Partially deaf children 'overlooked' at school

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Partially deaf children 'overlooked' at school - BBC News

The National Deaf Children's Society is calling on the next government to "provide the vital support" needed for partially deaf children in the UK.
Nearly half of children with limited hearing fall behind at school, a survey of parents and professionals found.
It suggested children who are hard of hearing struggle in classrooms with poor acoustics and a lack of understanding by staff.
Parents said their child's deafness "had a major impact" in the school day.


The small, online questionnaire revealed children with limited hearing were "falling behind" in mainstream schools, compared with their peers.
The vast majority of the parents questioned (86%) had partially deaf children in mainstream schools.
They said their children struggled in classrooms with background noise or trying to understand speech from a distance.
One-third of parents blamed a lack of staff awareness of their child's mild or moderate deafness for their difficulties.
The study said that children could miss up to half of what the teacher said in class, which had an impact on their reading, writing, spelling and spoken language.

The NDCS estimates there are 20,000 mild to moderately deaf children in the UK.

 

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That's sad, it really wouldn't be that difficult to adapt class for them to make it easier.
I always had a seat at the very front because of both being deaf on one ear and having poor eyesight, made it much easier for me to follow what was happening.

 

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The study said that children could miss up to half of what the teacher said in class, which had an impact on their reading, writing, spelling and spoken language.


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The vast majority of the parents questioned (86%) . why are they asking parents, why are they not asking deaf adults to help in there study. and the children that are deaf.
if a child cant hear, what is being said, then no matter, what subject is being taught, they will always be a gap in understanding, any subject.but is only showed, when a test between (mixed) hearers and deaf children are tested, there is different levels of deafness, just like different levels of intellect.