ABSTRACT
This book is primarily intended to give non-specialist teachers an understanding of different types of hearing loss, how they are diagnosed and what teaching approaches are useful. The recommendations made take into account recent legislation and the imminent introduction of the national curriculum. It is important to bear in mind the fact that, ‘The Secretary of State believes that all pupils, including those with special educational needs, should have the opportunity to obtain the maximum benefit possible from it’. As ‘the 1981 Act placed LEAs under a duty to secure that, subject to conditions specified in Section 2(3), children with statements should be educated in ordinary schools’ (Draft Circular [–/89] Revision of Circular 1/83), there has been pressure for more disabled children to be in mainstream settings.
