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.
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.
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).
TiPS- to email to preschool and kindergarten teachers to improve understanding of the needs of the student with hearing loss. Getting one tip at a time has been an effective strategy for implementatio
...n. Focusing on one strategy each week reduces anxiety and results in an improvement in best practice tECH-niques for their students with hearing loss. These early childhood tiPS- should be used in conjunction with the school-age tiPS-, also available through Teacher Tools Takeout.
Handout with information on possible impact on understanding language, speECH-, social, and need for educational accommodations and services. For 43-55dB or moderate hearing loss.
This resource discusses key point for administrators and school staff regarding the educational needs of students with hearing loss in regard to the realities of hearing device use and what educators
...can do, including extra knowledge and skills, daily classroom needs, and social interaction issues. Separate handouts for teachers of students in early elementary and those in upper elementary and secondary grades. The information also includes evidence-based decision-making for access accommodations for students with hearing loss which focuses on the requirements of Title II of the ADA and the school's responsibility to identify appropriate communication access accommodations for every situation encountered in school. Worksheet to be used for team discussion of access needs is included.
Handout with information on possible impact on understanding language, speECH-, social, and need for educational accommodations and services. For 56-70dB or moderate-severe hearing loss.
Article summary: Sound deprivation in adult mice causes irreversible damage to the inner ear. The findings suggest that chronic conductive hearing loss, such as that caused by recurrent ear infections
..., leads to permanent hearing impairment if it remains untreated.
An increasing number of educational resources are being delivered through recorded speech in the younger grades, listening centers, and test examinations. This article focuses on the reasons why recor
...ded speech are so challenging for students who are hard of hearing thus necessitating a live voice reader in many situations.
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