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Download full textClark, Catherine – 1998
This tipsheet offers guidelines for instructors who have a student with a hearing impairment who is using an assistive listening device (ALD). The ALD is a microphone/transmitter positioned close to the instructor's mouth to send the instructor's voice to the receiver worn by the student. ALDs can eliminate echoes and reduce surrounding noise…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Audiovisual Communications, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Deafness
Direct linkClark, Catherine – PEPNet-Northeast, 2000
Many students who use hearing aids effectively in quiet environments have a difficult time following information presented in large college classrooms. In the classroom, the instructor's voice is competing with background noise, room echo, and distance. Therefore, the intelligibility of the instructor's voice is degraded by the poor room acoustics…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Electronic Equipment, Special Education, Accessibility (for Disabled)
