ABSTRACT
The "Inner Rhythm" was originally developed in special schools for profoundly deaf children. As a result of their training, many of the pupils improved in their ability to dance. Hence, the same techniques were then employed when teaching partially deaf children in units in mainstream schools. Deaf children who have undergone Inner Rhythm training have at times appeared to be more musical than their hearing peers who have not. They know that they have to pay attention to the accompaniment, whether by listening, watching or feeling the vibrations. In an integrated class of deaf and hearing children, care must be taken to boost the confidence of the deaf, and to give special help where necessary with breathing, body awareness, use of space and relation to others while imparting these skills to the whole class. Once these have been acquired, a deaf child or hard of hearing will have no problem in following the lesson with his/her hearing peers.
