Hardi "Harry" Mohammad's In-Service
What Does Hearing Loss Sound Like?
What is an Audiogram?
Interpreting An Audiogram
- The left side of the audiogram represents loudness of sounds measured in decibels.
- Across the top, you have frequency (pitch) measured in Hertz. When thinking about the frequency, think of a piano where you have the lower sounds on the left and the sounds get higher as you move to the right across the audiogram. If we were to keep mapping sounds to the right, we would begin to see things such as dog whistles, or things that we as humans would not hear. When we say higher sounds, we are referring to voiceless, airy sounds, such as /s/, /sh/, /ch/. Sounds that have no voicing behind them. Those sounds tend to be the hardest for people with hearing loss to hear because they are so quiet.
- On the right side of the audiogram, you have the different degrees of hearing loss broken down.
- The "boomerang" in the middle is called a speech banana. This area represents the intensity (loudness) and frequency (pitch) where sounds are heard within normal, conversational level of speech.
- The left ear is represented by the blue X, and the right ear is represented by the red O, and are called plots.
- Wherever you see a plot and BELOW it, is what a person is ABLE to hear in that respective ear. Sounds ABOVE the line would NOT be detected.
**When considering what a person can hear, you must consider AUDIBILITY versus INTELLIGIBILITY. If something is audible, it means that sound can be detected. The person may not necessarily know, or understand what they are hearing. If something is intelligible, it means they understand what is being said, or heard. For example, a teacher in a classroom during arrival or dismissal will hear students in the hallway talking. Although the teacher can hear the students talking, they could not tell you exactly what the students are saying because they are only audible, not intelligible. When you are intelligible, you can be heard and understood.
- Reading down the right side of the audiogram, the areas that the student’s plots cross into determine their hearing loss. The loss can move across more than one type of hearing loss. For example, a student can have a moderate hearing loss, or a mild loss that slopes down to a severe loss. A person could also have a severe loss that slopes up to a mild loss.
Hardi's Equipment
Hearing Aids
FM Teacher Transmitter
Remember to mute the microphone when speaking privately with other teachers or students, or when using the restroom. The student will be able to hear you.
FM Speaker Tower
Is an FM System Really Important?
How to Help Me
- It shouldn't matter where I am seated as long as you can speak loud enough for me to hear you.
- Giving me printed notes so I can follow along without having my focus split between writing my notes and paying attention is helpful.
- I prefer to be seated near other people who are communicative.
Hardi's AI Accommodations
- Amplification devices
- FM system upon request
- Copy of exchange notes
- Check often for understanding using question where the student must explain...not simple 'yes', 'no' answers
- Preferential seating
- Provide visual cues for the directions of steps to be followed
- Extra time for completing testing/assignments - 1 day
- Small group administration of tests upon request
- Oral administration - only eligible components at student request
CONTACT ME
Takiyah Jacquet
Teacher of the Deaf or Hard of HearingPlano Regional Day School Program for the Deaf
Office: 469-752-5169
Email: takiyah.perryjacque@pisd.edu
Location: 2201 West Spring Creek Parkway, Plano, TX, USA
Phone: 214-457-6100