Hearing Impaired

Links checked 7-11-09

1. About Hearing - How our ears work, how we hear and why some of us have a hearing loss.
2. Described and Captioned Media Program - This educational media is made accessible to the deaf and hard of hearing via captioning.
3. PECS - Picture Exchange Communication System - Site is in Spanish, but pictures are labeled in English.
4. Pictograms - Downloadable and catagorized with help files on how to use them in various application programs.
5. Picture Cards - Print these ready to use communication tools.
6. Sign Language Alphabet game - Fruit and Vegetable Alphabet - 3 versions of the game- a bilingual sign language only game, a listening/auditory game and a combination game where children can click on the listen button after viewing the sign language video.
7. SymbolWorld - Website created by Widgit Software, dedicated to people who use symbols; stories, life skills, learning; also a monthly magazine for symbol readers.
8. Teaching Strategies - Nine types of adaptation strategies for inclusion classrooms.
9. Visual Supports - Creating picture exchange symbols and guidelines on how to use these tools.
10. Strategies for teaching students with hearing impairments- Many strategies for teachers who have students with a hearing impairment.
11. With a Hearing Aid, a Hearing-Impaired Child Can Hear as Well as You - False! - This page will demonstrate visually how hearing aids work for conductive and sensorineural hearing loss.
12. The Signer Development Module - The Signer application is a tool for software developers to add sign language animations to their software with minimal effort.