Hearing Loss
 Questions
 Answers
- How do I read an audiogram?
An audiogram is a chart that visually represents an individual’s ability to hear sounds and is a common tool for documenting hearing loss. The following web sites address this question:
How Do We Read an Audiogram?
The Audiology Awareness Campaign
http://www.audiologyawareness.com/hhelp/audiogrm.htm
How to Read Your Hearing Test
Hearing Alliance of America
http://www.earinfo.com/howread1.html
What is an Audiogram and what does it tell me?
Amarillo Independent School District Support Services
http://www.amarillo.isd.tenet.edu/deafed {Click on “Understanding Hearing Loss”}
You can also take an on-line training session via PEPNet, The Postsecondary Education Programs Network, at http://www.pepnet.org . Click on “Deafness and Hearing Loss” to learn more about these issues.
 
- Why is s/he not like the deaf student I had last semester?
Students who are deaf, like students who can hear, are a diverse group of individuals. They use different modes of communication, have different majors and goals in life, and may not even know each other. Some of them may not use interpreters at all or may need a notetaker during class. If a student needs a notetaker, s/he will probably ask another student to volunteer to share notes. Most offices that serve students who are disabled will supply these volunteer notetakers with carbon paper specifically designed for easy notetaking. Notetakers allow the student to attend to the interpreter during the lecture.
Postsecondary Education Consortium
Center on Deafness
Claxton Complex A508
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-3454
(865) 974-0607 (v/tdd)
(865) 974-3522 (fax)
E-mail address: pec@utk.edu
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