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Evaluating listening at secondary school
Enquiry Has anybody got any ideas about how to assess how well a child is listening actually in the classroom. Although you can simulate listening in a noisy environment, it is not really the same as finding out what is actually going on in the classroom situation. Reply As you mention, you can do standard listening and speech perception assessments using an additional noise input and see how the student copes but as you say that does hav...
Posted on March 12, 2009 12:16
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Problems with listening at work
Enquiry: I am wondering if there are some guidelines regarding acoustics for cochlear implant users in the office environment. Last Friday I had a meeting in a corner of a large open plan office belonging to another department as the meeting was with them and it was in an area between the social area and the photocopier. Normally we meet in our library so meeting in this open plan office meeting area was a one off. Although I was using a FM Genie radio aid w...
Posted on February 26, 2009 14:30
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Acoustic environment in secondary schools.
Enquiry: My son will start secondary school in September, what do you consider are reasonable adjustments that should be made in order to improve the acoustic environment and do you think that this should be done in every classroom? Reply: In 2003 the DfES issued a building bulletin (BB93) which sets out good acoustic standards for school which are mandatory in new school builds and new extensions and serve as good practice guidelines fo...
Posted on February 20, 2009 10:51
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Classroom acoustics checklist
Enquiry: I have been told that you have a sheet which helps staff to monitor accoustic environments for deaf children. It has been described as lines which cover eg ceiling, soft furnishings, blinds as well as background noise and where sections can be in green amber or red according to concern. Haven't been able to find it on your website - am just not looking in the right place? Reply: The checklist you are talking about is on Sounding...
Posted on January 30, 2009 14:50
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Children listening to music.
Enquiry: You have mentioned a program that is specifically for listening to music. Would you recommend that these programmes be used by children in specific situations where music is the main focus? Reply: There is no official recommendation about this as yet because the benefits of the music program are still being validated. It would probably be beneficial for children to use the specific music program while doing activities relating to...
Posted on January 8, 2009 11:50
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Developing listening skills
Enquiry - I am a peripatetic teacher of deaf children who has been given the responsibility for producing a development of residual listening skills resource pack for use with deaf children in mainstream schools and provisions. Please could you help me with this because I have no idea where to begin. HELP Reply:I suggest you start with the “Monitoring protocol for deaf babies and children” publication produced by the Department of Educatio...
Posted on June 13, 2008 17:10