TIPS FOR INCLUSION

• Obtain student’s attention prior to speaking
• Reduce auditory distractions (background noise)
• Enhance speech reading conditions (avoid hands in front of the face, mustaches well-trimmed, no gum chewing)
• Face your students and make eye contact when speaking. Clearly, enunciate speech
• As a general rule, always stand close to the student(s) heard of hearing when giving instructions
• Use of visual supplements (projected materials, whiteboard, charts, vocabulary lists, lecture outlines)
• Do not exaggerate your lip movements, but slowing down a little may help some students.
• Use facial expressions, gestures and body language to help convey your message, but don’t overdo it.
• Repeat others comments and/or questions before responding to make sure Hard of Hearing student heard

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FACTS AND FIGURES

• Hearing loss is the most common disability in the US.
• 3 out of every 100 school-age kids has a significant hearing loss.
• Hearing loss is a ‘hidden’ disability and often goes unnoticed
• People with Hearing Loss can be either Hard of Hearing (sometimes referred to as people with hearing impairment) or Deaf