Sound levels and acoustic characteristic information was obtained in classrooms serving children who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) in grades K-2 in a variety of settings across the United States and Canada. Sound levels were easily measured using iPads, and acoustic characteristics were documented. Noise levels exceeded the American National…

Decision-making is fundamental to everyday modern life (Porter, Creed, Hood, & Ching, 2018; Ranyard & Crozier, 2002). Some decisions require little thought, while others are more complex as options considered do not always lead to clear outcomes (Baron, 2008). Caregivers of children who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) are frequently…

Analyzing the self-identities of students with hearing loss and the perceptions of their caregivers/parents assists in understanding of one another and facilitates students' self-advocacy development; however, disparate views of identity must be reconciled before addressing how to foster self-advocacy. Caregivers/parents must be receptive to how a…

Previous research on reading perceptions and strategy use involving narrative texts among students attending schools for the deaf provides some information on comprehension strategies used. None of these studies, however, involved students using speech to communicate or receiving instruction in the general education. This study extends that…

The Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing's (MECDHH's) "POINT" (Providing Opportunities for Integrating New Technologies) project is implementing a telepractice, distance learning collaborative in Maine with eight hub sites and 18 end points using Tandberg videoconferencing technology. This network is planned to be a…

The purpose of this study is to show the changing trends within the population of children who are deaf and hard of hearing in Belgium over the last 12 years. The combination of Universal Newborn Hearing Screening programs, early intervention, and cochlear implants have tremendously influenced the education and support of children who are deaf or…

The present study examines the perception of parents and teachers towards the transition process and preparedness of students who are deaf or hard of hearing from a listening and spoken language school in the Northeastern United States to a general education setting in their home school districts. The study uses a mixed methods design with…

This manuscript reports on data collected as part of a larger research study designed to investigate factors that facilitate the integration of children with hearing loss into mainstream environments. Aspects of communicative, academic, and social functioning for 43 adolescents and young adults were examined using questionnaires. In addition,…

A hearing impaired undergraduate participated in all class lectures, classroom drills, and examinations involving oral dictation of transcription in a mainstreamed summer session. Success was ascribed to the university's use of cued speech, a phonemic system compatible with phonetic analysis and transcription. (Author/CL)

Set forth are guidelines for the regular class teacher who has, for the first time, a severely hearing impaired student in her classroom. (KW)

Regular classroom teachers (N=17) who had taught six oral hearing impaired children at some time over a six-year period were surveyed. While most teachers expressed positive feelings about having worked with a hearing impaired child, teachers of grades three-six were more positive than teachers of grades kindergarten through two. (Author/DB)

The study tested a model of the relationship between educational mainstreaming and the achievement of 225 hearing-impaired students. Evaluation using path analysis indicated that the model adequately represents the relationships in the data among student background, achievement, placement, and later employment. (Author/CL)

The need for a global education approach is emphasized in a teacher's account of a class that included 15 acoustically handicapped students. Topics focused on historical backgrounds and commonalities, food shortages, multinational corporations, and energy problems. (CL)

Intended for parents and teachers is a reading list of approximately 60 articles on integration of hearing impaired children into regular public school programs which includes articles published from 1964 through 1972. (DB)