vcc.ca
DHHE 0619: Living Successfully with Hearing Loss Level 2
Effective date
September 2020
Department
Deaf & Hard of Hearing
School
Arts and Sciences
Description
This course provides the opportunity for individuals with hearing loss and their partners to build upon the foundation of effective communication skills introduced in DHHE 0618 Living Successfully with Hearing Loss Level 1 (Speechreading Level 1). Students continue to improve speechreading efficiency through individual and group activities. Students demonstrate more confident and assertive behaviour and conduct conversations that demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and attitude that support effective communication. They become more adept at self-advocacy. This course provides practical classroom and computer lab experience to become more proficient in the strategies and behaviour changes introduced in Level 1.
Credits
0.0
Year of study
Grade 10 Equivalency
Prerequisites
DHHE 0618 with a 'S' grade.
Corequisites
None
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Employ speechreading skills utilizing the integration of visual and auditory aspects of speech
- Describe difficult communication situations and formulate multifaceted solutions
- Maximize conversational effectiveness in classroom and real-life situations by adapting behaviour, making changes to the environment, and guiding the behaviour of others in an assertive manner
- Examine appropriate technical devices that enhance awareness and understanding and be able to explain the benefits and limitations of these devices to others
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
None
Hours
Lecture, Online, Seminar, Tutorial: 20
Clinical, Lab, Rehearsal, Shop, Kitchen, Simulation, Studio: 7
Total Hours: 27
Clinical, Lab, Rehearsal, Shop, Kitchen, Simulation, Studio: 7
Total Hours: 27
Instructional Strategies
Lectures, class discussions and conversations, roleplay scenarios, brainstorming sessions, multimedia presentations, and lab work
Grading System
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Passing grade
S (65%)
Evaluation Plan
|
Type |
Percentage |
Assessment activity |
|
Participation |
30 |
Participation in class discussions, practice, brainstorming sessions, and role-plays |
|
Lab Work |
20 |
Participation, reporting, and reflections on individualized speechreading practice |
|
Assignments |
20 |
Reflections and reports on selected assignments completed outside the classroom |
|
Other |
20 |
Self-evaluation of course learning outcomes |
|
Other |
10 |
Instructor observations of proficiency of course learning outcomes via rubric |
Course topics
- Communication scales (e.g. Client-oriented Scale of Improvement) to identify challenging situations
- Homophenous sounds review
- Relaxation exercises (e.g. eyes, body, breathing)
- Individualized speechreading practice in the computer lab (e.g. vowels, consonants, everyday communication, stories)
- Automatic speechreading of familiar phrases & speechreading drills (e.g. contrast words, homophenous words, paragraphs)
- Identifying key words
- Speechreading components (e.g. gestures and body language, situational cues, linguistic factors)
- Communication strategies (e.g. anticipatory, repair)
- Assertive behaviour
- Making assertive requests
- Identifying communication problems and devising solutions
- Hearing assistive technology (use and reflection)
- Meta-communication (e.g. talking about conversational successes)
- Using memory strategies
- Conversational repair strategies
- Using questions in conversations
- Interactional versus transactional conversations
- Conversations in quiet and noise
- Evaluating conversational topics
- Communication styles (self-assessment and reflection)
Notes:
- Course contents and descriptions, offerings and schedules are subject to change without notice.
- Students are required to follow all College policies including ones that govern their educational experience at VCC. Policies are available on the VCC website at:
https://www.vcc.ca/about/governance--policies/policies/. - To find out if there are existing transfer agreements for this course, visit the BC Transfer Guide at https://www.bctransferguide.ca.