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HEARING LOSS. Babak saedi Assistant professor of tehran university , Imam khomeini hospital. What You Need to Know:. How the Ear Hears Types of Hearing Loss Amplification & Assistive Devices Teaching Strategies. Types of Hearing Loss. Conductive Hearing Loss
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HEARING LOSS Babaksaedi Assistant professor of tehran university , Imam khomeini hospital
What You Need to Know: • How the Ear Hears • Types of Hearing Loss • Amplification & Assistive Devices • Teaching Strategies
Types of Hearing Loss • Conductive Hearing Loss • Sensorineural Hearing Loss • Mixed Hearing Loss • Progressive Hearing Loss
Problems Caused by Hearing Loss Causes development delays for students • Academically • Socially • Vocationally
Hearing Loss is an ‘invisible filter’ – information is distorted.
How to Help Students With Hearing Loss • Provide better acoustics in the classrooms • Classroom strategies to aid the child’s instruction • Model and promote a positive attitude
Amplification helps the child get correct input to the brain.
POINTS TO REMEMBER ABOUT HEARING LOSS • You can’t fix a hearing loss • Any hearing loss – even MILD – impact children’s learning • Improving classroom acoustics will improve learning for hearing and hearing impaired children • If children can’t hear, they can’t learn