Unit: Challenges and Changes: Sensitivity to Vision & Hearing Compromises

Topic: Vision and Hearing

Rationale: Students will recognize the importance of sensory function in daily living.

Keywords: hearing disorder, frequency, aging, disease, amplification, caregiving, survey, graph, hearing handicap inventory, audiogram, auditory pathway, auditory cortex, temporal lobe, decibel, sound wave, vibration, amplitude, anatomy, visual disorder, acuity, visual field, depth perception, visual pathway, optic nerve, occipital lobe, visual cortex

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Lessons & Activities | Overview | Objectives
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Vision Lessons and Activities

Lesson 1: Anatomy of the Human Eye

Activity 1A: Anatomy of the Human Eye

Lesson 2: How We See

Activity 2A: Visual Pathways
Activity 2B: Visual Field Defects
Activity 2C: Keeping in Focus
Activity 2D: What We See is What We See?

Lesson 3: Measuring Visual Acuity

Activity 3A: Measuring Visual Acuity
Activity 3B: Working with Eye Charts
Activity 3C: Figuring Visual Acuity

Lesson 4: Living with Visual Impairments

Activity 4A: Seeing Straight
Activity 4B: Processing Out Seeing Straight

Lesson Resources

Eye Disorders & Diseases PowerPoint Presentation
html version ppt version 1 MB

Hearing Lessons and Activities

Lesson 5: Anatomy of the Human Ear

Activity 5A: Anatomy of the Human Ear

Lesson 6: How We Hear

Activity 6A: How We Hear
Activity 6B: Sound Waves
Activity 6C: "Seeing" and "Feeling" Sound Waves

Lesson 7: Measuring Hearing Impairment

Activity 7A: Charting Audiograms

Lesson 8: Hearing Handicap

Activity 8A: "Did I Hear Ya' Right?"
Activity 8B: Donning a Hearing Impairment
Activity 8C: Amplify
Activity 8D: Caregiver for the Hearing Impaired
Activity 8E: Measuring Hearing Handicap in Elders

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Overview and Background Information

Unit Overview and Background Information for Teachers

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Unit Objectives

Students will be able to:

explore the basic anatomy and process of vision
demonstrate an understanding of the underlying concepts of ratios for measuring visual acuity
become sensitive to what it means to have a vision impairment
explore the basic anatomy and process of hearing
explain the underlying concepts of measuring hearing
become sensitive to what it means to have a hearing handicap

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