Communication access is a key component of 504, IDEA and Title II of the ADA. Under Title II of the ADA, schools are required to ensure that communication access is as effective for children with hear
...ing loss as it is for their typically hearing peers through the provision of appropriate auxiliary aids and services. This handout provides examples of auxiliary aids and services that can make aurally delivered information available to students with hearing disabilities so that they can receive information from, and convey information to, others as effectively as students without disabilities.
November 2014 letter by US Departments of Justice and Education specifying ADA requirements for effective communication access for students with hearing, vision, speECH- disabilities.
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.
Student Listening Challenges – Understanding the Missing Pieces summarizes the results of a Functional Listening Evaluation in a way that helps educators and family members understand listening challe
...lenges under the different conditions of near, far, in quiet and in noise. Includes an image of a story imposed on puzzle pieces with different parts of the text missing to correlate with decreased speech perception due to hearing loss and listening under different auditory challenges.
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 article provides background information on the requirements of IDEA, Section 504, and Title II of the ADA that require supports and services for eligible students with hearing loss. It describes
...the meaning of effective communication under Title II of the ADA and implications for schools. By Cheryl DeConde Johnson.
Once a child is diagnosed with hearing loss family members have many questions. This resource provides information addressing how overwhelming the diagnosis can be and families may have many feelings
...about the testing process and the diagnosis. It describes where you can find help and support and why it is important to start services shortly after the hearing loss is diagnosed.
This handout shows 3 popular analogies showing the impact of understanding written sentences in the presence of reverberation and noise and presents speECH- understanding in terms of puzzle pieces. C
...an also be used as teaching tools to increase student understanding of reverberation and noise effects.
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