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HEARING LOSS
Everything You Need to Know as a
Classroom Teacher
What You Need to Know:
 How the Ear Hears
 Types of Hearing
Loss
 Amplification &
Assistive Devices
 Teaching Strategies
Types of Hearing Loss
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Conductive Hearing Loss
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Sensorineural Hearing Loss
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Mixed Hearing Loss
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Progressive Hearing Loss
Problems Caused by
Hearing Loss
Causes development delays for
students
 Academically
 Socially
 Vocationally
Hearing Loss is an ‘invisible
filter’ – information is distorted.
Hearing loss causes
distorted input to the brain.
How to Help Students With
Hearing Loss
 Provide better acoustics in the
classrooms
 Classroom strategies to aid the child’s
instruction
 Model and promote a positive attitude
Amplification helps the child
get correct input to the brain.
POINTS TO REMEMBER
ABOUT HEARING LOSS
 You can’t fix a hearing loss
 Any hearing loss – even MILD – impact
children’s learning
 Improving classroom acoustics will improve
learning for hearing and hearing impaired
children
 If children can’t hear, they can’t learn
Success in Life Begins With
Hearing!
Bibliography
 Facilitating Hearing and Listening in Young Children
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Flexer, Carol, (1999). San Diago: Singular Publishing Group, Inc.
 Hearing in Children
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Northern, Jerry L., Down, Marion P., (2002). Philadelphia: Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins.
 ASA Workshop, A thorough look at classroom acoustics
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Shaw, Neil A., Sound and Communication.
 The Changing Sound of Education
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Towne, Robin M., Anderson, Karen L.., (1997). Washington: Sound
and Vibration
 Effects of Soundfield Amplification on Spelling Performance of
Elementary School Children
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Zabel, Helen, Tabor, Martha, (1993). IA: Educational Audiology
Monograph 3.
 Acoustics in Educational Settings
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, (1995, March).
Position Statement Subcommittee on Acoustics in Educational
Settings, Bioacoustics Standards & Noise Standards Committee.
Bibliography
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The Hard-of-Hearing Student in the Mainstream
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Teaching Strategies
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Flexer, Carol, Biley, Kate Kemp, Hinkley, Alyssa, Harkema, Charyl,
Holcomb, John, (March 2002, vol. 55 No.3). The Hearing Journal
A Process-Oriented Preschool For Hearing and Hearing-Impaired
Children
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www.hiino32.htmatcurriculum.qed.qld.gov.au
Using Sound-Field Systems to Teach Phonemic Awareness to PreSchoolers.
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Clarke School, (September 1994, Vol. 14, No. 2). Northampton:The
Mainstream Center. Clarke Mainstream News.
Gatty, Janice, Hartblay, Marian, Dobson, Tracy, Judd, Diane, Altman,
Holly, Goodrow, Pamela, (October 1994). Northampton
Checklist of Important Points About Sound-Field Amplification
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Sound-Field FM Amplication: Theory and Practical Applicaiton
Bibliography
 Graphics Ear Diagram
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www.horizon.bc.cal~malone/technical.html
www.colostate.edu/~gnelson/ear.html
 Graphics Tympanic Membrane and cochlear implant
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www.meei.harvard.edu/shared/images/coch.gif
 Graphics Classroom
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http://kpcnews.net/photos/kindergarten/
 Graphics Hearing Aids
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www.emedicine.com/aaem/topic.344.htm