[Athen] Help for Hard of Hearing student

[Stacy L. Smith]

Thanks to everyone who has sent great advice both on and off list.  I'm
hoping to speak to the student soon to see if any of this will work for
him.

Captioning is obviously the best solution, but if I can help him hear
more course material now, I'd rather.

Has anyone had any luck convincing instructors to create transcripts
before they create course content?  I'm just starting to talk to
instructors and support staff about this and if anyone has any
experience in this arena, I'd love to hear it.  It takes us 4 hrs per
hour of lecture to transcribe in-house (I know it could be better, but
this is the option I'm allowed at this point).  I'd do a happy little
dance if I could eliminate that need.

Thanks again for the help.  I'm very impressed with some of the
assistive tech that's out there, and I'm VERY glad that you all are
available to point me in the right direction!

Stacy

Quoting Nick Ogrizovich <defnick at yahoo.com>:


> Hello Stacey,

>

> This is probably what you want:

>

http://www.marilynelectronics.net/products/personal-communication/neckloop-telecoil-coupler.htm

>

> Pretty much any neckloop telecoil like that (typically made by

> william sound) can plug into any

> device that has a 3.5 mm jack. We use these with ipods, cd players,

> etc, and it would plug into a

> computer just as it would the ipods.

>

> I agree with Teresa though, equal access is the goal, and ideally,

> captioned media should be used.

> If you were able to obtain the master tape, you could then send it to

> http://www.ccmaker.com/

> and the turnaround is pretty fast. It might work out for the student

> just to have all the

> captioned media in time for the finals.

>

> Even with a neckloop telecoil, I shudder at the thought that its

> "good enough" for anyone with any

> degree of hearing loss. It's one thing to use that in a class, but

> it's a whole other one to use

> it for multimedia, where the sound is slightly more

> artificial-sounding. Forget any lipreading

> done on a small 'screen' and where the speaker is only a few inches

> big!

>

> Nick Ogrizovch

> Adaptive Technology Lab Manager

> University fo Vermont

>

>

>

> --- Teresa Wells Haven <tlwells at uark.edu> wrote:

>

> > Hi, Stacy.  I have two thoughts, one of which might help sooner

> rather

> > than later, and one that your online course department should

> consider:

> >

> > 1) Materials being used in the course should be accessible, and the

> > department producing the DVDs in the first place should be made

> aware of

> > this.  Sure, you could always be asked to transcribe the materials

> > afterward, but it would be better if they were providing captioning

> or

> > transcripts up front.  What if the student were Deaf instead of

> HOH?

> > The best source of transcripts is always the professor who produced

> the

> > lecture in the first place, since there will be less chance of

> > transcriber error.

> >

> > 2) I addressed a similar situation just the other day for a student

> who

> > is an FM-system-user.  We placed the microphone of the FM

> transmitter

> > directly in front of the computer speaker, turned the speaker

> volume up

> > to high, then let the student use the FM receiver to listen to the

> audio

> > track of a streaming video that was required in her foreign

> language

> > class.  The student could control the volume on her FM receiver and

> hear

> > it well enough to catch a lot more than she had been.  It still

> isn't

> > perfect (because the original audio track didn't capture everything

> > clearly), but it's better than what she was hearing, which was next

> to

> > nothing.

> >

> > I haven't actually tried it, but I wonder if you could use a stereo

> > patch cable to go directly from the line-out on the computer to the

> mic

> > jack on the FM transmitter?  I'd want to test it before trying it

> on a

> > live student, of course, but I would think it might work...  I

> didn't

> > try this solution for my student because the prof still had to be

> able

> > to use the mic during class for lecture in between showing the

> video

> > clips.

> >

> > Hope this helps,

> > Teresa

> >

> > Teresa Haven

> > University of Arkansas

> >

> > -----Original Message-----

> > From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org

> [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On

> > Behalf Of Stacy L. Smith

> > Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 3:36 PM

> > To: athen at athenpro.org

> > Subject: [Athen] Help for student with hearing impairment

> >

> >

> > Hi all -

> >

> > I have a student whose online course relies heavily on DVDs, and he

> is

> > losing a good portion of the lecture due to his hearing impairment.

> > I've looked at the DVD and the instructor seems pretty clear, but

> often

> > looks at his slides....I suspect that the student may be losing

> some

> > lipread material at those points.

> >

> > Sound enhancement has helped, but not enough.

> >

> > The student wears hearing aids and is currently using an FM-like

> system

> > that plugs directly into his hearing aid.

> >

> > My question:  are there FM-type systems out there that can accept a

> > line-in from another source (like a computer)?

> >

> > Are there any devices that can go from a line out directly to the

> > hearing aid?

> >

> > At this point I don't have any make/model information on anything.

> We

> > can always transcribe, but we're well into the semester and the

> student

> > is just coming to us....I hate to make him wait to get transcripts.

> >

> > Thoughts?  Other ideas?

> >

> > THANKS!

> >

> > Stacy

> >

> >

> > Stacy Smith

> > Adaptive Technology Specialist

> > Disability Support Services

> > 202 Holton Hall

> > Kansas State University

> > Manhattan, KS  66506

> > Phone:  785-532-6441

> > FAX:  785-532-6457

> > Email:  stacylee at ksu.edu

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Stacy Smith
Adaptive Technology Specialist
Disability Support Services
202 Holton Hall
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS  66506
Phone:  785-532-6441
FAX:  785-532-6457
Email:  stacylee at ksu.edu

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