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The Elephant in the Room Author's Notes
$ 0
The
author explains how hearing loss
technology can improve but not restore hearing, miscommunication can happen,
and communication repair strategies.
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The Secondary School Survey
$ 195
The Secondary School Survey is an effective tool to help students examine their feelings about their hearing loss and hearing devices and then compare their results to how a group of 64 students in mi
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ddle school from around the US responded to the same questions. By doing so the student can achieve a sense of how their feelings are in comparison to peers with hearing loss. Ultimately this can assist with self-concept, hearing device use, identity and self-confidence.
Elephant in the Room (iBook)
$ 6
Skyler has a hearing loss. And he doesn’t feel much like talking today. No wonder—he keeps missing what his parents and siblings have to say, and it’s frustrating. Skyler’s little sister, Maizy, tags
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y, tags along on his morning routine and, with the help of her special friend, we learn that it takes more than hearing aids to help Skyler feel like talking again.This 35-page full color children’s book by Audiologist Jim Bombicino provides avenues for discussion and building vocabulary by highlighting the difficulties that students may face each day, including mishearing and misunderstanding information, the effect of background noise, and consequential frustration and confusion that can happen when the ease of daily communication is taken for granted by typically hearing persons. In this case, the story follows a young boy as he awakens and prepares for a typical school day.The e-book version includes audio of the text read by actors, while their voices are filtered to imitate how Skyler hears through his hearing aids! Listening situations include a speaker with added background noise, simultaneous speakers, a speaker talking too quickly, and mishearing words—all heard as they come through Skyler’s hearing devices. Perfect for helping teachers, families, and classmates understand what a hearing loss might be like. Finally put typically hearing adults and children in the shoes of the child with hearing loss!Please note: Compatible only with iPad and iOS devices. Free Author’s notes and discussion guide are available for download at Teacher Tools Takeout marketplace.How to Open ePub Files on Your iPad.Before trying to load the ePUB file make sure you have downloaded and installed iBook app from Apple’s app store.Directly on the iPAD or Iphone (recommended)1. Make sure the free iBooks app is on your iPad.2. Follow the link from Safari to reach the ePub document. This means either accessing your email to find the attached file, or going to our website to download the file with an access code.3. Select “Open in iBooks” on the iPad/iPhone4. The eBook will open and be added to your iBooks collection.5. From now on, you can open the ePub document from the iBooks app on your iPad/iPhone.From PC to iPAD1. Make sure the free iBooks app is on your iPad.2. Make sure the free Itunes app is on your PC. Open iTunes.3. Find the ePub file on your computer by accessing email or visiting website where purchased/obtained.4. Drag and drop the ePub file onto your Library in iTunes on your computer.5. Connect your iPad to your computer.6. Check under the “Books” tab in iTunes to be sure this ePub is selected for syncing7. Then sync.8. The ePub document is added to your iBooks collection inside the iBooks app.9. From now on, you can open the ePub document from the iBooks app on your iPad.Directly on PCHow to read Open EPUB or Open PDF e-books on a computer1. Download the free Adobe Digital Editions: https://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook/digital-editions/download.html2. Open Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) on your Windows or Mac computer.3. Go to File > Add to Library.4. Find the saved EPUB or PDF file on your computer. By default, files are saved to your computer’s “Downloads” folder.5. Double-click an e-book to start reading, or follow these steps to transfer it to an e-reader.
Self-Identity and Hearing Loss
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Children with hearing loss, especially those who have significant residual hearing, often struggle with identity. This handout provides information on children struggling to be the only child with hea
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ring loss in their school or grade and the need to develop resilience.
Article: Are You Deaf or Hard of Hearing? Perceptions of Identity in Families of Students with Hearing Loss
$ 0
Article reporting results of a study analyzing the self-identities of students with hearing loss and the perceptions of family members. Findings support identity as a fluid concept.
Assessment - Disability Identity Development Model
$ 295
Gibson's Identity Model is explained in three stages. Students are asked to rate each of the statements about their hearing loss, feelings about fitting in, and how they self-identify. Fillable form.
Self-Advocacy - Who knows me Best? What I know about Myself
$ 195
This lesson plan includes objectives for helping students determine what they know about themselves. Students will be able to find and use descriptive words in writing about themselves and others.
Elephant in the Room Discussion Guide
$ 0
This
discussion guide is meant to accompany the book with prompts for each page.
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SOAC-A: Significant Other Assessment of Communication - Adolescent - fillable
$ 195
SOAC-A: Significant Other Assessment of Communication - Adolescent is to be completed by friends/peers of teens with hearing loss as a means to help the student who is DHH to explore their feelings ab
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out being a communicator with hearing loss. Best when used with the SAC-A - Self-Assesment of Communication to allow comparison to take place to further inform the student with hearing loss about the degree to which hearing peers consider their hearing loss. Fillable version.
What we Know about Why Children Reject Amplification Devices
$ 1
This information reviews research findings that provide insight on which students are more likely to refuse to wear their hearing amplification and reasons why.
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