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Home Page -->> Deaf & Hard Of Hearing and Audiology
Deaf and Hard Of Hearing - Birth to 21
Services Provided Include:
Support families of newborns with hearing loss, delivering direct services to their homes to enhance communication, learning skills, amplification management, and encouragement at the earliest age for acquiring language. Support D/HH children to develop age appropriate expressive and receptive communication language skills to compare with their peers. Provide D/HH children with effective and mutually respectful partnerships established between and among educators, families, and programs that serve those children and their families. Assist families to make decisions with instructional teams for the most effective learning environment based on the child's educational, social, emotional, cognitive and physical abilities and needs. Discuss and evaluate technology to provide unique and necessary communication and educational access. To train and encourage D/HH students to learn and analyze the technology that helps them solve problems, and make decisions, in becoming contributing citizens. Offer support to students, their families and the educational environment through connections with state wide services throughout different transition stages.
Deaf and Hard Of Hearing Staff
Audiology
Services Provided Include:
Interpret hearing test results for school personnel. Provide in-services on the impact of hearing loss on the student's listening and academic performance. Recommend and manage assistive listening devices for children with hearing loss to be used in the schools. Work with the Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in developing educational strategies including specific recommendations.
Audiology Staff
Additional Resources:
www.babyhearing.org
www.nidcd.nih.gov
www.agbell.org
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