would it be helpful for a teacher to know whether a student has a conductive or a sensorineural hearing loss?
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In a general education calssroom why would it be helpful for a teacher to know whether a student has a conductive or a sensorineural hearing loss?
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In a general education calssroom why would it be helpful for a teacher to know whether a student has a conductive or a sensorineural hearing loss?
January 29th, 2009 at 1:39 am
This would definetly be helpful to the teacher! With hearing loses, the brain is sometimes sent mixed messages on what is said, making it difficult for the child to fully understand what he/she is supposed to do. Sometimes, if the hearing loss is major, the student is put into a different class so they can learn to develop better basic skills and learn to cope with their hearing loss.
January 29th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Of course, then the teacher would know how to help him..
January 31st, 2009 at 5:05 pm
If a student can’t hear the teacher they don’t hear the lesson…
February 1st, 2009 at 10:47 am
Probably, but you might need to explain to the difference.
The first example I can think of is that if the problem is sensorineural, a class discussion would be a nightmare, but that would not necessarily be the case for a conductive hearing loss.
February 2nd, 2009 at 1:44 am
YES! This way they know how best to help the student.
February 2nd, 2009 at 11:38 am
The more information I have about my students and how they learn or their difficulties the better I can serve them. I have a student with hearing loss, and I am on watch every day to be sure he has his aids in, that way I know he can hear me in class and get all the information he needs.
I just found out one of my students has Asperger’s, if I had known at the beginning of the year I could have applied strategies all year long to help me teach him, I’m applying them now but I wish I had known 7 months ago. I could have accomplished so much more with him.