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
Editorial Staff

Content: Understanding what “Hearing Loss” means
Anyone who hasn’t had experience with hearing loss may not know exactly how a child’s hearing is affected. For example, a teacher new to hearing loss may not realize that a higher-pitched voice is often more difficult to hear, or that a beard makes it more difficult to read lips. 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. A teacher can then address these issues with techniques such as lowering vocal tones, enunciating, and facing the student when speaking. “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.” Read more: How mild-moderate hearing loss often is overlooked in the classroom
In addition to learning what a given student with hearing loss can and can’t hear, understanding the student’s experience during school is also important. Listening is exhausting for someone with hearing loss. If you’ve ever been in a foreign country without speaking the language fluently, think about how you felt trying to make out meanings, translate signs, and comprehend language all day long. Read more: