Lesson Topic: Taking Care of My Hearing Aids

Essential Questions

How do you take care of your hearing aid?

Why do you need to know how to do take care of your hearing aid?
What do I do when my hearing aids are not working?

Learner Outcomes (Instructional Objectives) The student will be able to:

Name the parts of the hearing aid with appropriate vocabulary.

Explain why it is important to take care of hearing aids.
Explain and demonstrate what to do if my hearing aid breaks.
Describe what to do with a hearing aid in the morning and before bed.

Tennessee State Standards

Content Standard 1.0 Students will understand basic operations and concepts of technology.
Standard 9: Acquire Personal Safety Skills
9.3 develop problem-solving and decision-making skills to make safe and healthy choices.
Alternate Learning Expectation (ALE): IGI. 1. Explain the consequences of an individuals decisions and actions
Alternate Learning Expectation (ALE): IGI. 2. Identify purposes for having rules
1.0 Students will understand basic operations and concepts of technology.
1.2 Students will exhibit a proficiency in the use of technology.
According to the students IEPs, they are learning life skills and related vocabulary.

Vocabulary

Battery
Battery Door
Ear mold
Tubing
Hearing Aid
Dri/dry kit
Volume button
Program button
Microphone (mic)
Mini mic

Materials/Resources
White Board
Notebooks for vocabulary
Hearing Aids
Pictures of hearing aids
OTICON having hearing aids book to create http://www.oticon.com/children/parents-andrelatives/resources/oticon-readings-and-downloads.aspx
Introduce hearing aid activity book http://www.oticon.com/~asset/cache.ashx?id=12990&type=14&format=web
Instructional Procedures
Introduction
Oral/Demonstration Pretest - on their own (First time no help, second time TC)
Identify parts of the hearing aid
Write vocabulary on the board
Record Data What are students oral and signed responses? Use results to help guide pre teaching of vocabulary
Pre-teach Vocabulary - Practice spelling, writing, saying, and signing.
Battery, Battery Door, Ear mold, Tubing, Hearing aid, Dri/dry kit, volume button, program button, microphone, mini
mic
Write words in Note book
Developmental Activities

Discussion - How do I take good care of my hearing aid?

The student will describe what she does with her hearing aid in the morning.
The student will describe what she does with her hearing aid before bed.
The student will describe what do if my hearing aid is not working.
Role Play

The student and teacher will act out possible situations when hearing aids break, and what to do.
The student will show and explain what he/she does with their hearing aids in the morning and before bed.

Interactive activities

OTICON having hearing aids book to create http://www.oticon.com/children/parents-andrelatives/resources/oticon-readings-and-downloads.aspx

Introduce hearing aid activity book http://www.oticon.com/~asset/cache.ashx?
id=12990&type=14&format=web
Data will be taken on students ability to explain and act out these concepts
Conclusion
Post Test (Redo pretest with additional questions)
Test students ability to read and or sign the vocabulary terms using correct sign and speech.
Test the student the next day, for retention.
Record Data
Addressing Learners Diverse Needs
Formative/Summative Assessment
Formative Students will show understanding during the lesson by answer questions and giving examples in various
communication modes throughout the lesson. Demonstration and explanation of activities and vocabulary.

Summative - Pre and posttest reading, signing, speech articulation, pronunciation and understanding of vocabulary
words.

Data Analysis and Reflection on Planning/Instruction; Plans for Re-teaching (as applicable)
The data collection of demonstration, pretest and posttest (the students formative and summative assessments results)
will determine if additional teaching is needed for mastery of objectives and standard.
Over the next few weeks, the Student will develop a chart and book with information about their hearing loss to take
home.

An example of online student book we will create using Oticon website.