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There are 4 degrees of Hearing Loss ranging from Mild to Severe (CDC, 2019). Mild and Moderate would likely be considered under the umbrella of Hearing Impairment while Severe and Profound would likely qualify the individual as Deaf.

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According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

Conductive Hearing Loss
Hearing is impacted in the middle or outer ear. Often treatable.

Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Hearing is impacted due to a problem with the inner ear or hearing nerve.

Mixed Hearing Loss
Hearing is impacted due to a combination of conductive and a sensorineural hearing loss.

Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder
When the brain is not able to process sound due to damage to the inner ear or auditory nerve. This is a separate condition from both Hearing Impairment and Deafness.

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5 Instructional Strategies and Tips for Teaching Students with a Hearing Impairment

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5 Instructional Strategies and Tips for Teaching Students with a Hearing Impairment

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1. Communication is key. A hearing impairment often leads to difficulties with speech so finding  a way to communicate with students is essential. Depending on the level of hearing impairment, student may rely on lip reading (in conjunction with their reduced hearing ability) and/or sign language.
2. Early intervention can assist children in developing communication skills. Receiving regular special education services targeting speech, language, and "auditory training" can make a huge difference for a child with a hearing impairment.
3. Amplification systems are a form of assisstive technology that can accommodate a student with a hearing impairment.
4. Give the student(s) with hearing impairments preferred seating close to the teacher. This allows them to be closer to the source of sound and can assist with lip reading. If the student is still struggling to hear and uses ASL at home, training in the teacher in  ASL would be beneficial.
5. Make sure presentations and videos have captions, in addition, assigning a note taker for the student with a hearing impairment can help them not fall behind during a lecture. The notes will allow them to go back review that parts that they struggled to hear.

(Project Ideal, n.d.)

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (March 21, 2019). Types of hearing loss. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/hearingloss/types.html.

IDEA: Individual's with Disabilities Act. (n.d.) Retrieved from https://sites.ed.gov/idea/regs/b/a/300.8.

Koslo, Ellen. (n.d.) What’s the Difference Between Auditory Processing Disorder and Being Hard of Hearing. Retrieved from https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/auditory-processing-disorder/difference-between-auditory-processing-disorder-being-hard-of-hearing.

National Center for Education Statistics. (May 2019). Children and youth with disabilities. Retrieved from https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_cgg.asp.

Project Ideal. (n.d.) Hearing impairments. Retrieved from http://www.projectidealonline.org/v/hearing-impairments/.

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Warning signs are the same for hearing impairments as for deafness or an auditory processing disorder.

These warning signs include:

1. Child not reacting or responding to loud noises.
2. Child cannot identify the origin of a specific sound. (Understood gives the example of a child not turning their head toward a person talking to them).
3. Not reaching speech related milestones by age 2
4. Frequently asking "what" when spoken to or seeming to ignore a person who is speaking to them.

(Koslo, n.d.)

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According to the National Center for Education Statistics, students with a hearing impairment that received services under IDEA during the 2017-2018 school year was 1% or 70,000 students of the 7 million served under IDEA.

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Hearing Impairment is different than Deafness which is: 

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Hearing Impairment is different than Deafness which is: 

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According to the IDEA, "Deafness means a hearing impairment that is so severe that the child is impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing, with or without amplification, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance"

IDEA section 300.8 (3)

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Hearing Impairment and Deafness while similar are classified separately in the IDEA. An individual with hearing impairment may have hearing loss that fluctuates and is considered less severe than deafness.

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According to the Individual's with Disabilities Act, or IDEA, the definition of Hearing Impairment, "is an impairment in hearing, whether permanent or fluctuating, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance but that is not included under the definition of deafness in this section

IDEA section 300.8 (5)