Deaf Awareness in Education

Welcome to the Hearing Support Team course ‘Deaf Awareness in Education’

This is a short introductory course that is recommended to all staff who work with a child with hearing loss in school.

During this course, we will consider:

✔ an overview of how the ear works

✔ types and degrees of hearing loss

✔ types of personal hearing technology

✔ implications of hearing loss in education

✔ how radio aids help children with hearing losses

✔ strategies for the classroom

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