Acoustics and Assistive Listening Devices
Books
Department for Education and Skills (DfES)
Acoustic design of schools: a design guide (Building bulletin 93)
Stationery Office, 2003
ISBN 0112711057
This guide aims to provide information on regulations, advice and recommendations for the acoustic design of schools. Covers Acoustic performance; Noise control; External noise; Rooms for speech; Rooms for music; Design for pupils with special hearing requirements.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bb93-acoustic-design-of-schools-performance-standards
Ecophon
Don't limit your senses: sound and the learning environment
Ecophon, 2002
ISBN 9197419311
Highlights common acoustic and other problems in any indoor environment and suggests measures to be taken, in particular it focuses on educational settings.
National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS)
Acoustics toolkit: a toolkit to improve acoustic conditions for deaf children
NDCS, 2007
Provides advice and guidance to schools and local authorities to help them create a better learning environment for all children, including those who are deaf. The guidance is laid out in two parts: first an overview aimed at non-specialist staff and secondly, more technical advice aimed at specialists.
http://www.ndcs.org.uk/professional_support/our_resources/acoustics.html
National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS)
Impact that technology can have on the lives of deaf children: an NDCS study
NDCS, 2012
ISBN 9781907814839
This report has been produced for families, professionals and anyone interested in understanding the difference that technology can make in the lives of deaf children.
National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS)
Technology at home
NDCS, 2011
ISBN 9781907814174
Outlines a range of technology available to deaf children, from loops to alarms and FM systems.
Articles
Isla's got her energy back
NDCS Magazine
Spring 2015, No 36, p20-21
A young hearing aid user struggled when she started primary school due to concentration fatigue.
Guardino, Caroline & Antia, Shirin D
Modifying the classroom environment to increase engagement and decrease disruption with students who are deaf or hard of hearing
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
Fall 2012, Vol 17 (4), p518-533
A study of environmental interventions in the classroom which aimed to reduce disruptive behaviour in deaf children.
http://jdsde.oxfordjournals.org/
Maiorana-Basas, Michella & Pagliaro, Claudia M
Technology use among adults who are deaf and hard of hearing: a national survey
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
July 2014, Vol 19 (3), p400-410
A survey of technology preferences of deaf and hard of hearing people.
http://jdsde.oxfordjournals.org/
Rekkedal, Ann Mette
Assistive hearing technologies among students with hearing impairment: factors that promote satisfaction
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
Fall 2012, Vol 17 (4), p499-517
A Norwegian study of children aged 10-16 with mild to profound hearing loss relating to their satisfaction with assistive hearing technology.
http://jdsde.oxfordjournals.org/
Vermeulen, Anneke; De Raeve, Leo; Langereis, Margreet; Snik, Ad
Changing realities in the classroom for hearing-impaired children with cochlear implant
Deafness and Education International
March 2012, Vol 14 (1), p36-47
Looks at the acoustic side of mainstreaming for deaf children who have cochlear implants and how it affects classroom performance.