Teachers who have not had experience with students who are hard of hearing are usually unused to wearing a microphone transmitter and often ask, "Do I really Need a Microphone?" This brief information
...al article describes how hearing technologies are essential tools for learning.
Article reporting results of a study comparising the speECH- recognition of students using hearing aids only, FM systems, and soundfield/CADS systems. Results indicate increased benefit of FM use over
... hearing aids only or soundfield amplificaiton. 2004.
Informational handout reviewing the challenges hearing loss poses to a child's peer acceptance. Peer acceptance also impacts resistance to wearing hearing aids. Responding to hearing aid wear issues i
...s addressed and some suggestions for intervention.
Assessment tool and its guidelines for use. Guides the teacher, clinician, or itinerant to evaluate the student(s) and determine appropriate instruction. The assessment covers grades K-2; 3-5;6-8;9-
...12, broken in 4 grade level segments and instruction topics. Non-fillable.
This information specifies 5 hearing-aid-wear skills to master by age 3, or no later than the end of preschool. It includes a chart specifying the role of the parent, the child, and the DHH profession
...al for each of 7 skills.
Worksheet in which students complete what they like and diSZike about their hearing loss, hearing aids, and hearing assistance technology. Open-ended, culmination activity after increasing student und
...erstanding of their hearing loss.
Explains the impact of listening in a typical classroom. Great information to share when inservicing teachers. Discusses misconceptions about hearing aids and cochlear implant devices and how they can
... contribute to problems listening. See BUNDLE at S0XHT798.
Explains the how and why of doing a Ling 6 listening check. Specific information on how to document results of listening checks, with embedded checklists.
Worksheet for entire Middle School Advocacy in Action curriculum. There are 11 worksheets covering topics such as understanding hearing loss (in themselves and other role models), assistive devices,
...and social awareness situations. Bundle IDs 0527-0531, 0513, 0514.
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