Students with hearing loss experience listening fatigue, but this phenomenon has not been researched. A description of what listening fatigue in students can look like, strategies to mediate its impac
...t, and a call to action for IEP teams are discussed.
Students who are hard of hearing are underrepresented in the research. The Outcomes of Children with Hearing Loss (OCHL) was a longitudinal study of more than 300 children. This article contains 10 ke
...y conclusions learned from this study specifically for students with lesser degrees of hearing loss.
Current legal mandates call for all students to reach proficiency as measured through state reading assessments. While reading has long been an area of emphasis in DHH education, meeting this mandate
...is even more challenging when students with hearing loss have additional disabilities. This article summarizes results of an investigation of alternate reading assessments for students who are DHH+ and offers strategies for moving the needle toward improved assessment data.
Standardized tests alone can miss vital language deficits in students who are DHH. This article uses current research to propose a common procedure for using language samples to assess and inform the
...teaching of language for students with hearing loss.
Today's classrooms are more active and often more noisy than ever before. This article revisits the topic of classroom acoustics, both for push-in and pull-out settings for students who are DHH using
...recent data from the Center on Literacy and Deafness (CLAD).
Professionals have anecdotally discussed how the needs of English Language Learners (ELL) and DHH students compare and contrast, but there is limited information available on this topic. This paper pr
...ovides an alignment of evidence-based strategies for teaching academic language to ELLs to teaching DHH students.
Help yourself by helping teachers understand the importance of hearing technology. Great information to use when preparing inservice for your teachers, or talking with parents.
Article by Jane Madell, PhD explaining the importance of monitoring hearing and hearing devices. Explains in general terms the audiologist's and teacher's job regarding monitoring audibility. Discus
...ses listening issues for students with hearing loss.
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