The Listening Hierarchy Speech Discrimination Tool, adapted from David Sindrey, is a step-by-step guide for tracking a child’s auditory skill development. It helps educators and therapists show parent ... nts measurable progress in listening and speech discrimination, from simple sound contrasts to more advanced distinctions. This tool makes it easy to set goals, document growth, and celebrate communication success.

This checklist is designed to be part of biannual discussions and monitoring between early intervention professionals and family members of infants and toddlers with hearing loss. Family members are a ... sked to consider the different areas that can affect the rate that communication skills develop and how often their child receives attention to each of these considerations. Areas covered are: Auditory Communication, Visual Communication, and Effective Communication Strategies.

This product contains 15 realistic difficult listening scenarios that learners who are deaf/hard-of-hearing may encounter.These scenarios are winter and holiday-themed.This activity would be perfect t ... o use in your sessions as the holidays approach to address some communication challenges your students may face during the holiday season (and beyond). Help your students be prepared for the holiday/winter season by empowering them with practice!Age-range: These scenarios would best be used for upper elementary students and up.

The ADAPTED SEAM uses student-friendly language that activates self-reflective skills, encourages student ownership, and provides an interactive/conversation starter when done with the student. Some s ... tudents experience an "ah-ha moment" about their responsibility the first time they complete the chart. Ways To Use This:Discussion tool while completing the data form with your student. Self-reflection tool for older students while providing data for you.Assessment tool for determining self-advocacy present levels. (sample write-up included)Baseline data for your measurable IEP goal. (sample goal included)Students To Use This With?A student who is missing many of these skills at their levelsA student who is NEW to hearing devices regardless of age. An older student needing frequent reminders of these skills can benefit from revisiting the form periodically to track their progress.Why Use this?Editable PDF or Printable (2 versions)Timely benchmarks for progress reportingEasily Attach/Upload to IEP SystemsSample Assessment/Present Level Write-Up provided Sample IEP Goal & Completed Student Example providedWhat's Included in this Adapted SEAM Product?Overview of All Adapted Levels At a Glance (1 page) Directions and Ways To UseEditable PDFs - compact, single-page view. (7 forms/levels: Pre-K, K, 1st-2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, MS/HS)Printable Forms - expanded onto 2 sides for reading and writing ease. (7 forms/levels: Pre-K, K, 1st-2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, MS/HS)Student Data Example Sample Assessment/Present Levels Write-UpSample IEP goalSample - Real Student Form Completed over an IEP year.

This resource contains 15 possible listening situations for DHH learners. Read each scenario and have your student decide if this is an "ideal" listening situation or a "difficult" listening situation ...

The LMH Sound Check Documentation form helps capture 3 weeks of data on a student’s hearing device and FM/HAT system use. This tool provides clear evidence of device function and student listening ac ... access, making it ideal for IEP/ARD meetings, service justification, and collaboration with audiologists.

This product contained 20 statements in flashcard form focusing on self-advocacy skills.  You can use this as a fun end of the year activity or even as an assessment to gauge your student's understand ... ding of self-advocacy skills. This would also be an excellent way to reinforce/support the difficult concept of "true or false" with your students.Read each statement to the student. Ask them to decide if the statement is "true" or "false."

Print this letter to share with classroom teachers during your inservices. Ask them to add the letter to their sub folders in order to encourage continuity of use for the sound field system ...

This product contains 20 realistic scenarios to review and discuss with your middle school or high school students who are deaf/hard-of-hearing. These scenarios focus on self-advocacy challenges that ... are related to academics, socialization, equipment issues, and accommodations.You can use this as digital or printed resource!Please leave a review and let me know what you think! I hope that this is helpful to you!

Additional Comprehension ActivitiesReading Comprehension QuestionsLists of tier 1 + 2 related vocabGame board to make it fun or help that wiggly off-task child stay focusedNew Concept for Older Kids: ... What are “endonyms”This is a story to help children/students who wear hearing aids understand why they may go to the doctor and/or ENT more often than others. The story can be read for comprehension. It teaches new vocabulary and creates a wonderful language opportunity for students to better advocate for themselves at school, home, and the doctor/ENT office. This story was written with younger children and their families and older students who continue to come to school with blocked hearing aids and do not use an interpreter for language access.Service Activity for EI-ECSE Families & Home VisitsFor any family, this story can be an important conversation starter, or reminder, to understand the language impact of even partially clogged hearing aids for their kid(s) who are not using signs. This can be demonstrated to parents by using a listening tube when their child’s hearing aid is plugged in and cleaned, and then having them listen again to the difference in clarity of language coming through the hearing aid to their child’s brain.Story Printable OptionPrint each two-page spread in landscape mode OR - Print a two-page spread but cut apart pages to show 1 page at a time. Spiral bind, 3-hole punch, or staple.Interactive Digital OptionPresent the book on a device or overhead projector. To play the digital version of the game, click on the digital spinner link. Change the spinner to “3” numbers. Pick & move game pieces (pink, green, blue)QuestionsUse professional judgment when deciding on which comprehension questions to ask the student. *The advanced questions are marked with an * following the number.VocabularyTier 1 vocabulary Tier 2 vocabulary prefix Endonyms short nonfiction passage Endonym Activity Options ask students to research endonyms related to sick words show sick examples and ask them to find more