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Retain students with hearing loss by providing a few simple services
Author(s) -
Williams Kate
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
dean and provost
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-7587
pISSN - 1527-6562
DOI - 10.1002/dap.30240
Subject(s) - hearing loss , socioeconomic status , audiology , psychology , race (biology) , component (thermodynamics) , medical education , medicine , demography , sociology , gender studies , population , physics , thermodynamics
Adult students with hearing loss are a diverse group. I know because I am one of them. We vary by age, sex, race, socioeconomic status, and degree of hearing loss. As a result, a one‐size‐fits‐all approach does little to help accommodate us in the classroom, but faculty attitudes about students with hearing loss can be a crucial component of their academic success.