Deaf/Hearing Impaired

Specialist Advisory Teachers for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired (Also known as Teachers of the Deaf) support the following groups of children;

• All hearing aids wearers from diagnosis of their hearing loss until they leave school
• Children with persistent moderate (average over 40dB) conductive losses, whose behaviour or progress in school is causing concern
• Children with a hearing loss in association with a recognised syndrome, disability or learning difficulty
• Children with a mild (30-40dB) sensori-neural or mixed losses
• Children with a unilateral hearing loss where the loss averages over 50dB

Specialist Advisory Teachers for the Deaf/Hearing impaired work with, babies and their families at home and with children and staff in pre school settings and schools.

They can give information, advice and training on;

• Appropriate communication methods
• The benefit and management of hearing aids and other hearing equipment
• Strategies to support language development and curricular access

Teachers of the Deaf/Hearing impaired work closely with colleagues in Health to coordinate audiological assessments and the issuing of hearing aids.

Referrals for support from the Specialist Advisory Teaching Service should be made by a Health professional.   Specialist Advisory Teachers for the Deaf/Hearing Impaired are not able to diagnose hearing loss.

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