Tag: hearing impairment
Helping deaf pupils to learn
Ian Noon outlines the role of Teachers of the Deaf in supporting pupils with hearing impairments
Hearing solutions
Catherine Routley examines the dilemmas facing teachers who support pupils with auditory processing disorder
Hearing, learning and Down’s syndrome
Stuart Mills looks at the effects of hearing impairment on children with Down’s syndrome, and what teachers can do to help
Deaf children slip further behind in GCSEs
Only just over a third of deaf children (36.3 per cent) in England have left secondary school having hit national GCSE benchmarks, according to...
Making the change
How can we support young people with complex needs to make a positive transition? Fiona Minion and Beverley Samways explain all
Signs of the times
Users of British Sign Language (BSL) are being faced with unprecedented change in their language
BSL is a rich, naturally evolving language, where the signs...
Sound advice
Antonette Burns and Mary Gordon provide a practical guide to helping pupils with hearing impairments in the classroom
Shortage of BSL courses putting deaf people at risk
A national charity is calling for more education providers to offer British Sign Language (BSL) courses, following recent reports that a London hospital failed...