ipl-logo

How Does Basic Sign Language Affect Children With Hearing Impairment?

696 Words3 Pages

DEVELOPMENT

There are three major ways that the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (2015) considers to affect children with a hearing impairment: delay in development of receptive and expressive communication skills such as speech and language (ASLHA 2015; Hussain et al. 2011), Language deficit, and communication difficulties which often lead to social isolation and poor self-esteem (ASLHA 2015). Other than that children with hearing impairments also have difficulty developing their vocabulary, and learning functional worlds like an, a, the, and are (ASLHA 2015). Due to these reasons children will comprehend and produce shorter and simpler sentences (ASLHA 2015). Children with hearing loss often struggle with quiet speech sounds …show more content…

However, as a teacher it is important not to depend on these, as the teacher should have knowledge of inclusive practices for this child while also having an open communication relationship with other teachers, parents, and students that work with the child (Torreno 2013). If possible it is suggested by Torreno (2013) that teachers and peers (This will depend on age) should learn basic sign language if the student signs to not only help communication but promote and encourage acceptance within the classroom …show more content…

It is important not to underestimate students with a hearing impairment has they may exceed expectations in subject areas of interest, however, will often have fewer skills in others (DET 2015).

PLANNING

When planning for a student with a hearing impairment it is important to plan with other members of that students life, this is usually parents, pathologists, special education staff, and other subject area staff (NIT teachers) to ensure to incorporate the priorities for the hearing impaired student (DET 2015). When planning it is also important to consider the structure, organisation of the lesson while also looking at the selection of materials; does the equipment make a lot of noise? Are there enough visual cues? Does the video you’re using have good subtitles and can your student read and understand all the words? (DET 2015). Not only is planning inside the classroom important, but it is important to understand outside classroom activities such as P.E or fitness, ideally the teacher should instruct students before going outside and make sure to have visual communication/gestures with the student pre prepared, ideally all teachers will know these for lunch time duty (DET

Show More
Related
952 Words | 4 Pages

Coming into the light consists of a Deaf person’s journey towards finding their Deaf identity. As we learned in class, some Deaf people struggle to find their identity due to not knowing the resources available to them or having bad experiences with hearing people. This causes them to have a little d but when they find who they truly are they develop a big D and embrace being Deaf. As for the visual scream, it is when someone makes a visual gesture that seems like they’re making a loud sound but there is no sound with it. This is often seen in silent films or done by Deaf performers to add emotion to their performances.

Read More
674 Words | 3 Pages

For a Deaf Son is a documentary about Thomas Thranchin, who was born deaf to hearing family. His father, a filmmaker, produced this documentary to offer an intimate look at how parents of a deaf child make decisions. The documentary is compiled together with interviews from audiologist, families of children with hearing loss, other expert in the field, as well as home videos of Thomas. Thomas was discovered to be profoundly deaf at the age of one and could only hear high frequency sound. This meant that with hearing aids on him, he could acquire speech and language with therapy.

Read More
878 Words | 4 Pages

In the article, “Teaching Students with Hearing Losses,” by Alice-Ann Darrow, she informs us on how to teach students with hearing losses. Darrow talks about how music educators often find it difficult to teach music for those students with hearing losses. Developing a musical instruction can be challenging; there are many students who have hearing losses. Most of these students do participate in music classes. Music is for everyone and has been advocated by the deaf community; it helps with self-expression and cultural awareness, etc.

Read More
568 Words | 3 Pages

but when people verbally ask me questions I feel obliged to answer them, and it is hard not to say the answer. I like signing in the classroom a lot, it allows for complete immersion into the language and is simply fun to do. Learning ASL is especially fun when voice is not being heard because you understand it on a deeper level and learn it better by figuring out what signs mean without speaking. You understand why the sign is what it is rather than just

Read More
564 Words | 3 Pages

According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), “American Sign Language is a complete, complex language that employs signs made by moving the hands combined with facial expressions and postures of the body.” While American Sign Language (ASL) is the primary language of most deaf North Americans, it is also used by people who are hard-of-hearing. Just like the spoken language, sign language is not universal. In fact, American Sign Language is based on the methods of the French. Also, the immigrants in Massachusetts had their own sign language known as Martha’s Vineyard Sign Language, which is very likely to have been absorbed into ASL (Nomeland and Nomeland, 2012).

Read More
1191 Words | 5 Pages

Many hard-hearing students do have some degree of residual hearing (Page 1) however these sounds can often be considered non-functional. Residual hearing is the ability to hear certain sounds of different frequencies. Many students however are different in regards to their level of hearing, so this can have challenges for the music eductor. Music learning is not always about the physical listening aspect, “listening is a mental process… students with hearing losses are at a distinct disadvantage if they are taught music solely through listening” (Darrow 28). With that being said, one main argument that Darrow emphasizes is the specific ways one must accommodate to the individual’s needs, and not to judge each students’ capabilities without an in depth knowledge and some analyzing.

Read More
199 Words | 1 Pages

In another identified video in ATLAS (Case #666), a language arts teacher has a child in her classroom who has a hard time assessing listening and speaking because he has a selective mute. This gives him a hard time in completing

Read More
588 Words | 3 Pages

With language, deaf people use ASL, which is American Sign Language and it is the preferred language in the deaf community. It is a visual and gestural language. Despite what many people believe, those who use ASL do not sign in English word order, nor an auditory or written language. However, ASL has its own syntax and grammar. With Behavior norm: in deaf culture, eye contact is necessary for effectively communication because in ASL facial

Read More
171 Words | 1 Pages

Throughout the deaf community, there is diversity. It doesn’t matter if you can hear or not everywhere a person goes diversity will show. Deaf people know how to understand and deal with diversity better verbal people do. Children who have hearing parents or raised in a hearing household are more likely to adopt the view of deafness as a disability rather than a culturally hearing identity (Yael). Parents tried to speak with their deaf child rather than trying to learn how to communicate with them.

Read More
1384 Words | 6 Pages

As well as the challenge of many professionals encouraging put in hearing aids, making their child “hearing impaired”. Hearing parents are usually unsure of what to do, and end up following the path the professionals recommend. The book really helps emphasize the importance of not doing that. Instead, exposing a the child into the Deaf community would be the best option. They’ll be welcomed with wide arms, and it will help them feel most true to themselves.

Read More
1642 Words | 7 Pages

Caroline Fischer • Judith Lieu (2005) the objective determine if adolescents with unilateral hearing loss (UHL) demonstrate worse language skills than their siblings with normal hearing (NH). Design: Case-control study of 12-17-year-old adolescents with UHL (20 cases) compared with sibling controls with NH (13 controls). Methods: Scores on the oral portion of the Oral and Written Language Scales (OWLS) and the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals (CELF) were the primary outcome measure. Wechsler's Abbreviated Scales of Intelligence (WASI) scores were also used as an outcome measure.

Read More
1190 Words | 5 Pages

EF contributes to reading, writing, mathematics, social competency and learning in general. Children with hearing impairment demonstrates significant gaps in literacy acquisition (Sanders 2013). The learning difficulties of deaf children cannot be viewed as a consequence of sensory impairment alone (Luria, 1973). Prelingual deaf children experience a lag in auditory and visual language access. This will have an effect on the neural organization and the neurocognitive skills which rely on the sensory experiences and the language processing of spoken language (Pisoni et al, 2008).

Read More
1155 Words | 5 Pages

Kyle and Woll states back to the points of the body by saying signers look at each others faces rather than their hands because there are many points of the body around the head (86). Behavior is a key aspect when listening or reciting sign language. According to Michelle Jay, in the article “Deaf Culture,” states that in hearing culture it is rude to stare, but in deaf culture staring is necessary; if one breaks eye contact while signing it is incredibly rude (para. 9). When following a conversation in

Read More
373 Words | 2 Pages

Although there are several reasons why more schools do not offer it, there are more benefits of learning Sign Language in all levels of

Read More
636 Words | 3 Pages

Inclusion is vital in helping to provide quality education for SEN pupils. “above all, inclusion is about a philosophy of acceptance where all pupils are valued and treated with respect” (Carrington & Elkins, 2002). Inclusion is often thought to be the location of your education but is more often than not about the quality of one’s education. The location has little to do with inclusion but more to do with where you feel you belong, some SEN children feel they cannot truly belong in a large mainstream school (Campbell, 2005). Sociological perspectives of inclusion often emphasis equality, respect, participation in decision making, rights, and collective belonging.

Read More

More about How Does Basic Sign Language Affect Children With Hearing Impairment?

Related Topics

Open Document