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Hearing or Deaf
Effective Technologies
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What is Deaf and Hard of Hearing?
-4 categories
-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
-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?
Whad ya sayin ?
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/