Is anyone a teacher who wears hearding aids?

[ArtemisCake]

Hello,

My DH wants to train to be a primary school teacher and has a place on a course for September, however he wears hearing aids and is worried about not picking up what the children say to him. He's not profoundly deaf, but needs hearing aids, his hearing loss means he doesn't always hear accurately and he wants to know if/how others have coped in a busy classroom setting. He's spending a year as a TA at the moment and is really enjoying it but is worried about the massive change to being in charge of the class if he can't hear well. Any advice?

Yes, me! Most of my students probably don't know I wear them (hair hides) and although I do get them to repeat themselves from time to time, it's usually fine. I teach teens brw, they probably have to repeat themselves quite a lot to other staff as well, cos, yknow, teens mumble

Thanks for replying with such positive news, I thought that having a teaching style built around the problem was the way around it - glad to hear it works.

I know 2 teachers that wear them

1 in reception and i'm not sure how she does it with all that noise

1 teaches ks2 and is very big on classroom management -he does not have background noise!
He also has the desks in a u shape rather than in group tables as he find it easier

I have them and I teach in ks2. I will be honest and say that it does make things harder sometimes but certainly wouldn't stop me from doing the job. Like others have said it just means asking the children to repeat themselves sometimes and trying to arrange the classroom so you can see everybody's face and not allowing too much background chatter.