Why are people deaf?

• Born deaf.

• Illness.

• Accident.

• Syndrome.

• Don’t know.

The Ear.

Conductive Hearing Loss.

• Permanent or Temporary:

• 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.

•Microphone.

•Sound goes into hearing aid.

•Makes the sound louder.

•Sends it to the ear.

•Need batteries.

Microphone

How hearing aids work?

How a hearing aid works.

Cochlear Implant.

Speech Processor for Cochlear Implant.

Receiver

Microphone

•Hearing aids.

•Lip-reading:

•Quiet class.

•Repeat answers from the class.

•One person talking at a time.

How to help?

How to help?

Written material.

• 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.

•Advisory.

•Practical.

•Teaching styles.

•Regular visits.

•Pupil workshops.

How can we help?

•Child’s level.

•Cluing in.

•Visual.

•Quiet times.

•Pre-teaching/reinforcement.

Teaching Strategies.

•Get child’s attention.

•Clear speech.

•One to two step instructions.

•Write instructions.

Communication.

More….

• Limit amount of information.

• Monitor delivery.

• Here and now.

• Near front of class.

•Team approach.

•Delegate.

•Prioritise.

•Differentiation.

•Auditory.

Curriculum Planning.

•Build on the known.

•Repetition & familiarity.

•Involve in class activities.

•Responsibilities.

•Peer group role model.

Child’s interests.

Pre-teaching.

• Introduce new topics.

• Involvement of/with parents.

• Visual information.

• Vocabulary.

• Concepts.

•Support school, staff and child.

•Help with curriculum planning.

•Team teaching.

•Advisory/monitor.

Role of Teacher of the deaf.

More…

• Pre-teach and reinforce.

• Support language.

• Monitor hearing aids.

• Listening skills.

• Monitor speech.

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