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Working with students who are d/Deaf or hearing impaired

From https://assistivelisteningknowledgebase.org/evidence/strathclyde-deaf-students-guidance/ · record checked 13 October 2026

  • University of Strathclyde Disability & Wellbeing Service
  • University of Strathclyde

Independent (University of Strathclyde Disability & Wellbeing Service)

Summary

Disability-service guidance explains who maintains teaching-room loops and how microphones and discussion practices affect students’ access.

Key findings

  • Loops are installed in central pool teaching rooms and maintained by Teaching Space Support, ISD. The service says the lecturer must wear a microphone for students using the hearing-aid T setting.
  • For discussions using a radio microphone or loop system, every contributor needs to speak into the microphone. The guidance also asks for contributions one at a time and repeated questions or comments.
  • Adjustments are agreed with the student to address individual needs and complement existing support and equipment.
  • The service explains that students may use human support instead of or alongside technology and may need different arrangements in different learning settings.

Limits

Undated staff guidance, not an audit of the listed loops or a student survey. Includes personal radio aids and other access services beyond this question’s scope; used for installed loops, responsibility and shared microphone practices only.

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University of Strathclyde Disability & Wellbeing Service. Working with students who are d/Deaf or hearing impaired. University of Strathclyde. n.d. https://www.strath.ac.uk/professionalservices/disabilityandwellbeing/informationforstaff/workingwithstudentswhoareddeaforhearingimpaired/ (accessed 13 October 2026).

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