DeafHard of Hearing Disability Awareness What is DHH
Deaf/Hard of Hearing Disability Awareness
What is D/HH • Deaf and hard of hearing means a diminished sensitivity to sound, or hearing loss, that is expressed in terms of standard audiological measures. • Hearing loss has the potential to affect educational, communicative, or social functioning that may result in the need for special education instruction and related services.
What is D/HH
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D/HH. . . What does it mean? • Looks like: • “ignoring”- discipline, questions, peers, adults; easily distracted, hard to keep on task, blank stares, nodding and saying yes but unable to repeat anything back correctly or answer correctly • “disrupting class”- either doesn’t understand that someone is talking and they need to be paying attention or they can’t hear the person, they get bored, so they start entertaining themselves. • Talking to neighbors- make sure that they’re not asking a neighbor a question about what is happening in calls. • -ask if they need help, have a question, or if they are hearing everything. • “Being rude”- blurting out loud, interrupting, saying yes and then doing the complete opposite.
Accommodations to Lesson Impact • • • Preferential Seating (arm's length of teacher) Personal FM system Classroom Sound System Door Closed Not next to a fan or to something making a lot of consistent noise
• • • Visuals Ling sound checks Gentle reminders Help them help themselves: Self- Advocating Advocate! How Can You Help?
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