Safety & Person-Centered Focus
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High Priority Vocabulary
PRESENTERS: Quickly show learners this first list of high-frequency words and say we'll be practicing recognizing these words in any place we find them. Being fluent with high frquency words makes reading more accurate and faster, which is important in life skills like filling out forms and understanding instructions.
Read the word in the box then write that word on the lines. After you have completed the steps read the cards out loud.
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Show & Share
Today we will show and share: Tell us a joke you think is funny.
<Body Break> Get up, look away from the screen.
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Life Skills Story
In this story, three teenage boys discuss professional and high school basketball.
Read the whole story today, or read half and finish tomorrow.
<Body Break> Get up, look away from the screen.
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Thematic Connection: Hearing Protection
October is National Audiology Awareness Month.
!!COMMUNITY CHALLENGE!! How can we make our zoom meeting better for everyone in hope to home who has hearing loss or deafness?
How can you spread awareness about protecting your ears?
Activity 1.
1. Do you know the parts of the ear? Open up the Work sheet, PARTS OF THE EAR
2. Using the PDF provided-identify the different parts of the ear.
(Presenter: Make sure to zoom in on the different parts, so everyone can see it up close.)
3. After you have identified, you can use the annotate option to color the different parts of the ear.
Reflect:
- Did you already know some of the parts before looking at this sheet?
- Were you suprised with some of the names?
- Do you think you can remeber all of the parts?
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Activity 2.
1. How often do you use protection? Let’s do a search online to find certain equipment on how we can protect our ears.
(Presenter: You can share your screen to start a search online or have a volunteer share their screen)
2. Next, Find some examples of the equipment, ask the group if they have used the examples you just looked up.
3. When did you use the examples and where?
Here is a list of some ear protection tools:
- Foam Ear Plugs
- Pre-Mold Reusable Plugs
- Canal Caps
- Ear Muffs
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Activity 3.
Myth VS Fact- Test your skills!
(Presenters: Using the follow statements, ask participants if they think it is a myth or a fact) (Answers provide at the end of the page)
A. Portable music and video devices do not affect your hearing.
B. Hearing loss does not affect newborn babies.
C. Everyone who has hearing loss is older than age 65.
D. Everyday loud activities do not affect your hearing.
E. Dizziness and balance disorders are simply inconvenient and not that harmful.
F. Hearing loss does not affect your day-to-day life.
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OPTIONAL : Poster from American Academy of Audiology
Tips to protect your hearing
1. Use earplugs
Louder, longer exposure to noise increases the chance of damaging your hearing.
2. Turn down the music
Use personal music players at moderate volumes. To drown out background noise get noise canceling headphones. It's too loud if others can hear sound from your headphones.
4. Wear headphones
To use a personal music device, choose noise-cancelling headphones, or older muff-type headphones. Earbuds and in-ear headsets let in more background noise. Take regular breaks from headphones to give ears a rest.
5. Turn down the dial
Turn down the volume a notch on TV's, radios and stereos. Even a small reductions can make a big difference to preserving hearing.
6. At live concerts use earplugs. Music venues ususally sell them and you'll still enjoy the music because we feel the bass and rhythm sounds in our bones as vibrations, not just in our ears.
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What did you learn today?
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Answers for Myth VS Fact:
Guess what? They are all a myths!
A. 1.1 billion people risk hearing loss from unsafe personal use of portable music devices.
B. About 6 out of 1,000 babies have a significant hearing problem at birth. More than 4,000 babies are born with a hearing loss each year.
C. Half of people with hearing loss are younger than 65.
D. Hearing loss can be caused by lawn/farm equipment, concerts, sporting events, firework shows, hair dryers, firearms, and alarm clocks. A single exposure to excessive noise can cause permanent hearing loss.
E. Untreated dizziness and balance disorders increase falls leading to hip fractures, broken bones, and head traumas.
F. People with untreated hearing loss are often left out of communication and have feelings of loneliness, isolation, depression, and frustration.
