Evidence Based Practice In Deaf Education Essay

An evidence based practice that I came across in my research was an article titled, Literacy and Evidence-Based Practice in Deaf Education. This study talks about students with hearing disabilities in reading, vocabulary, and organizing concepts. In their studies they saw that the reading ability of those that had a visual impairment was above average, so they suggested no more than twelve minutes a day reading and spending more time on their vocabulary. There are three tiers of vocabulary that humans have. The first tier are words that you expect the student to know but they may not know. The second tier are words that appear frequently in the student's vocabulary. The third and finally tier are word that appear rarely. Being able to use repetition …show more content…
This app works by putting in the Apple earphones and connecting them to your phone. The phone acts as the hearing aid and transmits the signal to the headphones. This app connects to many third party signals and transmits the sounds or music to the to the headphones.
Deaf wake as a great app that is utilized as an alarm clock. This app allows and offers LED lights, vibrations, and visual-based alarms. You can choose from bright lights, visual changes, or the phone to vibrate. The app lets you create different alarms, which allows for easy depictions of various alarms.
In conclusion, this presentation taught me a lot about the people that have a hearing impairment. The presentation allowed for me to learn just a little bit of what it is like to live dad to day for someone with a hearing impairment. It also allowed for me to research more about those with visual impairments and see what is being done in society to make their lives easier. The world had been blessed with these people, so why try to outcast them? When we can learn a lot from them. There are so many benefits to having a diverse community and that is why God made us all