by Karen | Oct 1, 2018 | Goodies
Can a 504 Plan be ENOUGH Support? Many more students with hearing loss are being denied eligibility for specialized instruction and provided 504 Plans to meet their accommodation needs. The US Department of Education provides extensive answers to 47 FAQs on Section...
by Karen | Sep 17, 2018 | Amplification, For Parents, For Professionals, Hearing Aids and Your Child
The job of hearing devices is to improve the audibility of speech, allowing students to perceive much more of verbal instruction and all other spoken communication more fully. By funneling more audible speech information into the brain, the student is able to access...
by Karen | Aug 14, 2018 | For Parents, For Professionals, Hearing Aids and Your Child, Hearing Loss – Identification, Impact and Next Steps
Each Fall, teachers of the deaf/hard of hearing scramble to contact each of their student’s classroom teachers about the impact of hearing loss on educational performance and what the teacher needs to do to accommodate the student’s unique learning needs. Without...
by Karen | Aug 13, 2018 | Goodies
Assessment of Students with Hearing Loss MUST Consider Their Full Range of Needs Speech Language Results and Observation Alone are Insufficient S.P. v. East Whittier City School District, Pasadena, California One June 1, 2018, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals...
