Hearing Impairment And Deafness
Hearing Impairment means an impairment in hearing, whether permanent or fluctuating, that adversely affects a child's educational performance but that is not included under the definition of deafness.
Deafness means a hearing impairment that is so severe that the child is impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing, with or without amplification, that adversely affects the child’s educational performance
Deafness means a hearing impairment that is so severe that the child is impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing, with or without amplification, that adversely affects the child’s educational performance
- .014% of students from 6 to 17 are identified as hearing impaired.
- More than half of the students as hearing impaired are minorities
Characteristics
- Extreme difficulty in academics especially reading.
- Limited social interaction due to inability to communicate effectively.
- Struggle with grammar and syntax.
- Difficulty in expressing ideas and/or answering questions
- has difficulty processing oral information
- has difficulty hearing in noisy settings
- difficulty interpreting nonverbal cues
- has problems with articulation
- difficulty maintain a topic and may change inappropriately
Teaching Method
- Cued Speech
- Fingerspelling
- Manual Approach (sign language)
- Oral Approach (auditory-verbal or auditory oral)
- Total communication
- Provide or adapt reading materials at appropriate reading levels and provide resource material at these same reading levels (see writing section in the general strategies)
- Use highly visual materials (e.g., many figures, pictures, diagrams) in reading assignment
- Set up a buddy system for student
- Encourage participation in group activities
- Ensure that the student is focused on you before giving directions
- Have the student seated near the front of the classroom or wherever explicit instruction is usually provided