Senior research audiologist Boys Town National Research Hospital
Financial Disclosures: Financial compensation from ASHA for this presentation; salary from Boys Town National Research Hospital; grant funding from NIH-NIDCD Nonfinancial Disclosures: None
Description:
This session explores how hearing level, device use, and room acoustics alter the potential for children who are Deaf or hard of hearing to have auditory access to classroom instruction. The speaker focuses on how access to instruction for children who are who are Deaf or hard of hearing changes with social distancing and mask-wearing and shares creative solutions to real-life barriers to implementing strategies that improve communication.
Learning Outcomes:
You will be able to:
Interpret results of hearing screenings or audiograms with respect to auditory access to classroom instruction
Compare auditory access for children with typical hearing and those who are Deaf or hard of hearing in pre-pandemic classrooms and classroom settings with COVID-19 mitigations in place
List classroom and instructional modifications that could improve children’s auditory access to classroom instruction
