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Research indicates that children who study or participate in music tend to have larger vocabularies, better reading skills, improved school attendance and higher standardized test scores. Studying music can also help students develop better fine motor skills and eye-hand coordination, as well as build social-emotional skills, including discipline.

With some preparation, educators and caregivers can ensure that children who are deaf or hard of hearing have the same enriching field trip experience as their peers with typical hearing.

Children with unilateral hearing loss (sometimes called “single-sided loss”) have typical hearing in one ear and some degree of hearing loss in the other. While that might seem to be an advantage over students with bilateral hearing loss, those with unilateral loss are actually more likely to miss out on needed support because they often can “pass” as having typical hearing.

Clarke alum Julien, a high school sophomore who attended Clarke’s preschool and received Clarke’s Mainstream Services, shares his STEAM experiences as a student, engineering enthusiast and musician.

Teachers of all kinds are vitally important to students, but for children with hearing loss, the relationship they have with their teacher of the deaf (TOD) is especially significant. TODs help their students understand their hearing loss, grow academically, develop study skills and social/pragmatic skills, as well as learn to advocate for themselves.

Summer jobs are an excellent way for students to get experience in the working world, earn money for themselves and develop a sense of what careers might interest them. With a little preparation, a student who is deaf or hard of hearing can be on their way to earning some money and gaining valuable work experience.