This video is open captioned and ASL interpreted. Since the mid 1980s, numerous studies have shown that school-age children with unilateral hearing loss (UHL) may experience difficulties in a variety of areas that can affect communication access and academic performance. However, findings across studies are not always straightforward, with some studies suggesting that children with UHL may experience few difficulties specifically associated with their hearing loss when compared to peers with normal hearing. These conflicting observations complicate efforts to ensure the educational and audiological needs of children with UHL are met. For children with UHL, there also currently is no broad consensus regarding if and when amplification should be used and what amplification options are appropriate for this population.

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6/10/2021

1/11/2021 Nancy O'Donnell, Director of Outreach for the Usher Syndrome Coalition will provide an overview of Usher syndrome as well as resources and strategies that can be used to enhance work with students with Usher syndrome. Click the Attachment button to download a transcript and/or handout.

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1/11/2021

Learn about the Senior Assist Program that provides persons with disabilities access to free or low cost communication devices, such as phones or tablets.

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1/8/2021

12/03/2015 A documented hearing loss creates specific differences in assessing and interpreting data for learning media assessments for students with deafblindness. This webinar will discuss a collaboration process between the TVI and the TDHH to determine general and literacy media that includes a review of audiometric data and the functional impact of the hearing loss in instructional settings. This webinar expands on topics and information presented in the Hearing Issues Series from the previous year. Participants will need to have viewed the “Introduction to Hearing Loss” and “Audiological Testing” webinars prior to viewing this session.  Facilitated by Adam Graves, Deafblind Specialist with TSBVI Outreach Programs. Click the Chapters button above to view individual segments: - What Do I Need for an LMA? - Determining Sensory Channels - TVI & TDHH Collaboration - Assessment Tools Click the Resources button for a transcript (txt), handout (pdf) and/or audio recording (mp3).

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2/18/2016

Keynote by disability rights lawyer, Haben Girma on developing and celebrating her identity as an individual who is deafblind. Haben describes how she has grown through connections with the deafblind community and the benefits she discovered in letting friends and co-workers know she is deafblind and prefers tactile communication. 2015 Deafblind Symposium; Austin, Texas. Click the Resources button for a transcript (txt), and/or audio recording (mp3).

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1/28/2016

01/22/2015 This is the third video in a series of webinars about hearing issues for students with deafblindness. This program is a discussion with Educational Audiologist Lisa Sutherland about medical devices, i.e. hearing aids and cochlear implants and the unique listening needs of students with deafblindness. Facilitators are Adam Graves and Chris Montgomery, Educational Consultants for the Deafblind Project at the Outreach department of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Click the Chapters button above to view individual segments: - Review: Types of Hearing Loss - Hearing Aids - Cochlear Implant - Structures of Cochlear Implant - Different Listening Needs - Deafblind Difference - Other Hearing AT Click the Resources button for a handout (pdf), transcript (txt) and/or audio recording (mp3).

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3/12/2015

This webinar is an interview with Educational Audiologist Lisa Sutherland about types of assistive listening devices used for different types of hearing losses; and how those devices might be used and/or programmed to help deafblind students better identify environmental sounds for orientation and mobility. Click the Chapters button above to view individual segments: - Introduction - Types of Hearing Loss - Assistive Listening Devices - Collaboration - Cochlear Implants - FM Systems Click the Resources button for a transcript (txt) and/or audio recording (mp3).

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2/2/2015