1. CAN I HEAR YOU NOW? BY: EMILY DE REYNA

2. INFORMATION ABOUT ME Unilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss  Sensorineural is damage to the inner ear (cochlear) or the nerve path ways from the inner ear to the brain  Congenital (existed at birth)  My Hearing Loss  located in my right ear  Range: moderately-severe sloping to severe  Diagnosed at 4 ½ years old

3. WHAT IS HEARING LOSS? It is a decrease in someone’s ability to hear The range can go from mild to profound  Hearing loss can effect people of any age  Hearing loss is more commonly found in elderly people Between 30 - 50 million people in the United States suffer from some degree of hearing loss. As people live longer, due to the advancement of medicine and technology, the number of people suffering from Hearing Loss has been increasing

5. DIFFERENT TYPES OF HEARING LOSS Conductive Hearing Loss  Hearing loss is due to problems with the ear canal, ear drum, or middle ear and its little bones (the malleus, incus, and stapes).  Most Can hear and understand some sound and speech with some difficulty in a noisy environment  Some sounds are not always loud enough to hear Sensorineural Hearing Loss  Located in the Inner Ear, Auditory Nerve, or the Brain  Ranges from mild to profound  Even worse with background noise  May be helped with hearing aids, if loss is not that bad  Can often be helped by Cochlear Implants

6. DIFFERENT DEGREES OF HEARING LOSS Normal Hearing Loss Has little effect on hearing sounds Mild Hearing Loss Difficulty with quiet voices Moderate Hearing Loss Difficulty with many voices Moderate/Severe Hearing Loss Difficulty with most voices Severe Hearing LossCannot hear without hearing aids Profound Hearing Loss Hearing aids do not help much

8. UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS Unilateral Hearing Loss (Single-Sided Hearing Loss)  Trouble locating where sounds are coming from  Harder to understand group conversations; with or without background noise  Prefer people to sit on the side of the “good” ear  Can improve with the help of a hearing aid

9. COCHLEAR IMPLANTS Used for people with Severe to Profoundly deaf  Surgically inserted in the cochlear, with the microphone and processor behind the ear.  Does not restore to normal hearing  Helps person to understand speech and environmental sounds

10. TYPES OF HEARING AIDS

11. ASSISTIVE LEARNING SYSTEMS FM Systems  A direct teacher to child hearing system  In a noisy classroom, gives the child direct input to the teacher’s voice  The teacher wears a microphone that transmits to the child’s hearing aid through radio waves  Student can hear teacher above background noise  The student might wear a personal hearing aid in one ear and an FM hearing aid that is connected to the teacher’s microphone in the other.

12. TIPS TO HELP STUDENTS WWrite important information on the board SSeat student in front of class AArrange for class notes to be given before the lecture UUse of FM System if it is recommended

13. FFace the student while talking clearly SStudent will look for: LLip Movement GGestures and Facial Expressions RRepeat and Rephrase Important Information UUse Visual Aids to help explain the information more clearly

14.  Make sure there is closed captioning for any audio segments  Understand Concerns of the Student  Help and Support them in anything they want to achieve  Encourage student to use their services

15. COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS  People know when they don’t hear something  Background noise shouldn’t bother someone that is hearing impaired  Hearing Impaired students shouldn’t necessarily tire more easily than normal hearing students  Position in the classroom does not matter  An FM System is not necessary