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Showing posts with label D/HI Strategies. Show all posts

D/HI Strategies

For People Who Are Deaf or Have Hearing Disabilities
•Include visual props and cues.
•Face people when you are talking.
•Invite people to feel vibrations.
•Write out words related to activity, instructions, post large enough for everyone to see.
•Avoid dimming lights that might inhibit the use of vision.

Classroom strategies for deaf or hearing impaired

Clasroom seating:
1. If possible, seats student in a horseshoe formation.
2. Teacher should sit rather than stand so students can lip read
3. First "do" then "talk"

Emergencies:
1. Make sure students are aware of fire drill procedures and room hazards ( paper cutter, kiln, etc.)

Strategies for Deaf or Hearing Impaired

Oral Communication:
Students use only speech, speech reading andtheir own residual hearing.

Cued speech:
Speech and lip reading with special sign system

Manual communication:
Visual language; finger spelling or American sign language

Strategies for Hearing Impaired

A really great website that I found, that contains strategies for hearing impaired students can be found at:

www.brighthub.com/education/special/article/67528.aspx