Edward Jenner

Edward Jenner was a country doctor in the 18th century during an outbreak of smallpox. He had heard stories that nearby farmers were immune to smallpox because the had been infected with cowpox. Jenner had an idea to try to find the cure for smallpox. He infected a yound boy with cowpox from the pus of an open sore. After the boy was recovered he then infected him with smallpox. After waiting a few days Jenners' theory was proven true. The cowpox caused immunity to smallpox. :)

Hearing Test

Over the past week we have done various hearing test that have been interesting. There was one test that we used a tunning fork to be able the tell the pitch of sound. After the fork was struck it sent out a high pitch noises. Another test we took was a speech and noise test. In this test we put on head phones while a lady talked. She would say a pattern of numbers while back ground noises tried to cover her voice.

At the end of the week we researched chochlear implants and then had a debate on it. There were many different views of whether or not implants were a good idea. On the pro side, statements about the advicements of communication skills were disscused. On the con side, the diffuculties of the proceedure were explained. They were both very convincing sides.