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HUSHH-UPS® - Teachers
No one knows better than you how dynamic and
noisy classrooms of today can be. The volume of your normal speaking voice
is approximately 65 db. The noise of a chair scraping on an uncarpeted floor
is 85 db, which significantly exceeds the volume of your voice. The result
for you and your students is a distracting teaching and learning environment
which can be nerve-racking.
The negative effects of noise on learning are well documented. A child’s
audiological system does not fully mature until the age of 13-15 years. This
means that listening, concentrating and working with background noise is
more difficult for all children. Most classes today include many children
who have additional challenges to their ability to learn. Students with
hearing impairments, behavioural and attentional problems, speech and
language disorders, learning disabilities, English as a second language, PDD-Autism
or developmental delays have a more difficult job in coping with noisy
environments.
On a personal level, teachers have noticed that constant chair noise is very
tiring. When speaking all day at a high volume level, many teachers report
physical and vocal fatigue. Teaching is a challenging career in and of
itself. Coping with needless chair noise can be irritating and compromises
the all-important learning environment. Chair noise can be eliminated.
In a classroom outfitted with
Hushh-ups® the chair noise drops to a barely
audible level. The difference is dramatic. Many of the teachers who have
Hushh-ups® in their classrooms remark that they can’t believe the change and
never again want to teach a class without the benefit of
Hushh-ups®.
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