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Lesson Plans & Classroom Activities

How Your Brain Understands What Your Ear Hears
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Curriculum supplement for grades 7-8. Lessons are designed to help students understand the interrelationship of hearing, language, and human communication, as well as to develop the healthy hearing habits necessary to avoid Noise-Induced Hearing Loss.

I Love What I Hear!
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Classroom activities about hearing for grades 3-6. The activities are designed to: help students build awareness of the importance of hearing conservation and the problem of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss; introduce and reinforce scientific understanding of hearing and the science of sound; and provide opportunities for children to influence the awareness and understanding of others.

Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Teacher Resource Guide
Dangerous Decibels
A K-8 curriculum supplement with hands-on science activities about the anatomy and physiology of hearing, the physics of sound, and health-related behaviors for prevention of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss.

The Ear and Hearing: 3rd-4th Grade | 5th Grade
Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center, Gallaudet University
Illustrated web site that explains about the ear and how people hear, what can go wrong with hearing, and ways to protect hearing health.

Questions and Answers About Hearing
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Interactive quiz with factoids about hearing and hearing loss.

Operation BANG: Be Aware of Noise Generation
Military Audiology Association
Three-day (1 hour per day) hearing loss prevention campaign for 5th graders. The curriculum focuses on teaching children about noise and hearing loss and also tries to enhance students' appreciation of good hearing and motivate them to protect it.

Hearing Conservation: Raising Awareness about Excessive Noise
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Lesson plan about Noise-Induced Hearing Loss for grades 5-8.

Children's Hearing Conservation Programs: Crank It Down!, Sounds Like Fun, Noise Destroy
National Hearing Conservation Association
A collection of materials and activities for teachers and students in the classroom.

Know Noise
Sight and Hearing Association
Comprehensive education program for grades 3-6.

Associations Advance America - 2007 Award for Excellence
Consumer Electronics Association
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Listen To Your BudsTM is a consumer awareness campaign by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association about the potential risk of hearing loss from unsafe usage of personal audio technology.
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