Hearing Impairment Units in Schools

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Fri, 07/30/2010 - 15:39
Guest

I attended a school out of the United States in which they had a hearing impairment unit luckily for me. Because of this unit, I learned to speak along with signing.

I had an induction loop and my teachers wore a microphone and transmitter for it so I dealt without an interpreter. I am just curious as to if the schools here in the U.S. do something to the same effect?

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Fri, 07/30/2010 - 15:46
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Guest

Unfortunately, not many schools here provide that luxury. If they are in schools, they will only be provided in private schools on account they have a larger budget than public schools so they can provide a service like that. However, I believe they should be put in all schools. There should be an act on that.

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Fri, 07/30/2010 - 15:48
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Guest

I think the most help that the public schools do for the deaf is put them in ASL and have interpreters present for them in their classes and other events. I think this is wrong and something more should be done.

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