The Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-08-29, Page 29Tin
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IN BEFORE OUT
In my last column, I intro-
duced the "in and out"
method, the "in" being the
receptive and perceptive
abilities and the "out" being
the expressive abilities.
There are many aspects of
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thq, input process that I just
barely touched on -last time
which require more explan-
ation.
First, when a child is ex-
periencing difficulties in
school, the eyes and ears
must be checked. This initial
assessment would be done by
an optometrist and an audio-
logist. Since the eyes aid
ears are the two primary
avenues of reception, it must
be determined that visual
and auditory acuity are not
interfering with the learning
task. In humans, auditory
acuity develops earlier and
quicker than visual acuity.
It is not uncommon to find
children in kindergarten and
Grade One with less than 20-
20 visual acuity. This does
not mean they require
glasses but it does mean they
should have their eyes
checked every six months.
This information is import-
ant for the classroom
teacher to know. The teacher
will then know that certain
visual -motor expectation are
beyond the child's present
ability. As a result, the child
will continue to experience
success rather than be un-
able to perform up to the
teacher's generalized level
of expectations.
Sometimes glasses are
necessary. It is much better
to find that .out early. It is
true that all school boards
now provide a pre -kinder-
garten screening, but I have
discovered that this is an in-
adequate and inaccurate
method of determining
visual or auditory acuity.
There are many things
which can interfere with
visual acuity. The child
might tire easily or quickly
when reading. This could be
visual stress and -or fatigue.
Immediate acuity might be
perfect, but over a period of
time, stress and eye fatigue
could significantly impair
acuity. Have acuity testing
done by a person who
specializes in these areas
rather than, relying on the
findings of a public .health
nurse.
The visual acuity is diffi-
cult enough for the nurse to.
deternliae, .btt the auditory
acuity is even more (lifficult.
The subtleties of hearing
testing can only beiproperly
addressed by an'atidiologist.
In some children there might
be a 'deeibal difference be-
tween acuity for pure tones
and for speech. This m}ght
mean that the child hears
noise (tones) fine, but cer-
tain voices might be at a fre-
quency. that is below the
child's speech acuity level. It
is possible the nurse's voice
was at a higher frequency
than the teacher's and, as a
result, the child is described
as never paying attention.
Another aspect of auditory
acuity is that the child might
have a slight hearing lossat
either end of the frequency
range. If a slight loss is evi-
dent at the lower frequen-
cies, vowels become very
difficult to distinguish. If the
loss is at the higher fre-
quencies, consonants and
consonant blends are diffi-
cult to distinguish. In either
case the result is a child who
has or will have difficulty
with learning to read and
spell.
An undiagnosed visual
acuity problem many times
results in comments on re-
port cards such as ... "dif-
ficulty with printing or spac-
ing of letters or words;
messy notes; written assign-
ments not handed in; not
paying attention to the board
work; or seat work is sloppy
and never finished."
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Crossroads—Aug. 29, 1984—Page 13
The child might complain - I cannot overstate: thelia,
of .headaches dii iee3e or portance at. bavinf _y .,....
just be uninterested in; the child's eyes a and ears
written word. checked properly, early and ,
An undiagnosed auditory often. Too many times I have
seen a child suffer needlessly
m school due to an acuity
problem. The eyes and ears
are the two major learning
receptors. It is through them
that 95 per cent of all know-
ledge is received. Make sure
they are working properly so.
your child has an "in" to
learning. r�
In my next column, I will
discuss visual and auditory
processing:•
acuity problem will result m
comments such as . . .
"doesn't pay attention; have
to spedk to him -her 2rnany
times; doesn't listen care-
fully; attention span is very
short; always asking ques-
tions; ,aoesn't listen in a
group; have to repeat
things; difficulty with pro-
nunciation and -or spelling;
spells the way he -she
speaks."
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