| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/R26634/01 |
| Title: |
Acoustic Design Guidelines & Teacher Strategies For Optimising Learning Conditions In Classrooms For Hearing & Hearing Impaired Children |
| Principal Investigator: |
Shield, Professor BM |
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| Department: |
Engineering Systems |
| Organisation: |
London South Bank University |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
28 January 2002 |
Ends: |
27 January 2005 |
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159,436
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| Building Ops & Management |
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Healthcare |
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The project will investigate the relationships between the various aspects of a classroom environment which contribute to the hearing, listening and learning experience of hearing and hearing impaired primary school children. It will be carried out by a team of acousticians and educational psychologists who will focus on the needs of hearing impaired children by considering integrated classrooms in which hearing and hearing inpaired children are taught together, and specialist units for teaching hearing impaired children. The following aspects will be investigated: acoustic design and speech inteltigibilty in classrooms for hearing and hearing impaired children, use of speech reinforcement systems in classrooms, teachers' awareness of the needs of hearing impaired children, use of appropriate teaching strategies, and incidence of voice problems among teachers. Children's perceptions of the acoustic environment of their classrooms will also be studied. The project will be carried out using classroom observation, acoustic testing, speech intelligibility tests of children and adults, and questionnaire surveys of pupils and teachers.
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| Organisation Website: |
http://www.lsbu.ac.uk |