Special needs

I choose to research the student population hearing impairment. I found some very useful information. Although I have some knowledge of this aliment from prior experiences, I learned a bit more that can benefit me in the future. In order to teach hearing impaired students, you must have a complete education and vast knowledge of the condition in order to properly educate these students. “Hearing loss is generally described as slight, mild, moderate, severe, or profound, depending upon how well a person can hear the intensities or frequencies most strongly associated with speech” (http://nichcy.org). Depending on the severity of the condition, children require different things. If a child has a slight or mild hearing impairment, they may be able to stay in a normal, public school classroom and learn like non-hearing impaired students. If a child’s condition is labeled as mild, moderate, sever, or profound, they would have to have some special “things” to help accommodate for their impairment. Mild and moderate students would be best off staying in a normal classroom with an assistant that knows sign language. If a child is classified as severe or profound, the student would be better off in a special school for hearing impaired. In order to teach hearing impaired students, you would need an associates degree in education. You would also need a special education endorsement. The special education endorsement requires another semester of student teaching in a learning impaired environment (emich.edu). I think in order to work with hearing impaired students; you should also know sign language. I find hearing impaired students interesting. Even though every “condition” has varying degrees of severity, hearing impaired patients has so many levels that you would need a varying level of accommodations. I learned the exact levels of hearing impairments and I learned the two different types : pitch versus frequency or hertz versus decibels.

Works Cited

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