Panasonic WX-LT350 The Impact of Sound - Page 2
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...cont'd technology for children with mild hearing loss, research over the past twenty years has shown that the benefits of sound-field amplification include improved academic achievement, speech recognition, attending skills, and learning behaviors. Recent studies have shown that sound-field amplification technology enhances classroom learning. Students in amplified classrooms demonstrated improvement in listening and learning behaviors and progressed at a faster rate than tier grade-alike peers in unamplified rooms. Other findings include reduction in special education referrals, greater literacy gains, improved reading test scores and greater development of phonemic awareness skills. Benefits were also shown for teachers including reduced vocal strain and fatigue, increased ease of teaching, increased versatility of instructional techniques and increased teacher mobility. Of the few studies done on cross-cultural classrooms, it was found that nonnative English children with normal hearing sensitivity was significantly improved at speaker-listener distances of 12 and 24 feet and significant improvements were shown in speech intelligibility. The benefit of the dual-channel transmission system is that two teachers can use the system at the same time, or the second microphone can be handed around among the children during interactive class sessions. Microphone techniques need to be demonstrated to teachers so they can learn strategies to utilize both single and dual channel transmission options more effectively. The passaround microphone for students can "enhance teacher effectiveness". Teachers may need to use different teaching strategies to best take advantage of sound-field amplification technology. Study The purpose of this study is to examine how sound-field amplification effects reading, writing and numeracy on children in mainstream cross-cultural classroom. The majority of the participants were ESL students. A major component of the study was to identify the patterns of use and range of additional benefits. Continued...