The Deaf/Hard of Hearing Student in Your Classroom (Part 1)
(Updated by author- January 2017)
This webshop (Part 1) is designed to provide teachers, administrators, and other service providers and staff with an introduction to deaf education. It presents basic information about hearing loss and implications on language and speech development.
Note: The Deaf/Hard of Hearing Student in Your Classroom (Part 2) will address educational implications of a hearing loss.
- What are terms used in federal and state regulations and by educational professionals?
- How do the federal government & the Commonwealth of Virginia define hearing loss?
- What is the demographic information regarding deaf/hard of hearing students?
- What are the variables that define hearing loss?
- What does a hearing loss sound like?
- What are the implications of various degrees of hearing loss?
- How do D/HH professionals identify sounds that a child is unable to hear?
- What are additional variables that may define an individual’s hearing loss?
- So…what does all this mean for a student who has a hearing loss?
- How does a child with normal hearing typically develop language?
- What is incidental learning?
- How is language development impacted by hearing loss?
- What other areas of development may be impacted when language development is delayed?
- SELF-REFLECTION QUESTIONS (following completion of Webshop Part 1)
- Webshop References
- The following links provide more information about hearing loss in children.