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Why are people deaf?
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Born deaf.
Illness.
Accident.
Syndrome.
Don’t know.
The Ear.
Conductive Hearing Loss.
• Permanent or Temporary:
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Glue Ear.
Syndromes.
Illness/accident.
Sound Pathway Interruption.
Sensori-neural Loss.
• Permanent.
• Cochlear damage.
• Auditory Nerve damage.
Audiogram.
Sound Levels.
Can It Be Cured?
• Glue ear.
• Sensori-neural deafness.
• Use hearing aids.
• Cochlear Implants.
• Hearing Dogs.
• Sign Language.
How hearing aids work?
•Microphone.
Microphone
•Sound goes into hearing aid.
•Makes the sound louder.
•Sends it to the ear.
•Need batteries.
How a hearing aid works.
Cochlear Implant.
Speech Processor for Cochlear Implant.
Microphone
Receiver
How to help?
•Hearing aids.
•Lip-reading:
•Quiet class.
•Repeat answers from the class.
•One person talking at a time.
How to help?
Written material.
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Scribe notes.
Printed summary.
Bullet points.
Written instructions.
More….
• Use radio aid –microphone.
• Don’t talk to the board.
• Check understanding.
• Repeat or summarise answers.
How can we help?
•Advisory.
•Practical.
•Teaching styles.
•Regular visits.
•Pupil workshops.
Teaching Strategies.
•Child’s level.
•Cluing in.
•Visual.
•Quiet times.
•Pre-teaching/reinforcement.
Communication.
•Get child’s attention.
•Clear speech.
•One to two step instructions.
•Write instructions.
More….
• Limit amount of information.
• Monitor delivery.
• Here and now.
• Near front of class.
Curriculum Planning.
•Team approach.
•Delegate.
•Prioritise.
•Differentiation.
•Auditory.
Child’s interests.
•Build on the known.
•Repetition & familiarity.
•Involve in class activities.
•Responsibilities.
•Peer group role model.
Pre-teaching.
• Introduce new topics.
• Involvement of/with parents.
• Visual information.
• Vocabulary.
• Concepts.
Role of Teacher of the deaf.
•Support school, staff and child.
•Help with curriculum planning.
•Team teaching.
•Advisory/monitor.
More…
• Pre-teach and reinforce.
• Support language.
• Monitor hearing aids.
• Listening skills.
• Monitor speech.
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