Case study: Allison

1. possible challenges: difficulties in listening when the environment is too noisy (repeat the questions/ allow her to lip read/ control noise level in classroom/ implement the indoor voice rule)/ difficulties in communicating due to delay in language development (create opportunities for her to interact)/ alienated by friends (accommodating to  her needs/ explain to her peers her needs and why she is different).

2. Accommodations: IEP                             Benefit: improve her speech and language skills                                        Itinerant teachers for students provides consultation to her general education teacher so she can learn more effectively in a mainstream setting.           Limitations: she might feel different form the other children and feel stressful/ may not learn as effectively     accommodations; Captioning

3. nature of hearing loss

3.1. hard of hearing/ bilateral conductive hearing loss

4. Cause: repeated severe ear infections in infancy and throughout early childhood