Title: Teaching students with hearing loss | Hearing Like Me
Headings: Teaching students with hearing loss
Teaching students with hearing loss
Understanding what “Hearing Loss” means
“A little research into the fundamentals of hearing loss can make it much easier for a teacher to understand the challenges students with hearing loss face in the classroom.”
“She developed a set of hand-signal codes to determine whether his assistive devices were working. She downplayed it so other students didn’t think it was a big deal.”
Hearing loss in the classroom
Communicating effectively
1) Face the student when speaking
2) Use the buddy system
3) Repeat yourself
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Content: She downplayed it so other students didn’t think it was a big deal; it was just a normal part of the day.” Read more: This listening simulation shows why your child should use multiple remote microphones in the classroom
Debra Schrader, Educational Liaison for the House Research Institute, says teachers should ask students with hearing loss what’s working for them in the classroom, and why. “Show me where you sit and tell me why you sit there,” she frequently asks students when discussing classroom strategies with them. Schrader says that getting students to explain their reasoning helps them synthesize what they’re doing and think about why they’re doing it. Not only does this help both teacher and student in the classroom, but students can often use what they learn from the experience in other environments, too. Communicating effectively
Educators can employ a handful of simple techniques in the classroom to make a big difference for their students with hearing loss: 1) Face the student when speaking
Make sure that your face is visible when speaking. Also, try to face the child with hearing loss as much as possible.