HEAR Club

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HEAR Club

• Hearing Loss
• Education
• Access
• Resource

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Jay CherryTeacher of Deaf and Hard of
HearingBartholomew Consolidated
SchoolsColumbus, Indiana
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Hear Club

• HEAR Club
• Hearing Loss
• Education
• Access
• Resource
• Started by 5 students at Seymour and
  Crothersville High Schools in spring of 2005.
• All 5 students have varying degrees of hearing
  loss.
• The purpose of the club is to be advocates for
  themselves and other students with hearing loss
  in Jackson County.
• The club now includes students without hearing
  loss that have an interest in Deaf Education or a
  related field such as Speech Language Pathology,
  Audiology or Sign Language Interpreting.
• Goals
• Sponsor a parent/teacher/professional workshop.
  Annual
• Start a newsletter for parents and teachers.
• Start a mentor program for younger children with
  hearing loss. Currently 11 Seymour and
  Crothersville high school students are meeting
  once a week with 11 hard of hearing/deaf students
  in 4 elementary schools and 2 middle schools.
• Establish a hearing aid fund to assist school-age
  children in Jackson County in acquiring hearing
  aids. There are approximately 15 deaf and hard
  of hearing students in Jackson County that could
  benefit from amplification. The estimation is
  that 2 hearing aids will cost 3100. The goal is
  to have 6200 on hand annually. The Jackson
  County Community Foundation worked with the HEAR
  Club on this project. In September, 2005 an
  advisory committee was selected and is comprised
  of representatives from the 4 communities and
  school corporations in Jackson County. The fund
  was established in the spring of 2006. Criteria
  and policies were written that parents will
  follow to access the funds. Activities by
  students and parents have been completed to raise
  money for the fund and will continue.
• Other activities include participation in
  camps and conferences. In June, 2006 two high
  school students and one elementary student
  attended Camp Willard. Camp Willard is a camp
  for deaf and hard of hearing students from
  Indiana. Tuition was paid by local
  organizations. In June 2005, three students
  participated on a teen panel at the 2nd Annual
  Early Hearing Detection and Intervention
  Conference. This conference was for families
  with children with hearing loss at ages 0-3
  years. Six students presented a poster session
  at the 2005 Deaf Educators and Educational
  Interpreters Conference in August, 2005.

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MENTORING PROGRAM
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Parent Permission for Mentoring
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Contract for Mentors
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Mentor Tips

• Mentor Tips
• Thank you for being a mentor for children with
  hearing loss. Following are tips and
  information.
• Reading aloud to children of all ages is the
  single most important activity for building
  knowledge and success. (U.S. Dept of Education)
• Hearing loss is invisible , but the effects can
  lead to lack of exposure to language.
• Language and vocabulary are the most critical
  factors in achieving academic success.
• Things to teach a deaf or hard of hearing child.
  
• This is from a publication for parents about
  hearing loss. You can help with these areas too.
• Teach the child to educate. Ask the child at
  times if they hear you okay. Tell them it is
  okay to ask you to repeat.
• Teach the child to advocate. Encourage the child
  to ask the teacher if they need assistance with
  assignments or they dont understand assignments.
• Teach the child to focus. Encourage the child to
  watch the teacher and do their best to pay
  attention. Tell the child how important it is to
  do their classwork and homework.
• Teach the child the power of humor. Be willing
  to laugh and be humorous.
• Teach the child that no one is perfect. We all
  have things we do well and things we need to
  improve. Be willing to share your experiences.
• Our goal is for all of our deaf and hard of
  hearing children to be successful in school and
  as adults.

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WORKSHOPS
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HEARING AID FUND
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HEARING AID FUND FOR STUDENTS IN JACKSON
COUNTY

• Hearing Aid Fund for School Age Children in
  Jackson County
• Goal
• The goal is to provide funds for hearing aids for
  families with school age children with diagnosed
  hearing loss. The purpose is to provide access
  to spoken information in the classroom, home and
  community. Our children with hearing loss should
  have the opportunity to acquire quality hearing
  aids that will aid them is achieving their goal
  of a high school diploma and post secondary
  education.
• There are approximately 15 school age children in
  Jackson County with hearing loss that may require
  hearing aids. Students with insurance or if they
  qualify for Indiana Vocational Rehabilitation
  services are encouraged to use those avenues
  initially.
• Indiana requires children under 18 to have an
  evaluation by a physician and a licensed
  audiologist before hearing aids are procured.
• Costs Source Indianas Early Intervention
  Services (First Steps)
• Binaural hearing aids - 2800
• Monaural hearing aid - 1900
• Required loss/damage insurance - 150 per aid
• Totals
• Binaural Hearing Aids 3100
• Monaural Hearing Aid 2050
• Families can apply every 5 years. Parents would
  not be required to disclose financial information
  to be eligible. The only requirement is a
  recommendation from a licensed audiologist and
  medical clearance from a physician, preferably an
  ENT physician. Parents have the choice of
  physician, audiologist and where they want to
  purchase the hearing aids. They will be
  encouraged to compare prices from different
  providers.
• A committee will be established to approve
  applications. Funds will be distributed directly
  to the provider (physician, audiologist, hearing
  aid specialist).
• A goal would be to have 6200 or more available
  in the fund annually. A stipend would be
  available to the families. For example 3100
  could be available for 2 hearing aids. The
  family is responsible for any cost over that
  amount. The committee will decide the amount of
  stipend available on an annual basis based on
  available funds.

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GUIDELINES FOR HEARING AID FUND FOR SCHOOL AGE
CHILDREN

• A child needs hearing aids when there is a
  chronic conductive or sensorineural bilateral
  peripheral hearing loss. Some children with
  variable and/or unilateral hearing losses will
  also benefit from hearing aids. There are no
  empirical studies that delineate the specific
  degree of hearing loss at which the need for
  amplification begins. However, if one considers
  the acoustic spectrum of speech at normal
  conversational levels in the 1000- 4000 Hz range,
  hearing thresholds of 25 dB HL or greater can be
  assumed to impede a child's ability to perceive
  the acoustic features of speech necessary for
  optimum aural/oral language development. Hence,
  thresholds equal to or poorer than 25dB HL would
  indicate candidacy for hearing loss intervention
  in some form. Amplification should be considered
  for children with unilateral hearing loss
  (greater than 25 dB HL). The need for
  amplification should be based on the audiogram
  plus additional information including cognitive
  function, the existence of other disabilities,
  and the child's performance within the home
  environment.Procedures and Criteria for
  Assistance... ..Recommendation from an Indiana
  licensed audiologist and medical clearance from a
  physician, preferably an ENT physician, is
  submitted to the advisory committee for
  approval.Parents will be notified of the amount
  of financial assistance that is available not to
  exceed recommended guidelines. Parents will be
  informed when funds are below the recommended
  guidelines. Parents are responsible for charges
  over the amount available.Parents may purchase
  hearing aids at the facility of their choice.The
  invoice will be sent to the committee for review
  and then forwarded to the Community Foundation of
  Jackson County for payment directly to the
  facility. Parent may access funds every 5 years.

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Contract

• Non-Endowed Scholarship Fund Agreement
• Between
• The Community Foundation of Jackson County and
• Jackson County Hearing Aid Fund for School Age
  Children
• This agreement, made and entered into on
  ___________day of _________, 2006, by
• and between the Community Foundation of Jackson
  County, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the
  Foundation) and Jackson County Hearing Aid Fund
  for School Age Children (hereinafter referred to
  as the Donor)
• WITNESSETH
• Whereas, the Donor deems it to be in the best
  interest of the residents of Jackson County,
  Indiana to create a charitable designated
  non-endowed fund in the Foundation and
• Whereas, the Foundation is a nonprofit Indiana
  corporation exempt from taxation under the
  Internal Revenue Code (Code) section 501 ( c )
  (3), a public charity described in section 170
  (b)(1)(A)(vi) of the Code, and accordingly an
  appropriate institution within which to establish
  such a non-endowed charitable fund and
• Whereas, the Foundation is willing and able to
  create such a charitable designated non-endowed
  fund, subject to the terms and conditions hereof,
• NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows
• Jackson County Hearing Aid Fund for School Age
  Children. There is hereby established in the
  Foundation, and as a part thereof, a fund known
  as the Jackson County Hearing Aid Fund for School
  Age Children (hereinafter referred to as the
  Fund) to receive gifts, in whatever form of
  money or property, and to administer the same.
  The Fund is established by Jackson County Hearing
  Aid Fund Community Advisory Committee.
• PURPOSE. This non-endowed fund shall provide
  funds for the purchase of hearing aids for
  school-age children in Jackson County. These
  grants are intended for individually fitted
  hearing aids.
• Criteria for Selection of recipients
• Recommendation for amplification from an Indiana
  licensed audiologist and medical clearance from a
  physician, (preferably an otolaryngologist).
• A student in public or private school in Jackson
  County.
• 3. GIFTS. The Donor hereby transfers to
  the Foundation the property described in the
  attached Schedule of Assets to establish the
  Non-Endowed Fund. Subject to the right of the
  Foundation to reject any particular gift, any
  person whether an individual, corporation, trust,
  estate, or organization (hereinafter referred to
  as Donor) may make irrevocable gifts to the
  Foundation for the purposes of the Fund by a
  transfer to the Foundation of property acceptable
  to the Foundation in whole in part for the Fund.
  All

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NEWSLETTER
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Smoke Detectors
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Smoke Detector

• Seymour Fire Department
• Strobe Alarm Application Screening Form
• For deaf or hard of hearing individuals or
  families
• Name ____________________________________________
  ________
• Phone ______________________
• Address _________________________________________
  __________
• City ___________________________ Zip
  Code____________________
• Email _______________________________
  Other__________________
• Please indicate the following about your
  household
• Number of deaf/hard of hearing adults __________
• Number of deaf/hard of hearing children ________
• Current type of smoke alarms
• ( ) none ( ) standard battery only ( )
  standard hardwired
• ( ) other _______________________________________
  ______

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PARENT SUPPORT
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Parent Support Group

• Families with Deaf and Hard of Hearing
  Babies/Toddlers/Preschool ChildrenSupport
  group/Play group
• (Children welcome!)
• Indiana Outreach for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
  Children
• Indiana State Dept of Health Early Hearing
  Detection and Intervention Program
• PURPOSE Meet/Socialize with other
  Families
• Share/Discuss
  resources
• Meet Deaf/Hard of
  Hearing Adult(s)
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• WHEN The first Saturday of the month
• February 3
• 1000 1130 am
• WHERE Scott County Memorial Hospital
• 1451 N. Gardner St (US 31)
• Scottsburg, IN 47170
• (Hospital Contact Shannon McKain, RN, Education
  Director, 812-752-8572 or Shannon.mckain_at_smh1.org)
  
• From I-65 N or S take the IN-56 exit Exit 29
  toward Scottsburg.
• Turn onto IN-56 / W McClain Ave.
• Turn left onto N US 31 / N Gardner St.
• Go to Hospital Information Desk for room
  directions.

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HEARING AID INSURANCE BILL
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Do not focus on disability, focus on what the
child can do. Luis F. Escobar
M.D.