2. Workshop aims
This workshop will provide the opportunity to
explore deaf awareness
the implications of hearing impairment for the classroom
strategies to address the educational implications of hearing impairment.

3. The definition of a hearing impairment is “an impairment in hearing, whether permanent or fluctuating, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance but is not included under the definition of deafness.” 

4. Deaf awareness

5. Do not
Cover your mouth when talking
Move around when you are talking
Stand with your back to the windows
Stand with your back to the deaf person
Talk too fast or too slow
Shout

6. Do
Make eye contact
Talk normally
Give deaf person time to respond
Get deaf person’s attention before talking
Have an expressive face

7. Implications of Hearing Impairment

8. Miss out on incidental learning
Sentence structure
Use of joining words
Misunderstanding of social cues
Miss parts of conversations
Need to maintain eye contact

9. Lip reading challenge!

10. Strategies to address educational implications

11. Visual resources (Bitsboard)
Reduce information on page
Use short sentences
Consider words whose meaning changes depending on context
Teach idioms
Mind mapping (Simple Mind)

12. Maintenance of hearing aids and implants
Closed gap activities
Word wise whizz
Dramatic facial expressions