The Impact of Hearing Loss on Listening, Learning, and Social Interactions handouts are to be used to inservice school staff, increase understanding of families, and as a tool for student learning reg
...arding the impact of hearing loss on speech perception and school needs. The handouts are appropriate to children and youth with primarily flat configuration hearing loss ranging from 26dB - 75dB. Different ranges of hearing are addressed in the 4 handouts to reflect unaided hearing ability or aided hearing thresholds. Estimates of specific speech sounds and audibility for quiet, conversational, and teacher speech are provided. Includes inservice resources with visual analogies for background noise, reverberation, and comprehension challenges.
This information presents the potential impact of a hearing loss and actions that can be undertaken to promote the success of students who are deaf or hard of hearing. It includes characteristics of s
...tudents who are successful, actions that can be taken to promote success, and different instructional approaches to use.
This information provides suggestions for establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships in general education settings. It includes actions to establish credibility with other educators, ste
...ps for building effective relationships, methods of coordinating services, issues of placement and scheduling and differences between school cultures.
This information discusses how to create an enriched professional life and a balanced personal life. It includes actions to manage time, stress and record keeping; benefits of continued professional d
...evelopment; professional codes of ethics and how to deal with ethical dilemmas.
This information describes the ways in which collaboration, consultation, and teamwork are essential skills for promoting students’ success. It includes factors that support collaboration, how to inf
...nfluence others to make changes, how to be an effective team member, etc.
This information discusses how to make inclusion work for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. It includes potential resistance by classroom teachers, promoting change in others, and preparing fo
...r an orientation inservice to the principal, teachers, and classmates.
This information provides strategies for promoting the language and literacy skills of students who are deaf or hard of hearing . It includes addressing language and literacy development in the genera
...l education setting and developing speech, audition, conversational repair skills, etc.
This information describes how to help parents and caregivers bond and communicate with their young child who is deaf or hard of hearing. It includes supporting early social development, dealing with
...conflict, and assisting in transition from early intervention to preschool.
This information describes strategies for promoting social skills, friendships and self-advocacy for school-age students who are deaf or hard of hearing. This includes general strategies for teaching
...social skills, problem-solving, self-advocacy and how to help students deal with stress and academic independence.
This information addresses assessment issues, purposes, challenges and preparing students who are deaf or hard of hearing to study and successfully take tests. It includes information on the purposes
...and types of assessment and progress monitoring, commonly used tools and procedures, teaching study and test-taking skills, and how to make adjustments for grading.
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