Teaching Students

Who Are Hard of

Hearing or Deaf
By Sydney, Lauryn, Cassie, Anna &
Taylor
 Introduction

Description and Characteristics

of Students Who Are Hard of

Hearing or Deaf

Agenda Whad ya sayin ?! Activity Part 1

Tips for Teachers

Whad ya sayin ?! Activity Part 2

Effective Technologies

Closure
What is Deaf and Hard of Hearing?

-4 categories

-Hearing loss can be caused by:

Being born with the impairment

Developing the impairment
Having conductive hearing loss
Having sensorineural hearing loss

-The Canadian Association of the Deaf recognizes a person to be deaf when that
person has little or no functional hearing and depends of visual rather than
auditory communication (www.cad.ca/index_en.php)
 Characteristics of Students Who Are Hard
of Hearing or Deaf
-Cannot hear well enough to use hearing as a primary channel for learning

-Language development and communication is affected by:

The age when the student lost their hearing

The severity of the hearing loss
Intelligence
**Hearing status of the family
Means of communication chosen by the family

-Some students experience hearing loss when fluid builds up in the ear

-Students may struggle in reading and language skills, but excel in other
Whad ya sayin ? Activity
Whad ya sayin? - Instructions

1) Find a partner
2) Assign one person to have earplugs, headphones (with or
without music) and if possible have both earplugs and
headphones
3) When your partner is ready the speaker can say a
sentence
4) If you are not the speaker you are trying to guess what is
being said to you
How did it feel being hard of hearing?

What did you change to make it easier

for them to understand you?
 How would you help
students who are hard of
hearing in an inclusive
classroom?
 Tips for Teachers
Incorporate visuals
Speak naturally (avoid gestures)
Keep your face visible
Use agendas
Circle discussions
Enforce a one-speaker rule
Encourage ASL/LSQ or Interpreters
Focus on career development
Include parents and the student in transition meetings
 Try it again!

Whad ya sayin ?

1) Find your previous partner

2) Assign one person to have earplugs, headphones (with or without

music) and if possible have both earplugs and headphones

3) When your partner is ready the speaker can say a sentence to their
partner

4) If you are not the speaker you are trying to guess what is being said to
 Frequency Modulation Devices
FM to Hearing Aids
Sound field system for
classrooms
Technologies Personal sound field
system
Assistive Technology
Speech to text /text to
speech
Hearing Aids
Word Prediction Programs
References
http://cad.ca/issues-positions/education/

https://www.teachspeced.ca/deaf-and-hard-of-hearing

http://www.accessiblecampus.ca/educators/teaching-tips/deaf-deafened-
hard-of-hearing/