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Learners Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Sarah Louvier Matt Sayers Dante Dinkins http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmqu8dNwJcI&feature=related

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Learners Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. Sarah Louvier Matt Sayers Dante Dinkins http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmqu8dNwJcI&feature=related. History/Definition. -What is Deaf and hard of hearing? - Is a full or partial decrease in the ability to detect or understand sounds. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Learners Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

Sarah LouvierMatt Sayers

Dante Dinkins

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmqu8dNwJcI&feature=related

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History/Definition

-What is Deaf and hard of hearing?

-Is a full or partial decrease in the ability to detect or understand

sounds.

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History/Definition

Different Kinds of Deafness-Congenitally deaf -Adventitiously deaf

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History/Definition

Times When Deafness Occurs-Prelingual deafness

-Postlingual deafness

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Prevalence

Estimates of number of children with hearing impairments vary

considerably.-0.13% of Children ages 6-17 years

old.-25% from Hispanic speaking homes.

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Prevalence

THE BIG CHALLENGE FOR TEACHERS.

-How would you solve this problem?

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Causes

Conductive Hearing Impairments(Usually Mild)

-Middle -Outer

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Causes

Sensoineural Hearing Impairments

(Usually Severe)-Inner

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Causes

Mixed Hearing Impairments-Both

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Assessment/Identification

How can hearing Impairment be identified?

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Assessment/Identification

Different Types of Screening Test-Otoacoustic Emissions

-Audiologist

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Assessment/Identification

Other Tests-Pure-tone audiometry

-Play audionetry

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Characteristics

Hearing impairments can have profound consequences.

Comprehension and production of English.

Sign Language (ASL)

Limited opportunities for social interactions.

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Characteristics

Deaf students who have deaf parent do better academically.

DEAFNESS DOES NOT AFFECT INTELLIGENCE.

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Educational Considerations

Oral ApproachManual Approach

Total Communication ApproachBicultural – Bilingual Approach

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Interesting Facts

William HoyAlexander Bell

Beethoven

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Small Groups

Groups No more than 5 People1 person must be Hard of

Hearing

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Answers

• 1. D 1. F• 2. C 2. T• 3. D 3.T• 4. B 4. F• 5.D. 5. T• 6. C 6.F• 7. B 7. F