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Unit:
Challenges and Changes:
Sensitivity to Vision & Hearing Compromises
Topic: Vision and Hearing
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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 | Evaluation | Subjects | Funding
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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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Unit/Lesson Evaluation Vision Pre Test
Vision Post Test
Vision Pre/Post Tests Answer Key
Hearing Pre Test
Hearing Post Test
Hearing Pre/Post Tests Answer Key
These activities may be useful for pre and post evaluation and would merit placement in student portfolios for future reference.
Measuring Visual Acuity Activities - Activities 3A , 3B , & 3C
Charting Audiograms - Activity 7A
Measuring Hearing Handicap Survey - Activity 8E
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Funding
Positively Aging® Curriculum Program Funding 1997-2008:
National Institutes of Health
National Center for Research Resources
National Institute on Aging
Science Education Partnership Award
Grant # R25 RR 18549
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