For most hard of hearing students, and for some who are deaf, hearing aids and related sound amplification devices are of great benefit in their communication and learning. Technology has more recently produced an additional array of electronic devices which benefit many hard of hearing students. This report will deal primarily with the relatively…

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…

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…