Hearing+Impairment

 **Hearing impairment** is defined by IDEA as "an impairment in hearing, whether permanent or fluctuating, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance.”



**__//Hearing impairment//__** means an impairment in hearing, whether permanent or fluctuating, that adversely affects a child's educational performance.

**__//Deafness//__** means a hearing impairment that is so severe that the child is impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing, with or without amplification that adversely affects a child's educational performance.

**Types of Assistive** **Technology**:
 * **__FM systems__** - delivers sound directly from teacher's microphone to student's hearing aid or cochlear implant




 * **__Sound field amplification__** - delivers sound from teacher's microphone to classroom speakers




 * **__Infrared systems__** - works with hearing aids to amplify sound and reduce disturbing sounds


 * **__Induction loop systems__** - works with hearing aids to amplify sound from TV, radio, or microphone




 * **__One-to-one communicators__** - (various types) communication software such as //icommunicator// translate speech to text, speech/text to sign language, and speech/text to computer generated voice




 * **__telephone amplifying devices __**
 * **__text telephones __**
 * **__loud doorbells/alarm clocks __**
 * **__computers __**



** Classroom Strategies : **
 * speech/language therapy
 * amplification system
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">closed captioned videos/films
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">sign language interpreter services
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">preferential seating in the classroom
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">printed notes to facilitate the note-taking process
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">reduction of outside noise
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">facing student when speaking
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">adjust computer settings to replace auditory prompts with visual prompts

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">For additional information: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">@http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/treatment/assist_tech.htm <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">@http://www.necc.mass.edu/academics/support-services/learning-accommodations/deaf-and-hard-of-hearing-services/student-resources/accommodations-tipsheets/assistive-listening-devices/ <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">@http://kidsandhearing.com/2011/09/21/assistive-listening-devices/ <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">@http://gaetc-ejournal.org/technical/assistive/assistive.htm <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">@http://www.icommunicator.com/aboutus.shtml

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">images: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">http://www.deaftech.force9.co.uk/arena.htm <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">http://www.harriscomm.com <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">http://www.icommunicator.com/ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">http://www.soundfield.info/classroom-systems.htm