- ProTraxx

Working with Students with Hearing Loss: An Introduction

This full-day, in-person opportunity is designed as an introduction to working with students with hearing loss,with a focus on communication through listening and spoken language. During this interactive session, participants will explorea broad range of topics that impact students with hearing loss and apply effective strategies and best practices into their educational environment.

Objectives

Learners will be able to

Define the roles of TOD/HH and EdAuDs
Compare direct vs. indirect services for students with hearing loss
Explain the impact of hearing loss on a student’s educational, environmental, and social experiences
Support student advocacy as it relates to hearing loss
Identify various personal and remote microphone devices
Experience troubleshooting and connecting techniques in remote microphone use
Determine appropriate audiological evaluation recommendations
Experience Educational Audiology evaluation in the booth
Articulate the importance and impact of classroom acoustics
Create tools to use in their educational environment
Demonstrate listening and spoken language strategies and best practices to use in their classrooms