The Benefits of an Amplified Classroom | Technology in Education
blog.ampli.com www.ampli.com Hey this is Kevin and Michael from Amplivox Sound Systems and we are here today to talk about why you need an amplified classroom. In the age of the iPod, it is safe to assume that many students do not have the best hearing. According to the CDC, approximately 5.2 million children ages 6-19 suffer from permanent damage to hearing from excessive exposure to noise. It is obvious that they need assistance hearing what the teacher is saying. But according to the Institute for Enhanced Classroom Hearing, even students with perfect hearing can miss as much as 1/3 of what teachers say due to poor acoustics. They go on to list other groups of people who benefit from amplified classrooms including: – Students with an Auditory Processing Problem – Students with a Minimal Hearing Loss – Students with a Severe Hearing Loss Using Personal FM Systems – Students with a Temporary Hearing Loss Due to Ear Infections (OME) – Students with Behavioral or Attentive Disorders Such As ADD or ADHD – Students Learning English as a Second Language (ESOL) – Young Children Learning Phonics and Phonemic Recognition – Students with Perfectly Normal Hearing – All Teachers So basically everybody benefits from having an amplified classroom. Studies have shown that students in amplified classrooms retain more information, have less behavioral problems, and have better test scores. A study done in Canada shows that student’s in non-amplified classrooms actually lost a small …
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