Depending on the More

Auditory Materials time of deafening, considerations in

are beyond access use of verbal
through hearing schooling due to
language can be need for alternative
very difficult mediums
Deaf
Students

Characteristics

Hard of May have limited

Hearing access to
Students Verbal language is traditional
Auditory Materials more accessible communication
somewhat still though still possibly and may have an
useful in limited limited depending easier time
settings on degree of adapting to
deafening traditional
schooling

Type of Hearing Disability Assistive Technologies that can be used and how these can
help

Speech-to-text technology is useful for hearing loss of this kind

Sensorineural Hearing Loss as it may affect the clarity of sound and not just the loudness.
Due to this, hearing aids may not be sufficient. Speech-to-text
removes the need for clarity (Wintemute, 2020; The University
of Iowa, n.d.).

FM Systems provide a great option in a large indoor setting for

students who are hard of hearing due to conductive hearing
Conductive Hearing Loss loss where the problem is localized to the outer ear. With FM
systems, distance and clarity will be much less of a problem
(Gallaudet University, 2014; The University of Iowa, n.d.).

Captioning is very versatile in that it can assist those even with

Moderate to Profound Hearing Loss
just mild hearing loss. However, it is especially helpful for
those with higher degrees of hearing loss where their range of
hearing and clarity would make auditory solutions ineffective.
Allowing them to access video-type media by reading opens up
more options for academic resources which would normally be
more difficult (American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association, n.d.; Gallaudet University, 2014).
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