Effective Practices in Teaching Indigenous Students with Conductive Hearing Loss

Partington, Gary; Galloway, Ann

doi:10.1080/00094056.2006.10521357

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“…Recommendations for mitigating hearing loss in schools include phonological awareness programs and hearing support services which have demonstrated improvements in literacy levels [42,43]. Use of classroom-wide sound field amplification has been found to encourage children’s interaction with teachers and peers [44].…”

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Childhood disability in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: a literature review

DiGiacomo

Davidson

Abbott

et al. 2013

International Journal for Equity in Health

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IntroductionAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children have higher rates of disability than non-Indigenous children and are considered doubly disadvantaged, yet there is very little data reflecting prevalence and service access to inform design and delivery of services. Failing to address physical, social, and psychological factors can have life-long consequences and perpetuate longstanding health disparities.MethodsA narrative literature review was undertaken to identify peer reviewed literature describing factors impacting on the prevention, recognition, and access to support and management of disability in Indigenous Australian children.ResultsTwenty-seven peer-reviewed journal articles met inclusion criteria. The majority of articles focused on the hearing loss and learning disabilities consequent of otitis media. Few articles reported data on urban or metropolitan Indigenous populations or described interventions. Individual/community-, provider-, and systems level factors were identified as impacting on recognition and management of disability in young Indigenous children.ConclusionsGiven the burden of childhood disability, the limited literature retrieved is concerning as this is a barometer of activity and investment. Solutions addressing childhood disability will require collaboration between health, social and educational disciplines as well as an increased investment in prevention, identification and promotion of access.

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Childhood disability in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: a literature review

DiGiacomo

Davidson

Abbott

et al. 2013

International Journal for Equity in Health

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“…This will result in improved educational, personal and social outcomes for Indigenous Australian children suffering from hearing impairment. Indigenous Australian children are already disadvantaged in the Australian classroom, due to being educated in another culture and in their second or their third language (Partington & Galloway, 2006). Their speech and language development, general intelligence test scores, learning abilities, perceptual motor skills and social adjustment will also be improved (Holm & Kunze, 1969;Silva, et al, 1982).…”

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“…If Indigenous Australian children wear their hearing aids, their participation in classroom settings will improve and this will have a significant impact on their literacy levels (Yonovitz et al, 1994). Therefore, encouraging Indigenous Australian children who suffer from hearing impairment to wear their hearing aids will reduce the devastating effects conductive hearing loss can have on their educational outcomes (Partington & Galloway, 2006). Indigenous Australian children are already disadvantaged in the Australian classroom, due to being educated in another culture and in their second or their third language (Partington & Galloway, 2006).…”

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“…In Australia, 80% of Indigenous children have recurrent hearing loss throughout their schooling (Nienhuys & Burnip, 1988). In the Northern Territory, where the Indigenous population comprises 29% of the total population (Northern Land Council, 2002), 40% to 80% of Indigenous children in rural and remote communities suffer from conductive hearing loss (Clancy & Simpson, 2002;Nienhuys & Burnip, 1988;Partington & Galloway, 2006). While many medical and nonmedical interventions have attempted to lower the incidence of otitis media, the infection rates have not been reduced.…”

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“…Hearing impairment impacts negatively on learning outcomes, especially for Indigenous students who may already be disadvantaged in the Australian classroom, due to being educated in another culture and in their second or third language (Partington & Galloway, 2006). In the classroom, the teacher's instructions are often incomprehensible because of hearing loss and many classrooms are not equipped to assist the hearing impaired (e.g., sound field speaker systems utilising wireless microphones).…”

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The Hearing Aid Effect in Northern Territory Indigenous Australian Children as Perceived by Their Peers

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Jhonson²,

Strange³

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology

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Developmental vulnerability of Australian school-entry children with hearing loss

Simpson

Šarkić

Enticott

et al. 2020

Aust. J. Prim. Health

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National data from the Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) was used to describe the sociodemographic and developmental characteristics of a cohort of Australian children entering their first year of primary school in 2012. Results, together with sociodemographic variables were reported for two groups: children with and without reported hearing loss. Data on 285232 children were analysed, with just over 1% of these children identified with hearing loss. Logistic regression analysis found that children with reported hearing loss had over double the odds than their hearing peers of being developmentally ‘vulnerable’ on one or more domains of the AEDC. Covariates of interest included Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, as well as high rates of school absenteeism. Retrospective longitudinal research linking developmental outcomes with intervention efforts, such as newborn hearing screening, would be beneficial in future research.

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Effective Practices in Teaching Indigenous Students with Conductive Hearing Loss

Cited by 6 publications

References 11 publications

Childhood disability in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: a literature review

Childhood disability in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: a literature review

The Hearing Aid Effect in Northern Territory Indigenous Australian Children as Perceived by Their Peers

Developmental vulnerability of Australian school-entry children with hearing loss

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