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CAN I HEAR YOU NOW?
B Y: E M I LY D E R E Y N A
INFORMATION ABOUT ME
Unilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Sensorineural is damage to the inner ear (cochlear) or
the nerve path ways from the inner ear to the brain
Congenital (existed at birth)
 My Hearing Loss
located in my right ear
Range: moderately-severe sloping to severe
Diagnosed at 4 ½ years old
WHAT IS HEARING LOSS?
It is a decrease in someone’s ability to hear
The range can go from mild to profound
 Hearing loss can effect people of any age
 Hearing loss is more commonly found in elderly people
Between 30 - 50 million people in the United States suffer from
some degree of hearing loss.
As people live longer, due to the advancement of medicine and
technology, the number of people suffering from Hearing Loss
has been increasing
DIFFERENT TYPES OF HEARING LOSS
Conductive Hearing Loss
 Hearing loss is due to problems with the ear canal, ear drum, or
middle ear and its little bones (the malleus, incus, and stapes).
 Most Can hear and understand some sound and speech with some
difficulty in a noisy environment
 Some sounds are not always loud enough to hear
Sensorineural Hearing Loss
 Located in the Inner Ear, Auditory Nerve, or the Brain
 Ranges from mild to profound
 Even worse with background noise
 May be helped with hearing aids, if loss is not that bad
 Can often be helped by Cochlear Implants
DIFFERENT DEGREES OF HEARING LOSS
Normal Hearing Loss
Mild Hearing Loss
Moderate Hearing Loss
Moderate/Severe Hearing Loss
Severe Hearing Loss
Profound Hearing Loss
Has little effect on hearing sounds
Difficulty with quiet voices
Difficulty with many voices
Difficulty with most voices
Cannot hear without hearing aids
Hearing aids do not help much
UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS
Unilateral Hearing Loss (Single-Sided Hearing Loss)
 Trouble locating where sounds are coming from
 Harder to understand group conversations; with or
without background noise
 Prefer people to sit on the side of the “good” ear
 Can improve with the help of a hearing aid
COCHLEAR IMPLANTS
Used for people with Severe to Profoundly deaf
Surgically inserted in the cochlear, with the
microphone and processor behind the ear.
Does not restore to normal hearing
Helps person to understand speech and
environmental sounds
TYPES OF HEARING AIDS
ASSISTIVE LEARNING SYSTEMS
FM Systems
 A direct teacher to child hearing system
 In a noisy classroom, gives the child direct input to the teacher’s
voice
 The teacher wears a microphone that transmits to the child’s
hearing aid through radio waves
 Student can hear teacher above background noise
 The student might wear a personal hearing aid in one ear and an
FM hearing aid that is connected to the teacher’s microphone in
the other.
TIPS TO HELP STUDENTS
Write important information on the board
Seat student in front of class
Arrange for class notes to be given before
the lecture
Use of FM System if it is recommended
TIPS TO HELP STUDENTS
Face the student while talking clearly
Student will look for:
Lip Movement
Gestures and Facial Expressions
Repeat and Rephrase Important Information
Use Visual Aids to help explain the information
more clearly
TIPS TO HELP STUDENTS
Make sure there is closed captioning for any
audio segments
Understand Concerns of the Student
Help and Support them in anything they want to
achieve
Encourage student to use their services
COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS
 People know when they don’t hear something
 Background noise shouldn’t bother someone that is
hearing impaired
 Hearing Impaired students shouldn’t necessarily tire
more easily than normal hearing students
 Position in the classroom does not matter
 An FM System is not necessary