. Even professionals dealing with tongue tie often overlook or are unaware of many of these side effects. Continue reading
Jj is for Jottings 140. Tongue Tie.
After discussing /s/ speech sound problems in the previous post, in a way the topic of this post is the opposite: tongue tie. Why is it the opposite? Some /s/ problems involve tongue protrusion or sideways movement. But tongue tie anchors the tongue which limits movement to varying degrees. Continue reading
