Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University - B.Ed Course - II Year - Semester IV - Elective - Unit II - Understanding Disabilities and its educational implications
1. SPECIAL EDUCATION
Ms R SRIDEVI
Assistant Professor, Pedagogy of Mathematics
Loyola College of Education
Chennai 34
UNITII
UNDERSTANDING DISABILITIES AND ITS
EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATINS
SEMESTER IV
CODE BD1MA
8. Based on the Types of Hearing Loss
• CONDUCTIVE LOSS: In this type of hearing
loss, the functioning of the external and the
middle ear is affected.
9. Based on the Types of Hearing Loss
• NEURO – SENSITIVE LOSS: In this type of
hearing loss, the functioning of the inner ear
is affected
10. Based on the Types of Hearing Loss
• MIXED LOSS: In this type of hearing loss, the
functioning of the external or the middle ear
or both and the inner ear is affected.
11. Based on the Types of Hearing Loss
• RECTO COCHLEAR TYPE: In this type of
hearing loss, the functioning of the nerve
pathway beyond the inner ear is affected.
12. SIGNS & SYMPTOMS
• PAIN AND PRESSURE IN THE EAR
• DIFFICULTY IN UNDERSTANDING SPEECH
• SOUNDS OR SOUNDS BECOMING DULL
• listening to music or watching TV with the
volume higher than other people need.
• difficulty hearing on the phone.
• finding it hard to keep up with a conversation.
13. IDENTIFICATION OF HI
1. The child does not respond to being
called by name.
2. He may hear and respond to only part of
message
3. He may hear better in some situations
than others.
4. He may hear well in a small room, but not
so in a large hall.
5. He may hear well in some days but not so
well on other days.
6. When there is background noise, the
child may have difficulty in hearing.
14. 7. The child does not have a pinna.
8. The child uses only one ear for hearing.
9.The child may have frequent discharge from the ear.
10. The child complaints pain in ear frequently.
11. The child scratches the ear frequently.
12. The child folds / converges the pinna while
hearing.
13. The child asks frequently to repeat that which was
spoken already.
14. The child makes many errors in taking dictations.
15. While listening to the teacher, the child watches
his face carefully.
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19. SIGN LANGUAGE
• In Britain, they have BSL (Britain
Sign Language)
• In America, ASL (American Sign
Language)
• In India, ISL (Indian Sign
Language)
27. Fraternal (Non-identical) twins
• Fraternal (Non-identical) twins are formed
when two egg cells are fertilized; each egg by
a different sperm so that two embryos are
formed. Fraternal twins can be of the same or
opposite sex and they don't have to look at all
alike.
4/12/2023 Miss. R. Sridevi
28. Identical twins (Monozygotic)
• Identical twins (Monozygotic) are formed
when one egg after being fertilized by one
sperm, divides into two halves. The two halves
are genetically identical. Identical twins are
usually of the same sex.
4/12/2023 Miss. R. Sridevi
30. Conjoined (Siamese) twins
• Conjoined (Siamese) twins are formed exactly
like identical twins, but during the split, the
embryo does not separate completely to form
two separate babies and the twins develop
attached to one another.
4/12/2023 Miss. R. Sridevi
37. CLASSIFICATION OF LCD
• NEUROLOGICAL : due to the problems in the
central nervous system, brain and spinal cord.
• MUSCULO – SKELETAL : due to the defects or
diseases in the muscles and bones.
• CONGENITAL : born with defector
malformation of any part of the body
• ACCIDENTS / INFECTIONS: due to burns,
automobile injuries and polio – viral infection
leading to paralysis.
38. Classification of Loco – motor
disability
• Poliomyelitis
• Cerebral Palsy
• Stroke
• Muscular Dystrophies
• Amputations (Part of Limb)
• Injuries
• Head injuries
• Fractures
• Soft tissues Injuries
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40. ACTIVITY
• Look at the pictures on the next
slide and study them for 30 seconds.
• Don’t write them down anywhere,
try to remember them.
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42. • Write down as many of the
pictures you remember.
• Fold your sheet to cover your
answers.
