|
Scenario |
Equipment
to Use |
Who Should Use the Microphone? |
| Circle or Story Time: 1 or more students with hearing loss | Soundfield/CADS*, Personal System | Teacher |
| Small Groups and Snack Time: 1 student with hearing loss | Personal system | Whoever is talking at that child's table; Pass the microphone so the child can follow the conversation. |
Small Groups and Snack Time: Multiple students with hearing loss all synched or connected to the same FM frequency or wireless network | If students with hearing loss are in the same group, use the personal system.
If not, do not use either system. |
If the students are in the same group: Pass between the other members of the student's group as they take turns talking. |
| Small Groups and Snack Time: Multiple students with hearing loss all synched/connected to different frequencies/networks | Personal system with multiple transmitters*** | Pass between the leader and participants in the students' groups as they take turns talking. |
School Assembly or Special Visitor | Personal system; Soundfield/CADS or school PA system | Pass among speakers. |
Speech Therapy | Personal system or Nothing | If the speech room has good acoustics, HAT may not be needed. If, however, the room has a great deal of background noise then HAT use should be considered. Pass from person to person if there are multiple speakers in a group. |
Special Classes (art, gym, music, etc.) | Personal system to go with students** | Teacher wears microphone; passes among students during discussions; Puts on “mute" during student activities not requiring direct instruction. |
| Multiple speakers in the same room (ex: 2 teachers leading 2 different small groups and multiple students are synched/connected to the same frequency/network) | If students with hearing loss are in the same group, use the personal system.
If not, do not use either system. |
If the students are in the same group: Pass among the other members of the student's group as they take turns talking. |
| Multiple speakers in the same room (ex: 2 teachers leading 2 different small groups and only one student has hearing loss and uses HAT) |
Personal system | Whoever is talking to that child's group; Pass the microphone so the child can follow the conversation over the background noise of the other group. |
| Standardized speech and language testing (ex: PLAI, PLS, Goldman Fristoe) |
Personal system | Speech Language Pathologist or Test Administrator. |
