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Hearing Loss Accommodations at School and Work
Self-advocacy means standing up for your needs and requires both knowledge of your hearing health and may require some new communication skills. Children with hearing loss will need to develop these skills early so that they can request accommodations or assistance when parents or guardians are not present.
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Here are some basic self-advocacy resources anyone with hearing-loss can use to get started:
Self-advocacy resources
Here are some basic self-advocacy resources anyone with hearing-loss can use to get started:
Self- advocacy checklist
This checklist has suggested skills relating to personal health and medical information, hearing and other assistive technology use, and accommodations.
Personal profile and accommodations plan
This plan describes a little about who you are, your hearing loss, how you prefer to communicate and what technologies you use. Use it to start the conversation about your preferred communication practices with anyone who may communicate with you.
Hearing loss notification card
Print and complete this card and carry it in your wallet in case you need to use it in an emergency or to explain how you best communicate.
Self- advocacy checklist
This checklist has suggested skills relating to personal health and medical information, hearing and other assistive technology use, and accommodations.
Personal profile and accommodations plan
This plan describes a little about who you are, your hearing loss, how you prefer to communicate and what technologies you use. Use it to start the conversation about your preferred communication practices with anyone who may communicate with you.
Hearing loss notification card
Print and complete this card and carry it in your wallet in case you need to use it in an emergency or to explain how you best communicate.
At School
For all students, from children to teens to young adults at university, for those with hearing difficulties, it’s important to hear well at school. Classrooms are a dynamic place for interaction and of course learning. In order to fully participate, every child needs to hear not only the teacher, but also classmates and multimedia devices within the classroom.You may look for respective institution to find out more info.
Hearing well helps boost your career confidence
For Work
When asked what type of challenges might present themselves, Rakita listed some of the most common. “There’s a difference between asking someone to repeat themselves, because you didn’t hear or understand them and asking them to repeat because you didn’t fully grasp the point they were making,” she said.
Many times, patients explain that they know someone is talking and they can make out some of the words but not enough of them to get full understanding or comprehension of what is being said.
