What you might notice
Last updated:
Hearing loss can have an impact on:
- Listening skills
- Attention and concentration – tiring easily due to lipreading and listening
- Language development – spoken and written
- Communication skills
- Memory – working and auditory
- Multi-tasking – listening/lipreading and/or watching demonstrations at same time
- Access to audio visual resources
- Incidental learning
- Social skills
It is important to consider that every child or young person with a hearing loss is different.
Their levels of hearing loss, methods of communication and use of hearing technology can vary widely.
To ensure that everyone is included in what you are doing, make sure that you find out what the individual needs are before activities take place.