This step‐by‐step guide has been developed to share with families after unilateral hearing loss has been diagnosed, typically in infancy secondary to identification through newborn hearing has been di
...n diagnosed, typically in infancy secondary to identification through newborn hearing screening. Designed for use by pediatric or educational audiologists. The guide reviews background information regarding what is known about the effects of hearing loss in one ear on child development. It is divided into suggested sections to correspond with pediatric audiology appointments and with home visits by an early interventionist (teacher of the deaf/hard of hearing or speech language pathologist).
This informational article describes the need to define and understand a student's ability to access verbal instruction. It includes description of the SpeECH- Audibility Audiogram for Classroom Liste
...ning. 2011.
Simulation from original 1960s record: Unfair Spelling Test (also called the Unfair Hearing Test). This list of 10 words is repeated 3 times with filters representing different degrees of hearing loss
.... The answers are: 1. Fill, 2. Catch, 3. Thumb, 4. Heap, 5. Wise, 6. Wedge, 7. Fish, 8. Shows, 9. Bed, 10. Juice.
Inservice exercise to perform with grouPS- of teachers, parents, school teams. Participants plug ears and listen to a story (Mother's Aprons) and then answer questions about story details. Participant
...s then reflect on their feelings when listening with this 15-25 dB hearing loss. Level of loss is similar to aided hearing with hearing aids.
It's the beginning of the year and time again to talk to those mainstream teachers and staff members about the students with hearing loss. Wouldn't it be nice to have a cool powerpoint or slides prese
...entation with visuals and links? Well, here you are!! This is a template you can use "as is", or customize to your specific program. It has links to hearing loss simulations, comments on captioning and ideas from the Deaf community all ready for you to share!
Informational article for families and school personnel unfamiliar with the impacts of hearing loss on effort, attention, and learning. This introduction assists in understanding the need for assessme
...nt, support, and accommodations when a student has hearing loss.
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