The author explains  how hearing loss technology can improve but not restore hearing, miscommunication can happen, and communication repair strategies. ...

The Auditory Language & Learning Guide is an EXCELLENT informal evaluation tool for listening and language that can be used with students of any age and language ability. The 2 page checklist format e ... asily allows the teacher to develop IEP goals based on identified student weaknesses in the 4 areas of audition/listening, receptive language, expressive language, and social communication. Skills can be rated as 'targeted', 'emerging', 'mastered' or 'previously assessed' and checked off by date achieved. This assessment tool can be used from year to year allowing instructors and parents to see growth in a students language and learning.

Brochure specifying what makes it challenging to keep hearing aids on 0-24 month old babies and 2-5 yrs. old preschoolers, why hearing aids are needed, and strategies to help keep them on, including h ... earing aid retention devices.

This checklist is designed to be a pretest/post-test when a Classroom Amplification Distribution System (CADS or soundfield amplification) is used in a classroom in which large group instruction is pr ... esented. It can be used with a selected subgroup of students, or all students can be asked to complete the checklist. Each student rates his/her general responsiveness during instruction on a 1-5 rating scale. Includes room for minimal comments. Results will be most valid for students in grade 4 or ages 9-10 and above.

Brochure specifying what makes it challenging to keep hearing aids on 2-5 yrs old, why hearing aids are needed, and strategies to help keep them on, including hearing aid retention devices.