Hearing

Impairments
Alexia Macahilas
What is a hearing impairment?
An impairment in hearing, whether
permanent or fluctuating, that
adversely affects a child’s
educational performance but is not
included under the definition of
“deafness.”
Types of hearing impairments

Conductive: Problem with Mixed: Sensorineural is

outer/middle ear permanent, while conductive is
either permanent or temporary

Sensorineural: Cochlea and/or the Auditory Processing Disorders:

auditory nerve is damaged or Brain has problems processing
malfunctions information contained in sound
Statistics

Worldwide: ~360,000,000 people

United States: ~48,000,000 people

California: ~3,000,000 people

 CA State
Accommodations
Requirements
❖ quality educational interpreting
❖ An understanding by all service services
providers of the unique nature of
❖ real-time captioning
deafness, and specific training to
work with deaf and hard of hearing ❖ note-taking support
children
❖ assistive listening devices
❖ Equal access to all components of
the educational process ❖ preferential seating
➢ lunch
❖ adequate lighting levels
➢ recess
➢ extracurricular, social, and ❖ modification in teaching style
athletic activities
A student’s typical day...
❖ Mainstreamed in public school programs
❖ Spent mostly in the general education classroom with
support from an itinerant teacher of deaf or hard of
hearing (TODHH)
❖ Spent part of their school day in the general education
classroom, and the remainder receiving instruction
from a TODHH.
 Interviews

Ms. McIntyre Mr. Eick

❖ Seating closer to the front, ❖ Seated in close proximity,

provide help when needed
❖ Student turned toward with
good ear
❖ Not very common in ACHS
(from her experience)
checked in with student, and
used sign language
❖ Student would tape the lesson
❖ Not super common, 1 case in
10 years
Works Cited Definition
Types of Impairments
Teaching Strategies
World/State Stats
CA Stats
CA Guidelines
NAD Public School Obligations
Typical School Day