Title: 
Headings: Children with Hearing Loss –  Helpful Adaptations in the School Environment
Children
 
with
 
Hearing
 
Loss
 
–
  
Helpful
 
Adaptations
 
in
 
the
 
School
 
Environment
 

Challenges
 
to
 
Classroom
 
Communication
 
for
 
Children
 
with
 
Hearing
 
Loss
 

Classroom
 
Considerations
 
that
 
Help
 
Most
 
Students
 

Classroom
 
Adaptations
 
to
 
Help
 
Children
 
with
 
Hearing
 
Loss
 
Listen
 
Better
 

Classroom
 
Adaptations
 
to
 
Help
 
Children
 
with
 
Hearing
 
Loss
 
with
 
Visual
 
Learning
 
or
 
Visual
 
Cues
 

Expectations
 
of
 
the
 
Child
 
as
 
an
 
Active
 
Learner
 

Resources
 
and
 
Information
 
All
 
students
 

Younger
 
students
 

Older
 
students
 


Content: Adhere
 
to
 
a
 
classroom
 
routine; if
 
a
 
student
 
misses
 
something
 
they
 
will
 
be
 
better
 
able
 
to
 
predict
 
what
 
they
 
should
 
be
 
doing
 
or
 
what
 
will
 
happen
 
next. Maintain
 
quiet
 
during
 
lecture
 
times
 
and
 
classroom
 
discussion
 
when
 
students
 
will
 
be
 
expected
 
to
 
understand
 
information
 

 
During
 
classroom
 
discussions
 
ask
 
students
 
to
 
speak
 
one
 
at
 
a
 
time. Summarize
 
key
 
points
 
made
 
by
 
students’
 
answers
 
or
 
comments
 
during
 
class
 
discussion. Write
 
all
 
assignments
 
on
 
the
 
board,
 
including
 
textbook
 
page
 
numbers
 
the
 
class
 
will
 
be
 
turning
 
to
 
in
 
each
 
lesson
 
period. If
 
a
 
visual
 
is
 
used,
 
like
 
a
 
map,
 
graph
 
or
 
a
 
projected
 
image,
 
allow
 
students
 
a
 
chance
 
to
 
look
 
at
 
the
 
visual,
 
describe
 
what
 
they
 
are
 
seeing,
 
and
 
provide
 
short
 
silences
 
so
 
they
 
can
 
process
 
the
 
meaning
 
of
 
both
 
the
 
visual
 
and
 
what
 
is
 
being
 
said. Classroom
 
Adaptations
 
to
 
Help
 
Children
 
with
 
Hearing
 
Loss
 
Listen
 
Better
 

 
Assign
 
children
 
to
 
classrooms
 
that
 
have
 
acceptable
 
acoustics. Open-plan
 
schools
 
are
 
not
 
appropriate
 
settings
 
for
 
children
 
with
 
hearing
 
loss
 
who
 
are
 
auditory
 
learners. Noisy
 
ventilation
 
system,
 
rooms
 
next
 
to
 
noisy
 
gym
 
or
 
band
 
areas
 
and
 
classrooms
 
that
 
lack
 
acoustic
 
ceiling
 
tile
 
and/or
 
carpeting
 
are
 
likely
 
to
 
add
 
to
 
the
 
child’s
 
listening
 
and
 
learning
 
challenges. Felt
 
pads
 
or
 
tennis
 
balls
 
on
 
the
 
legs
 
of
 
the
 
chairs/desks
 
will
 
cut
 
down
 
on
 
noise
 
made
 
by
 
students.