Today was interesting for the Hear and Learn Team. On our regular trips around Melbourne, as we do in all other Capital cities, we dropped into a Catholic Primary School in Cranbourne. We planned to set up a Redcat Access system for a new classroom. We turned up at Reception and on the basis of…
Read moreWe are learning more and more that teachers need more and more flexibility with their time to take care of the wide variety of issues that crop up during the day. To help with this, Hear and Learn offers service when it suits the teacher via Facetime and Skype. That is, if a teacher has…
Read moreWe recently looked around the internet to see if theory supports what Hear and Learn knows from its clients – that our Flexcat differentiated learning technology works! One report states: “Evidence and experiences suggest that students enjoy and engage in their learning when it includes technologies. Although it is difficult to directly link the improvement…
Read moreRegulations pertaining to construction of schools relate to hearing augmentation, and additional policies talk about hearing access, inclusion and accessibility. It is very easy for educators to get lost in this sea of things we need to do, and things we should do. So where does this leave architects, IT designers and inclusion experts in…
Read moreThe cornerstone of Hear and Learn’s work is to create better outcomes for Australian students. We are always thrilled to get feedback from the horse’s mouth simply because it makes our day. Here are some heart-warmers about our unique Soundfield systems: “I felt normal. If Miss Page was further away, it made no difference.” “It…
Read more“Hobart: Big Jack of Eastside Lutheran School did a great job in helping Hear and Learn’s Daniel Hughes install 10 Hear and Learn Hubs. Big thanks to Jack for a job well done!”
Read and watch moreInformation technology company Gulanga is donating specialist classroom audio systems to Queanbeyan West Public School, delivering an improved classroom experience for all students. Felicity Ainsworth, Assistant principal of hearing in Monaro, said hearing loss affects up to 20 per cent of children, with many cases left undiagnosed. Incidences of hearing loss are higher in…
Read and watch moreNoise and engagement can be improved in classrooms to address concerns of Australian Federal Education Minister NSW newspaper The Daily Telegraph reported on 15 March 2017 that international reports about the state of Australian education determine “44% of (NSW) students don’t listen to what the teacher says the majority of the time”. Background noise in…
Read moreThe Federal Government’s National Acoustic Laboratories (NAL) has extensively investigated auditory stream segregation deficits as one important cause of Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD). Auditory stream segregation is the process by which a listener is able to differentiate the various auditory signals which arrive simultaneously at the ears and form meaningful representations of the incoming…
Read moreStudents supplied with hearing aids and transmitters can integrate with Hear and Learn classroom sound systems and equipment. Advice from Australian Hearing states: “The following transmitters that are fitted by Australian Hearing all come with an audio input socket, so could be connected to one of the outputs of the Lightspeed system, enabling the child…
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