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51% of deaf people complete at least some college.

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Deafness as defined by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: "A hearing impairment that is so severe that the child is impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing, with or without amplification."
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Tips for teaching deaf children with a mild hearing loss

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- About 2-3 in every 1000 children in the United States are born with a detectable hearing loss.
- Almost 15% of school-age children (Ages 6-19) have some degree of hearing loss.
-Over 90% of deaf children are born to hearing parents
-A mild hearing loss can cause a child to miss as much as 50% of classroom discussion.

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There are several smartphone apps that can assist the hearing impaired.
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"According to study results, 69% of parents had not spoken with their adolescent about noise exposure, mainly because of the perceived low risk, but more than 65% were willing to limit listening time to music and access to other excessively noisy situations to protect their adolescents’ hearing. Parents with more education and younger teenagers were also more likely to promote hearing-protective strategies, and those who understood factors that promote hearing damage (volume, time of exposure) were more likely to have discussed hearing loss with their adolescent."

“In conclusion, few parents believe that their teenager is at risk of hearing loss and most parents have a poor understanding of hazardous noise exposures for adolescents,” the authors note. “In designing adolescent hearing conservation programs, the results suggest that a focus on parents with lower educational attainment and younger teenagers may be helpful.” (5)

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The state of Arizona has license plates for the hearing impaired.

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*A child who responds to sound does not have a hearing loss.

Hearing loss is a spectrum. The child may hear certain sounds but not all sounds. Any child who has delayed speech, responds to sounds inconsistently, is inattentive, displays behavioral changes, or responds incorrectly to simple basic questions should have his or her hearing tested.

*Hearing aids and cochlear implants restore hearing to normal.

A person does not obtain “normal” hearing by wearing a hearing aid or cochlear implant (CI), and using them is not the same as wearing glasses.
Hearing aids increase the volume of sound, but they do not significantly improve clarity or they do not function well in noisy locations. They can slightly enhance clarity by raising the volume in certain frequencies.

*Children who wear hearing aids or a CI for their hearing loss do not need an FM unit as well.

People often incorrectly expect a child with hearing aids or a CI to hear normally and understand everything that is said. Therefore, they assume the child will not need an FM system or a teacher of the hearing impaired.
Many teachers do not realize that children with hearing loss sometimes pretend to understand so as not to draw too attention to themselves.
If a child misses something, the teacher may think he or she just needs to pay better attention. However, even with the best hearing aid or CI technology, additional support is often needed to create a level playing field for children with hearing loss.When a child uses an FM unit, it brings the voice of a speaker who is equipped with a microphone directly into the child’s ear. This should enable the child to understand the teacher, who has a microphone.

*People with hearing loss are dumb, stupid, mute, have intellectual limitations, and are bound to be unsuccessful.

People with hearing loss have the same range of intelligence as the general population. People with untreated or inadequately treated hearing loss or in noisy locations may respond inappropriately because they have not heard what was said. They do not require slower classes just because they have a hearing loss.Often the expectations for a child with hearing loss are too low. Children with hearing loss succeed, and may not require special education, when teachers and others provide appropriate and effective accommodations.(2)

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- Sign language
- Audio amplification devices
- Screen reader
- Visual/nonverbal cues
- Repeat questions and responses from classmates
- Face the student while speaking (lipreading)

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A 12-year study conducted by the neurology department at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine found that untreated hearing loss increased the risk for dementia.
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-The AG Bell Association offers financial grants to foster the rehabilitation, education, and enrichment of children who are deaf and hard-of-hearing.
-The Hike Fund  provides hearing devices for children with hearing impairments between the ages of newborn and twenty years whose parents are unable to meet this special need financially. An estimate of 100 children are provided with hearing devices each year.
-Miracle-Ear centers nationally provide new or reconditioned "Miracle-Ear" hearing aids and services free of charge to families with hearing-impaired children (up to 16 years old)
-Hearing Loss Association of America
http://www.hearingloss.org
-Hearing First
https://hearingfirst.org
-American Society of Deaf Children
http://deafchildren.org
-American Speech Language Hearing Association
https://www.asha.org/

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- Extra time to complete assignments
- Step-by-step directions
- Tutoring
- Notetaker

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The two types of hearing loss
A conductive hearing loss indicates that there is a problem with the mechanism that conducts sound from the environment to the inner ear. Problems in the external auditory canal (outer ear), ear drum or the bones of hearing (the middle ear) may cause a conductive loss. This type of loss can often be corrected by medication or surgery. If it cannot be corrected, the individual can usually do very well with a hearing aid.
A sensorineural hearing loss indicates a problem in the organ of hearing or the nerve of hearing. There may be damage to the cochlea (inner ear), auditory nerve, or the auditory centers of the brain. An individual with a sensorineural hearing loss may benefit from a hearing aid, cochlear implant, communication therapies, other medical management depending on the degree of the loss or the cause of the loss.

Students who are deaf face several educational barriers, which can make the following tasks difficult:

Learning by lectures

Participating in classroom discussions

Giving oral presentations

Taking oral exams

Note taking

Watching educational films

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There are many scholarships for students with hearing disabilities.
- Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and hard of Hearing: $1,000 - $10,000
- Cochlear: Graeme Clark Scholarship: $2,000 per year
- Foundation for Sight and Sound: Help American Hear Scholarship:  $500 plus hearing aids
- The Columbus Foundation: Dorothy E. Ann Fund Scholarship: $10,000 over 4 years
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Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind
https://asdb.az.gov/
Arizona Commission for the deaf and the hard of hearing
http://www.acdhh.org/
Valley Center of the Deaf
http://www.vcdaz.org/

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1.)https://www.osepideasthatwork.org/sites/default/files/AccommodationsManual.pdf

2.)http://hearinghealthmatters.org/hearingviews/2012/eleven-misconceptions-that-teachers-should-know-about-children-with-hearing-loss/

3.)http://www.hearingloss.org/content/basic-facts-about-hearing-loss

4.)https://www.specialeducationguide.com/disability-profiles/deafness/

5.)http://www.hearingreview.com/2013/12/study-examines-parental-perspectives-on-adolescent-hearing-loss-risk/

6.)https://www.asha.org/public/hearing/Prevalence-and-Incidence-of-Hearing-Loss-in-Children/

7.)https://www.handsandvoices.org/pdf/IEP_Checklist.pdf

8.)https://www.accreditedschoolsonline.org/resources/students-with-hearing-impairments/

9.)http://chchearing.org/facts-about-hearing-loss/