Educational Audiologist:
The educational audiologist will assist the child and family with educational needs in the classroom and any goals in the IFSP and IEP, assure hearing assistive technology (HAT) is functional.
Both Clinical and Educational Audiologists:
- have similar degrees and education.
- understand how deafness and hearing difficulties impact communication, language, and literacy development.
- can explain your child’s current functional hearing.
- perform assessments and interpret data related to auditory functions.
- can refer families and school staff to other experts, such as speech-language pathologists (SLP) and otolaryngologists (ENT).
- can advise your child’s Individualized education program (IEP) or Individualized family service plan (IFSP) team about decisions regarding assistive technology (AT), education, and daily living.
- will work together to fulfill the needs of families and children who are deaf/hard of hearing (D/HH)
If your school system would like to partner with Home Hearing Healthcare for educational audiology services, please call us at 601-351-5433.