1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459826803321

Autore

Hull Raymond H.

Titolo

Hearing and aging / / Ray H. Hull

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Diego : , : Plural Publishing, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

1-59756-698-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

617.8

Soggetti

Presbycusis

Older deaf people

Ear - Aging

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"With information on Hearing loss in older adulthood (chapter 1) by Gabrielle Saunders, PhD, and Dawn Konrad-Martin, PhD, National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research, Portland, Oregon."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Hearing loss in older adulthood : auditory and non-auditory barriers to communication -- The impact of impaired hearing on older adults -- Facilitating psychological adjustment to hearing loss -- Special considerations for the use of hearing aids with older adults -- Techniques for improving listening and communication skills for older adults who possess impaired hearing -- Older adults in health care facilities -- Serving the special needs of older adults with impaired hearing in health care facilities.

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first book written and published that is dedicated solely to hearing loss in older adulthood and, importantly, the processes involved in serving the special needs of older adults who are hearing impaired. It is a concise book, but provides important information for those entering many fields that have as their intent to serve older adults either as a supplement to other texts on communication disorders in aging, or as a concise primary text.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789089203321

Autore

Winiarczyk Marek

Titolo

The "Sacred history" of Euhemerus of Messene [[electronic resource] /] / Marek Winiarczyk ; translated from Polish by Witold Zbirohowski-Kościa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, : De Gruyter, 2013

ISBN

3-11-029488-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Beiträge zur Altertumskunde ; ; 312

Altri autori (Persone)

Zbirohowski-KościaWitold

Disciplina

883/.01

Soggetti

LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- I. The life of Euhemerus -- II. Euhemerus’ Ἱερὰ Ἀναγραφή -- III. The theological views of Euhemerus of Messene -- IV. Society and economy in the Ἱερὰ Ἀναγραφή -- V. The Zeus Sanctuary on the Island of Panchaea -- VI. An attempt to interpret the Ἱερὰ Ἀναγραφή -- VII. Ennius’ Euhemerus sive sacra historia -- VIII. Euhemerism in the ancient world -- IX. Conclusions -- Appendix I: Homines pro diis culti -- Appendix II: Deos homines fuisse -- Appendix III: The tombs of the gods -- Bibliography -- Indexes

Sommario/riassunto

In his utopian novel Hiera Anagraphe (Sacred History) Euhemerus of Messene (ca. 300 B.C.) describes his travel to the island Panchaia in the Indian Ocean where he discovered an inscribed stele in the temple of Zeus Triphylius. It turned out that the Olympian gods (Uranos, Kronos, Zeus) were deified kings. The travels of Zeus allowed to describe peoples and places all over the world. Winiarczyk investigates the sources of the theological views of Euhemerus. He proves that Euhemerus’ religious views were rooted in old Greek tradition (the worship of heroes, gods as founders of their own cult, tombs of gods, euergetism, rationalistic interpretation of myths, the explanations of the origin of religion by the sophists, the ruler cult). The description of the Panchaian society is intended to suggest an archaic and closed culture, in which the stele recording res gestae of the deified kings might have been preserved. The translation of Ennius’ Euhemerus sive Sacra historia (ca. 200 - ca. 194) is a free prose rendering, which



Lactantius knew only indirectly. The book is concluded by a short history of Euhemerism in the pagan, Christian and Jewish literature.