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Moderate Hearing Loss and Learning among Students

April 12th, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed

Normal people usually have the ability to hear the quietest sound of 40 to 70 decibels (dB) with their better ear. Moderate hearing loss is the condition in which people are unable to keep up with a conversation while they are not wearing a hearing aid.

Educationists have been concerned about hearing loss of all types among students. Students that are experiencing a moderate level of hearing loss cannot understand the teacher’s speech without using a hearing aid.

If they are not wearing a hearing aid, they will have to rely on speech reading cues. This may work for a short time but becomes a serious hindrance to concentration of the student over longer periods of time.

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