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people with hearing loss and oral communication

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The most important direct effect of hearing loss is increased difficulty with oral communication. This difficulty pervades the life of hard of hearing, late deafened, and oral deaf people, because so much of what we do on a daily basis involves face-to-face communication.

Many hard of hearing, late deafened, and oral deaf people avoid situations that require them to understand spoken communication. This can include everything from taking classes to social interactions to certain aspects of employment. They may become increasingly isolated as they drop more and more previously enjoyable activities.

We encourage you to continue reading for a thorough treatment of oral communication involving a person with hearing loss. But if you're short of time or you're looking a one page "handout" to give to people. Please visit out "Tips for the Hearing Person" and "Tips for the Person with Hearing Loss".

Factors that affect the success of face-to-face communication include the environment in which communication is attempted and characteristics of both the speaker and listener. The willingness of both parties to mitigate these factors can greatly improve the effectiveness of communications.

In addition to optimizing the communications factors, a person with hearing loss can adopt a variety of communications strategies to maintain communications. Options include speech reading, cued speech, and sign language.

Finally, when the application of strategies and controlling of factors does not yield a successful conclusion, the person with hearing loss may adopt one of several expedients to get through the situation. These include repetition, writing, and <gasp> bluffing.

September 2010 - Tips for good communications

June 2010 - HLAA Convention: What is Being Said? What is Being Heard?

June 2010 - HLAA Convention: Strategic Listening to Maximize Communication

January 2010 - Is Auditory Training Effective in Improving Listening Skills?

August 2009 - An Open Letter to My *Hearing* Friends

August 2009 - Taking up music so you can hear

December 2007 - Clear Speech for Communication Partners

January 2007 - Help With Hearing a Conversation: Everyday Tips for Those with Hearing Loss

August 2006 - More on what to do about loud music in restaurants

July 2006 - What to do about loud music in restaurants

June 2006 - Understanding, Not Anger

January 2006 - Audiologists and physicians are realizing that difficulty processing information and poor listening skills may contribute to difficulty understanding spoken communication. A recently-developed program called LACE is designed to address these issues.

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