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Approximately15%of Americanadultsreportsometroublehearing (U.S.EqualEmployment OpportunityCommission).
AccordingtotheAmericanSpeech-Language-HearingAssociation (ASHA), whenclassroomacousticsarepoor,itcancauseproblemswithhowastudent:
•understandsspeech
•readsandspells
•behavesintheclassroom
•paysattention
•concentrates
Itisimportanttoconsiderbackgroundnoiseandreverberation inanyspaceusedforlearning.
Somesimplewaystoimproveclassroomacousticsinclude:
•Placerugsorcarpetintheroom.
•Hangcurtainsorblindsinthewindows.
•Hangsoftmaterialssuchasfeltor corkboardonthewalls.
•Turnoffnoisyequipmentwhenitisnotinuse.
•Placesofttipsonthebottomofchairsandtables.
WheelchairAccessibility
Referto 2010 ADA Standards forAccessible Design - Sections 304-403
Resources
•ColorPsychologyIOI:ABeginner'sGuidetotheMeaningofColors
https://www.colorpsychology.org/
•DisabilityImpactsAllofUslnfographicCDC
https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/infographic-disability-impacts-all.html
·1-learingDisabilitiesintheWorkplaceandtheAmericanswithDisabilitiesActU.S.EqualEmployment OpportunityCommission
https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/guidance/hearing-disabilities-workplace-and-americans-disabilities-act
·ClassroomAcoustics
https://www.asha.org/public/hearing/Classroom-Acoustics/
•Deafnessandhearingloss
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/deafness-and-hearing-loss
•1-learingImpairment:Deafand1-learingLossInformation:DisabledWorld
https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/hearing/
•Photophobia&LightSensitivityinChildren-LighthouseGuild
https://lighthouseguild.org/photophobia-light-sensitivity-in-childern/
·MobilityDeviceUseintheUnitedStates
https://www.disabled-world.com/pdf/mobility-report.pdf
•2010ADAStandardsforAccessibleDesign-Sections304-403
https://www.ada.gov/law-and-regs/design-standards/2010-stds/