Listening Activity
When you get back from lunch, get started on the worksheets right away. We’ll only have ten minutes before we go to the assembly.
1. What do you start on?
2. How long before the assembly?
What is
1. the worksheets
2. 10 mins
Your identity
What is
Deaf
Hard-of-Hearing
Hearing
Two accommodations you can use while watching videos
What are
-sit at the front, use equipment - connect Bluetooth or FM, Closed Captioning, ability to listen to the information an additional time
When you ask one of your teachers for written notes for a class, they say you don't really need them. What can you do?
-show them your IEP accommodations
-tell them it is hard for you to listen and take notes at the same time because you need to be looking at their face
-tell your STSDHH
The kind of hearing equipment do you use.
-fm
-hearing aid
-cochlear implant
-soundfield
I want to go on a bike ride today after school. I think I’ll go to the grocery store for a snack.
1. When does she want to go on a bike ride?
2. Where will she go?
What is
1. after school
2. to the grocery store
How you became hard-of-hearing
What is
sickness
parents' DNA
injury
don't know
Two accommodations you can use during tests/exams
What are
-extra time, information repeated, use of equipment, quiet space, alternate format to oral/listening
You disclosed to your teacher that you have a hearing loss, now they are always centering you out, for example asking if something is loud enough for you, in the middle of class and everyone stares at you. This makes you feel awkward and embarrassed, what can you do?
-talk to them at the end of class and let them know you don't like it
-send them an email
-tell your SERT or your STSDHH
The brand of your hearing aid/cochlear implant
-Various answers
If you already have your book, please take it out and read chapter two. If you still need to pick out a book, you have 15 minutes to go to the library. Remember to select a nonfiction book.
1. What chapter do you read?
2. What type of book do you need to select?
What is
1. two
2. nonfiction
When you became hard-of-hearing.
When is
since birth
when you were young
Two accommodations you can use during lessons
What are
-sit at the front, use equipment, have the teacher repeat peer comments/questions, ask the teacher to repeat/rephrase information, ask the teacher to not move around, ask the teacher or a friend to give you their notes, ask the teacher to face the class while they are speaking...
One of your teachers is constantly turning their back to the class while they are teaching. What can you say to them.
Let them know how important it is that they face you while talking. You need to read their lips and expressions. You can hear them better as well.
What to do if your equipment isn't working.
-Email your STSDHH
-Tell your teacher
-Tell your parents
There is a group that meets every Saturday at the science museum for experimenting. This weekend we’re making volcanoes. It starts at 9:00 am if you want to come!
1. What day does the group meet?
2. What are they working on this week?
What is
1. Saturday
2. volcanoes
Your hearing type
What is
sensorineural
conductive
mixed
Two things that can make the listening/hearing environment better in the classroom
What are
- hushh ups, closed door, sitting away from noise, use of equipment, use of visuals, reduction of background noise
You feel like you're missing parts of the conversations with your friends at lunch. What can you do?
-Suggest going to a quieter place
-Talk to your best friend to see if they can start bringing you into conversations
-Bring it up to everyone at once
-Give them a visual cue that everyone will know, to give when you start missing too much of the convo
What to do if you want to change your equipment, for example, you want to try something else, you don't want to use it anymore, you want to start using it.
-speak to you STSDHH
I read your essay for English class. You did well at explaining your thoughts on pollution. I noticed just a couple of spelling mistakes and circled them in blue. Meet me at my locker after class and I’ll give it back to you.
1. What did he write his essay on?
2. What color are the mistakes circled in?
What is
1. pollution
2. blue
What is
mild
moderate
severe
profound
One way your teacher supports your hearing loss
What is
-repeats/rephrases information, uses closed captioning, keeps classroom noise down, gives extra time on tests, uses visuals, gives use of quiet space for tests/exams, gives notes before class, repeats peers' questions/comments
One of your teachers always has listening activities (like podcasts) and you have a hard time hearing them and participating, what can you do?
-show the teacher your IEP Accommodations
-tell them you need visual input/supplements, for example, a script
-ask them if you can listen to them again in a quiet space
What to do if your equipment is broken.
-speak to your STSDHH
-tell your teacher/SERT
-tell your parents