Education Instructors and Students: Get even more insight and information from Suzanne's book or by having her speak to your class/group in-person or virtually. CLICK HERE!
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Education Instructors and Students: Get even more insight and information from Suzanne's book or by having her speak to your class/group in-person or virtually. CLICK HERE! 〰️
The Official Journal of The American Consortium for Equity in Education - “Can Students Really Hear Their Teachers?” Aug. 2021 Issue (pgs. 16-20)
Every day, millions of children walk into classrooms under the premise that when their teacher speaks, they will be able to hear and understand what is being said. But the reality is that students often miss hearing parts of sentences or words, or fail to distinguish between similar sounding words, compromising their ability to understand and learn.
How It All Began
February 21, 2005
In the midst of the usual school night’s chaos with three young children, my mother phoned and said, “Turn on the TV to CBS right now!”
What I was about to watch - just three minutes - changed the next four years of my life and probably the lives of thousands of students throughout the United States.
— Suzanne DeMallie
Suzanne’s son, Christopher, was diagnosed with an auditory processing deficit in kindergarten. Desperate to help Christopher, Suzanne learned all that she could about the hearing process, how the brain interprets the auditory signals, how classroom acoustics can make a difference, and how a child’s ability to understand what they hear impacts their ability to learn. Suzanne quickly realized that accessibility to the teacher’s voice was critical to academic achievement; not just for her son, but for every student in the classroom.
Read Can You Hear Me Now? to learn more about how Suzanne started a national campaign to integrate teacher microphones and speakers into our classrooms.