by Karen | Jun 5, 2017 | Accommodations for Students with Hearing Loss, For Professionals
Summary: If it is known that a student with a HA/CI/FM system or sign language interpreter is going to participate in a school sanctioned sport, it is the school’s responsibility (whether it’s the athletic department, teacher of the deaf/hard of hearing, educational...
by Karen | Jun 5, 2017 | Accommodations for Students with Hearing Loss, For Professionals
For many students with learning challenges—and for many without—the key to success in the classroom lies in having appropriate adaptations, accommodations, and modifications made to the instruction and other classroom activities. Some adaptations are as simple as...
by Karen | Jun 5, 2017 | For Professionals, Language, Speech, and Communication Development, Social Skills
When we think of the needs of children with hearing loss, it is widely known that they are very likely to have significant delays in language skills without early, effective and meaningful interactions with those around them. Hearing loss is a distance sense, which...
by Karen | Jun 5, 2017 | For Professionals, Hearing Loss: Identification, Impact, and Next Steps
My child has a personal music player and I can hear it when she has it in his ears. Could this hurt her hearing? e-brochure from the World Health Organization: Make Listening Safe NOISE – Lifelong Harm to Children’s Hearing provides information on what LOUD really...
by Karen | Jun 5, 2017 | For Professionals, Hearing Loss: Identification, Impact, and Next Steps
Cholesteatoma – What is cholesteatoma – What are symptoms – Why/how does it develop – Cholesteatoma and ear tubes – Cholesteatoma prevention – What is the treatment – Conductive hearing loss – How our ears work –...
