Hearing, Language, and Communication and the Special Needs Deaf Child

Developer:  Mary Ann Eaton, CCC-S

Level:  Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Maximum Number of Participants: 24

Total hours: 6 hours

This workshop will provide an opportunity for educational interpreters of deaf students to develop a basic understanding of the language/communication needs of the special needs deaf child living and learning between two worlds - the deaf world and the hearing world.  Participants will be exposed to how we hear, types of hearing loss, degrees of hearing loss, assistive technology for the deaf and hard-of-hearing population, language development, and language/communication issues related to language learning difficulties.

New York State Knowledge Competencies:

  • Etiology of Hearing Loss
  • Educational Amplification
  • Educational & Social Impact of Hearing Loss
  • Closed Captioning/Open Captioning
  • Psychology of Education

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