My Thesis
The Literature Review
A literature review is important for a thesis
because it gives the reader background
information on the topic being discussed.
Adolescents with
Hearing Impairments
Define Hearing Impairments
Role of educational Audiologists
Discuss psychological and academic
struggles teens with hearing impairment
face.
Language characteristics
Struggles with language they face
Communication Breakdowns
Self-Advocacy
The SCRIPT program
Karlye's thesis
Current study
IRB approval
Measures
SAID teacher checklist
Teachers report how students
perform in different listening situations
score from 3 sections
Language Samples
measures each participants
ability to Self-Advocate
CLAN
Measures and codes language samples
LIFE-R
student appraisal: how confident they are in different listening environments
Teacher appraisal: how they score the student
Method
Participants
5 students
adolescents age 12-17
hearing impairment with HA
been in script program before
2 schools
Pre-intervention phase
two-sessions
30 min long
Rapport building
All about ME
Introductions
Collect lang. samples &
SAID checklist
Six-sessions
30 min long
1. Revisit strategies
2. Real life use
3. Assess
4. Practice with
communication
breakdowns
5. Role playing activity
6. Target
FM-Systems
Adding this will decrease background noise
Post-intervention phase
Wait 1 month after
intervention
collect lang. sample
& SAID checklist
Discussion
Future directions
Limitations
Results
Will have in February