A Hearing Impairment (HI) – a young person may experience difficulties in the following areas:
o Following instructions, gaps in their learning.
o Retaining new vocabulary.
o Understanding the meaning of new vocabulary.
o Attention and concentration especially in the presence of background noise.
o Limited communication in busy areas, such as unstructured times eg break and lunch.
o Speaking more loudly or more quietly than is usual or expected.
o Social situations, not fully understanding what is happening.
o Forming and maintaining friendships.
o Experiencing tiredness due to excessive cognitive load needed to process information.
o Perception of some speech sounds.
o Delayed language development in one or more areas.
o Accessing linguistic aspects of the curriculum.
o Accessing speech when IT equipment is being used e.g. interactive board, YouTube, video clips.