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Unit 6: Physically Challenged: Preventions, Teaching Strategies

Understanding Tinnitus -- Symptoms: The symptoms of tinnitus include: A noise in the ears, such Notes
as ringing, roaring, buzzing, hissing, or whistling; the noise may be intermittent or continuous. Most
of the time, only the person who has tinnitius can hear it (subjective tinnitus). However, there are
some types that the doctor can hear if a stethescope is put in the ear (objective tinnitus).
Be sure your child has regular hearing exams and follows the suggestions below to prevent hearing loss.
Steps you can take to lower your risk of noise-induced hearing loss include the following:
• Be aware of and avoid harmful noise. You can be exposed to harmful noise at work, at home,
and in many other settings. Know what kinds of situations can cause harmful noise levels.
• Use hearing protectors. If you know you are going to be around harmful noise, wear hearing
protectors, such as earplugs or earmuffs.
• Control the volume when you can. Reduce the noise in your life by turning down the volume
on the stereo, TV, or car radio, and especially on personal listening devices with earphones or
ear buds.
• Don't wait to protect yourself. After noise-related damage to the ear is done, it cannot be reversed.
But if you already have some noise-related hearing loss, it is not too late to prevent further
damage and preserve the hearing that you still have.
Preventing other causes of hearing loss: To lower your risk of other types of hearing loss:
• Never stick a cotton swab, hairpin, or other object in your ear to try to remove earwax or to
scratch your ear. The best way to prevent earwax problems is to leave earwax alone. For
information on how to remove hardened wax, see the topic Earwax.
• Always blow your nose gently and through both nostrils.
• During air travel, swallow and yawn frequently when the plane is landing. If you have an
upper respiratory problem (such as a cold, the flu, or a sinus infection), take a decongestant a
few hours before landing or use a decongestant spray just before landing.
• Stop smoking. You are more likely to have hearing loss if you smoke.

6.4 Teaching Strategies for Students with Hearing Impairments
Accommodations are intended to "level the playing field". They in no way guarantee success nor
should they compromise the integrity of the course. Please remember that the following are only
suggestions. Faculty/Staff are not required or expected to provide all of these accommodations.
• Students with hearing impairments will benefit from front row seating. An unobstructed line
of vision is necessary for students who use interpreters and for those who rely on lip-reading
and visual cues. If an interpreter is used, the student's view should include the interpreter and
the lecturer. Do not speak facing the blackboard
• Whenever possible, utilize circular seating arrangements as they offer Deaf or hard-of-hearing
student the best opportunity to see all class participants
• Be aware of the fact that hands, books or microphones in front of your face can add to the
difficulties of lip readers
• Keep your face within view of the student and speak in a natural tone
• When an interpreter is being used, speak directly to the student, not to the interpreter
• Recognize the brief amount of extra processing time that it takes for the interpreter to translate
a message form its original language into another language, because this will cause a delay in
the student's receiving information, asking questions and/or offering comments
• Repeat the questions or remarks of others in the room-Acknowledge who has made the comment
so that the hard of hearing student can focus on the speaker
• Use visual aids to reinforce spoken presentations whenever possible
• Whenever possible, provide the student with class outlines, lecture notes, lists of new technical
terms and printed transcripts of audio and audio-visual materials

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