This handout provides compiled legal information and recommendations by the US Department of Education regarding the responsibility of schools to purchase hearing aids for students with hearing loss.
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.
Summary of a 2015 court case in which a school was found to have violated IDEA because there was no documentation of daily availability of FM or use by student.
The New Teacher resource is an invaluable bundle packed with information you can use to explain the impact of hearing loss to your student's teachers and parents. 30 pages of resources. The New Teach
...acher Combo includes:1. Impact of Hearing Loss on Listening, Learning, and Social Interactions (5 pages)2. Emailable, computer fillable SIFTERs (Preschool, Elementary, Secondary) (6 pages)3. Emailable, computer fillable LIFE-R Teacher Appraisal (2 pages)4. Emailable, computer fillable Access to Curriculum Inventory (ATCI) for General Education Teacher (3 pages)5. Children with Hearing Loss Miss More Than You Think (1 page)6. Listening Comprehension Exercise – Mother’s Aprons (1 page)7. Barriers to Listening – Visual analogies of listening in noise, reverberation, and distance (5 pages)8. Student Listening Challenges – Understanding the Missing Pieces (1 page)9. Attitude is Caught, Not Taught (teacher version) (1 page)10. Hearing Aid/Cochlear Implant Monitoring and the Law (1 page)11. Hearing Aid Monitoring – An Important Daily Activity (4 pages)12. Emailable Tips for Teachers (Early Childhood + K-12) Word version (15 pages)
Frequently Asked Questions on Effective Communication for Students with Hearing, Vision, or SpeECH- Disabilities in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools. Provides an overview of Title II, Section 5
...04, and IDEA as it pertains to communication access. Provides Q&A interpreting Title II of the ADA as it applies to schools.
Information about a court case regarding placement of a deaf student in a self-contained classroom for students with significant disabilities instead of providing appropriate services to address needs
... caused by deafness.
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