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Classroom Accommodations for Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Preferential Seating: Seat the student close to the area of instruction with his/her better ear towards the source of sound. Avoid seating a student near noisy areas; such as, heaters, fans, open doorways, open windows.
Face the Student: Make sure you are facing the student when speaking/teaching. If you are turned away from them, they more than likely did not hear the spoken information. Try to have the information written on the board before instructing the class.
Visual Cues: Use an overhead projector, board, handouts. An overhead is perfect because it allows the student to lip-read while you are teaching, using both auditory and visual cues to give the student more information.
Comprehension Check: Ask the student and other students to repeat the directions in their own words. Rephrase rather than repeat if misunderstandings occurred.
Homework: Write homework assignments on the board with due date clearly stated.
Pre-teach Vocabulary: Provide crucial vocabulary to the following people: student/family, Teacher Consultant, and/or the Interpreter BEFORE teaching the lesson.
Daily Listening Checks: Each morning make sure the student's equipment is working properly. If your student has a FM System, a fun way to check is by doing a Secret Word. Have the student pick a super hiding spot from you where your lips are not visible to the student. Then say a Secret Word. For example, if the morning lesson in science is about weather your Secret Word could be "tornado". Once you say the word in the microphone, the student will come back and tell you the Secret Word if he/she is hearing correctly.
Face the Student: Make sure you are facing the student when speaking/teaching. If you are turned away from them, they more than likely did not hear the spoken information. Try to have the information written on the board before instructing the class.
Visual Cues: Use an overhead projector, board, handouts. An overhead is perfect because it allows the student to lip-read while you are teaching, using both auditory and visual cues to give the student more information.
Comprehension Check: Ask the student and other students to repeat the directions in their own words. Rephrase rather than repeat if misunderstandings occurred.
Homework: Write homework assignments on the board with due date clearly stated.
Pre-teach Vocabulary: Provide crucial vocabulary to the following people: student/family, Teacher Consultant, and/or the Interpreter BEFORE teaching the lesson.
Daily Listening Checks: Each morning make sure the student's equipment is working properly. If your student has a FM System, a fun way to check is by doing a Secret Word. Have the student pick a super hiding spot from you where your lips are not visible to the student. Then say a Secret Word. For example, if the morning lesson in science is about weather your Secret Word could be "tornado". Once you say the word in the microphone, the student will come back and tell you the Secret Word if he/she is hearing correctly.