Teaching Students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing with Additional Disabilities

by Millicent Musyoka

Some students who are deaf or hard of hearing have concomitant disabilities that pose challenges and educational needs not accommodated in educational programs that focus on one of the disabilities. This session will discuss who these learners with additional disabilities are, and how to address their challenges and educational needs.

Course Curriculum

    1. Course Handouts

    2. Teaching Students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing with Additional Disabilities – Module 1 – 16 minutes

    3. Teaching Students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing with Additional Disabilities – Module 2 – 19 minutes

    4. Teaching Students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing with Additional Disabilities – Module 3 – 17 minutes

    5. Teaching Students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing with Additional Disabilities – Module 4 – 18 minutes

    6. Teaching Students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing with Additional Disabilities – Module 5 – 16 minutes

    7. Teaching Students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing with Additional Disabilities – Module 6 – 15 minutes

    8. Quiz - Teaching Students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing with Additional Disabilities

    9. COURSE EVALUATION - Teaching Students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing with Additional Disabilities

    10. ASHA Verification Form - Teaching Students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing with Additional Disabilities

    11. LSLS CEU Letter - Teaching Students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing with Additional Disabilities

    12. RID Directions for Interpreters

3 Learner Outcomes

  • Define and describe characteristics of D/HH students with additional disabilities
  • Discuss the teaching strategies for D/HH students with additional disabilities
  • Describe different strategies and hearing device retention accessories to assist in keeping hearing devices on young children

Meet Your Instructor

Millicent Musyoka

Dr. Millicent Musyoka is an Associate Professor in the Deaf Studies & Deaf Education department at Lamar University. She has a Ph. D. in Deaf Education from Gallaudet University. Dr. Musyoka was a deaf education leader in Kenya, where she worked as the lead curriculum specialist in deaf education at the Kenya Institute of Education, Curriculum, and Research Center. Her research interests are in the early language and literacy development of deaf children, deaf with multiple disabilities, multicultural education, teacher training, and online learning and teaching.