Resources

• How to read an audiogram: this link explains it very well and is simple to understand:

https://www.audicus.com/how-to-read-an-audiogram/

• Some of the challenges in the classroom for our Deaf/HH population:

http://www.gettingsmart.com/2016/08/10-challenges-deaf-students-face-in-the-classroom/

The district has provided each student with personal Fm systems, Infra-Red sound Field systems, carpets and shades to absorb sound within the classroom, tennis balls or other materials to place on the bottom of chairs, and correcting the HVAC systems to help with the noise level. Seating the children facing teachers has also been set up. Each teacher is aware of closed captioning, their Fm systems each come with a cord to use to plug into the computer so that headphones are no longer needed.

***** IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND****

• I think everyone needs to understand how it feels to have a hearing loss so please click on the link and discover for yourself the difficulty of having a hearing loss.

https://www.hearinglikeme.com/hearing-loss-simulator/

• Great articles to learn, discover and understand about the Deaf/Hard of Hearing community. These sites also provide videos as well for certain topics.

Hearing Like Me

This link provides a list of blogs, website, Facebook links etc.. Too many to choose so you can take a look and see what you might like!