by Karen | Apr 12, 2021 | Assessment of Student Skills, Challenges, Needs, For Professionals, Planning to Meet Student Needs
Students with hearing loss have less access to communication. This will result in a slower pace of learning and fewer gains in academic knowledge unless appropriate services and supports are provided. At the end of the school year it is important to ask whether your...
by Karen | Mar 18, 2021 | For Professionals, Listening (Auditory Skills) Development, Planning to Meet Student Needs
Fatigue from Listening with Hearing Loss in School Individuals with hearing loss must put forth more “listening effort” and cognitive resources to attend to auditory information, which can be exhausting. The repeated need for extra listening effort in challenging...
by Karen | Feb 19, 2021 | For Professionals, Online Access
I recently had a call from a parent of a kindergarten student with hearing aids who was told by her private school that 1) the parent must pay for the FM/DM system and 2) that the child could not receive any special support for her learning needs due to the impact of...
by Karen | Jan 20, 2021 | Assessment of Student Skills, Challenges, Needs, For Professionals, Progressive Plans
Online education has been a struggle for many students. Those with hearing loss have additional issues when accessing virtual education. The CAVE Checklist or Communication Access in Virtual Education has been increasingly in use by DHH professionals since last...
by Karen | Nov 23, 2020 | E-Learning, For Professionals
The Impact of Learning with a Hearing Loss in the Online Classroom: While speech delivered through a computer or tablet may be an adequate delivery method for a student with typical hearing, it creates a barrier for students who are deaf/hard of hearing. The listening...