Education
Students and Classrooms
Supporting students to hear adequately in the classroom is becoming very important. An increasing number of Hard of Hearing students use assistive technology due to early intervention programs such as the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program and Children Services provided by Australian Hearing. The emphasis of both these services is on early intervention to assist children to hear speech.
Assistance for Students
Hearing Link is able to assist Deaf and Hard of Hearing students in tertiary level education through referral from the Disability Liaison Officers located at Students Services at both the University of Tasmania and TAFE. Following referral, students are assessed by a Hearing Link consultant for appropriate technological assistance. Then a recommendation to the Disability Liaison Officer is made for consideration and the equipment is purchased for the use of the student during their study time.
Some types of assistance recommended include:
- FM systems
- electronic stethoscopes
- note takers
- personal amplifiers.
Technology for Schools
Front Row active learning systems are designed to optimise classroom sound quality by distributing the teachers’ voice to speakers installed in the classroom. Developed for mainstream education these systems combat issues including teacher vocal fatigue and students not hearing the teacher clearly. This type of technology also assists children who have a speech processing disorder.
Noise Prevention Strategies for Music Teachers
Like any individuals who are subjected to excessive noise exposure, musicians can suffer from hearing loss. It does not matter if the 'noise' they are subjected to is classical music - the function of human ear cannot tell the difference. Hearing loss can present difficult social problems for anyone but the situation is worse for professional musicians as 'listening' is part of their livelihood. Once damage is done to the ear, it cannot be undone. Therefore, the question of how the damage can be prevented needs to be answered.
View the full article on Noise Exposure of Music Teachers (external link).
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