The following practices are effective in all classrooms:
- Reduce background noise - close windows and doors if outside noise is present
- Adjust teaching practice to manage classroom background noise
- Consistent use of the FM system in the classroom (hearing impaired students hear more clearly in a noisy environment with the use of a FM system)
- Seating arrangements that enhance the student's ability to hear in the classroom and see the speaker’s face
- Enhancing speech reading conditions: speakers avoiding hands in front of the face, facing the class when speaking, minimising distance from speakers face
- Clarification of communication when the message is not understood initially, including paraphrasing instructions
- Supplying verbal instructions with visual cues and materials (use of Interactive Whiteboard, overheads, charts, vocabulary lists, lesson outlines)
- Buddy systems for notes, extra explanations and directions
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