by Accounts Payable | Aug 28, 2017 | For Professionals, Hearing Loss – Identification, Impact and Next Steps
Listening with Hearing Loss Listening with FM Systems Listening with Cochlear Implants Listening with Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder Demonstrations of the challenges of speechreading can be found HERE Listening is hard work when you aren’t able to hear all of...
by Karen | Aug 7, 2017 | For Professionals, Hearing Loss – Identification, Impact and Next Steps
The Impact of Hearing Loss Because hearing loss is invisible, it is difficult understand just how much it can affect a child’s day-to-day life and lifelong potential. However, it is accepted that children who have a hearing loss are at educational risk. Parents,...
by Karen | Jun 5, 2017 | Amplification, For Professionals, Social Skills
There is no magic single solution to keeping hearing aids on students as they enter the tween/teen years. Why do kids reject their hearing aids – they help them so much! It is ‘normal’ to want to ‘be normal’. All children struggle with this to some degree. Rejecting...
by Karen | Jun 5, 2017 | For Professionals, Self-Concept: How the Child with Hearing Loss Sees Himself, Social Skills
Self-esteem is an important contributor to school success and the confidence needed to function well in the mainstream setting. Without a strong, positive self-esteem our students with hearing loss are at risk for rejecting their hearing devices, just so that they...
by Karen | Jun 5, 2017 | For Professionals, Planning to Meet Student Needs
“The transition statement shall be the guiding force for developing each IEP for students 14 years of age and older (or younger if appropriate). A statement of transitional services needed to foster movement from school to post-school activities shall be...