Guide to Facilitate Learning Among Children With Hearing Impairments
Your objective as a parent or education facilitator needs to be - • To assist the child to stay on schedule with his communication, speech and language skills.
• Support the entire family in building confidence towards bringing up a child with hearing disabilities • Keep comprehensive track of the progress the child is making and take necessary decisions for intervention in education depending on the pace of development the child is making.
Why are Early Intervention and Identification Critical? Considering how critical hearing is for the development of language, speech, communication and learning; the earlier the loss occurs in the life of a child, the higher the implications on his or her development.
On the other hand, the earlier this impairment is identified, the easier it is to take necessary steps to diminish problems in speech and language.
Guiding Practices for Parents and Teachers working on Children with Hearing Disabilities • Make sure you use visual aids as much as possible.
This helps create additional access to information to children with all levels of hearing disabilities.
• Find ways to create a buddy system that helps the student gain access to any announcement that he or she may miss.
• Try to present any new vocabulary to the student before the lesson begins.
This will help the child in recognizing the world and optimizing comprehension while the lesson is in session.
• As a teacher, build relationships the other professionals that the student is working with.
Consult with them if necessary.
Working as a team can help the student a great deal.
• Familiarize yourself with any modifications that may be required in certain testing situations.
• As a parent or a teacher, remember that deaf or hear of hearing students tend to spend additional energy to pay attention and may get tired more easily than other children of the same age.
Make sure you permit occasional breaks as and when you deem necessary.
• Peers must be well educated about hearing loss.
Bring in a professional if need be to have all your students' questions answered.
While teaching...
• Encourage the amplification of hearing using auditory trainers, FM systems and hearing aids.
• Find ways to focus on the familiarity of the topic • Find ways to reduce or eliminate all sources of noise • Reduce reverberation and he distance from the speaker • Make sure you speak directly to the student and not over the shoulder or when the student has his or her back faced towards you.
• Support the entire family in building confidence towards bringing up a child with hearing disabilities • Keep comprehensive track of the progress the child is making and take necessary decisions for intervention in education depending on the pace of development the child is making.
Why are Early Intervention and Identification Critical? Considering how critical hearing is for the development of language, speech, communication and learning; the earlier the loss occurs in the life of a child, the higher the implications on his or her development.
On the other hand, the earlier this impairment is identified, the easier it is to take necessary steps to diminish problems in speech and language.
Guiding Practices for Parents and Teachers working on Children with Hearing Disabilities • Make sure you use visual aids as much as possible.
This helps create additional access to information to children with all levels of hearing disabilities.
• Find ways to create a buddy system that helps the student gain access to any announcement that he or she may miss.
• Try to present any new vocabulary to the student before the lesson begins.
This will help the child in recognizing the world and optimizing comprehension while the lesson is in session.
• As a teacher, build relationships the other professionals that the student is working with.
Consult with them if necessary.
Working as a team can help the student a great deal.
• Familiarize yourself with any modifications that may be required in certain testing situations.
• As a parent or a teacher, remember that deaf or hear of hearing students tend to spend additional energy to pay attention and may get tired more easily than other children of the same age.
Make sure you permit occasional breaks as and when you deem necessary.
• Peers must be well educated about hearing loss.
Bring in a professional if need be to have all your students' questions answered.
While teaching...
• Encourage the amplification of hearing using auditory trainers, FM systems and hearing aids.
• Find ways to focus on the familiarity of the topic • Find ways to reduce or eliminate all sources of noise • Reduce reverberation and he distance from the speaker • Make sure you speak directly to the student and not over the shoulder or when the student has his or her back faced towards you.
