CHAT - Informal Functional Hearing Evaluation: A Tool for the Whole Team! Ð 3/4/24 From Kaycee Bennett to Everyone: Arlington, TX From Jon Lautenschlager to Everyone: San Antonio (SAISD)- No From Susie Weliver to Everyone: Indiana From Amanda Perez to Everyone: Weatherford, TX - Yes From Heather Keiler-Green to Host and Panelists: Austin, and yes I do From Rita Phillips Dunn to Everyone: Rita From Alex Driver to Everyone: Lufkin, TX - I currently have 4 deafblind students :) From Gianna Ruybe to Everyone: Hi, this is Gianna, COMS, from El Paso. I have two student who are deafblind on my caseload. From Quilley Chiqueval to Everyone: Seattle, WA From Erica Moore to Everyone: Cuero, TX - yes From Rita Phillips Dunn to Everyone: Georgia yes From Kirsten Corbett to Host and Panelists: Utah, yes! From Samantha Rand to Everyone: Caldwell, ID and I currently have 4 Deafblind 0-3 babies on my caseload From Mary Verlinde to Everyone: North Dakota. From Sara Zachariah to Everyone: Sara from Seattle. I've had students with deafblindness in the past & am getting ready to assess a new student From Diania Wendt to Everyone: Copperas cove yes one From Heather Keiler-Green to Everyone: Austin- yes I do From Dorottyn Cabrera to Everyone: Grand Prairie, yes! From Amy Scepaniak to Everyone: Sioux Falls South Dakota From Roxanne Ayres to Everyone: Conroe, Tx Yes From Sara Zachariah to Everyone: yay! Assessments are my FAVORITE!!! From Laurie Cottrell to Everyone: Anaheim, CA. One that is blind and has a progressive hearing loss. From Sharrie Roden to Everyone: Humble Texas From Jeana Jones to Host and Panelists: Oklahoma School for the Blind, Muskogee, OK From Kate Borg (she/her) to Everyone: ThatÕs such a good chart! From Laura Elmer to Everyone: What is the role of IFHE in a student with a known bilateral sensorineural hearing loss or a student with suspected CAPD? From Kate Borg (she/her) to Everyone: txdeafblindproject.org From Kate Borg (she/her) to Everyone: https://www.nationaldb.org/media/doc/IFHEFunctionalEvaluation_ae.pdf From Karen Guertin to Everyone: this is great, thank you! From Kate Borg (she/her) to Everyone: This would help us understand what the student can access during instruction. From Laurie Cottrell to Everyone: Students who don't see well usually rely heavily on auditory information and we need to know what they can and can't access. From Jeana Jones to Host and Panelists: SLP here. I need to know functional hearing for language development and articulation purposes. From Sara Zachariah to Everyone: It can be good to know if they have a progressive hearing loss From Brittany Smith to Everyone: To help give access to the classroom environment! From Jane Hokanson to Everyone: Understand your studentÕs ability and to be able to create meaningful goals From Karen Guertin to Everyone: I feel like as an organization we focus so much on using Sign Language, which is great. But, being able to give individuals who are deafblind a total communication approach and use any hearing they have would be best. But- we know what that hearing level is, is key. From Amanda Guerrero to Everyone: knowing what their functional hearing helps me plan lessons better as far as what they can hear when we're outside or in noisy environments. From Shannon Miles to Everyone: When a student has a visual impairment, they're relying on their other senses so if they're hard of hearing, then I'm needing to try other senses of learning. From Deepa Santhanam to Everyone: accessibility and motivation From Gianna Ruybe to Everyone: As a COMS it is important to know and understand the environmental sounds, commands, overall auditory input my student is receiving to help with progress. From Quilley Chiqueval to Everyone: Crucial for teams to understand unique strategies to meet that student's needs inclusive of the social emotional aspects that can be integrated with academics. From Dorottyn Cabrera to Everyone: My students are not asking teachers to use their FM systems because they say they can â€œhear okâ€ From Amanda Guerrero to Everyone: Also, I have some clients who don't disclose when we begin working that they have a hearing loss until we get to street crossings and they're struggling to localize and track the cars. eep! From Amanda Guerrero to Everyone: LOL, yes a COMS :D From Michelle Stokes to Everyone: they may hear but processing is the oral i formation From Michelle Stokes to Everyone: information to understand the concept being heard From Angela Howe to Everyone: If everyone knows the student's functional hearing it helps with everyone using the same strategies to help the student be successful. From Quilley Chiqueval to Everyone: @KG - I fully agree, that is another reason to use PTASL when applicable, co-presence and co-navigation is extremely beneficial, especially when the students are battling with limited/low vision, but still desire their full autonomy during daily life. Hearing stable, intermittent, or diminishing. Knowing our students triggers, social-emotional regulation, and overall well-being before applying any strategies, making sure we respect the parents' goals/dreams, and acknowledging that what we do today will matter throughout their future, and during academic transitions. From Quilley Chiqueval to Everyone: Thank you, Kaycee, for your time. From Gianna Ruybe to Everyone: Thank you! Great information! From Rita Phillips Dunn to Everyone: Thank you From Sara Zachariah to Everyone: Thanks so much! From Tricia Marsh to Host and Panelists: Thanks! Great information! From Karen Guertin to Everyone: This was great. Thank you so much. From Erica Moore to Everyone: Thank you for sharing this great information! From Jon Lautenschlager to Everyone: Thanks.