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in the case of severe unilateral, and high frequency losses) and given guidance,
and a pamphlet has been produced for this purpose. The notification of children
with hearing loss to Head Teachers and their placement in class is also supervised
in co-operation with the School Health Service. This process must be
continuous as schools often fail to pass on this information from year to year.
To introduce the new programme to the schools the peripatetic teacher attended
the meeting of Head Teachers arranged by the Chief Education Officer.
35 Partially Hearing children have been supervised in schools with regard to
their hearing aids and their educational progress, and 10 continue to be tutored on
a weekly basis. Other visits were made at the invitation of Head Teachers to
those schools with individual problems - in some cases it was necessary to test
the children's hearing when the results were dealt with by and in co-operation with
the School Health Service.
Any individual teacher should be able to call on the peripatetic teacher for
advice or guidance. Parents should also be able to ask for personal help from the
peripatetic teacher if they wish and parents of pre-school deaf and some parthearing
children should be given regular help. In this respect 18 homes have been
visited, in some cases several times, giving help and guidance and two parenteducation
meetings were organised which were very successful.
Discussions to promote co-operation and liaison, to the benefit of the service
and the well-being of the children, have been held with Medical Officers, Health
Visitors, Speech Therapists, Audiometricians and Social Workers for the deaf and
deaf/blind. These consultations and attendance at clinic sessions when children
under the teacher's supervision are seen have proved helpful to all concerned.
Personal contact and visits have been made to six hospitals and two hearing
aid centres.
The Nuffield Hearing & Speech Centre
The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street
The Royal Northern Hospital
Barnet General Hospital
Edgware General Hospital
University College Hospital
St. Mary's Hospital, Praed Street
Consequently, discussion of cases has been possible and help given to the
children as envisaged by the Hospital Consultants. Cumulative Records have been
compiled on all children needing help."
Supplies of batteries and spare parts for hearing aids have been obtained by the
peripatetic teacher and are available for children in her care.
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