Deaf

If a child is profoundly deaf in one ear and they then have difficulty hearing at school(background noise/reververation/ear wax etc) through their 'unaffected' ear (bacause lets face it it is not exactly rocket science to understand that their difficulty hearing must be through their 'unaffected ear' given that they are unable to hear anything through thier profoundly deaf ear!)then surely they should be recognised within the system as children who have bilateral hearing impairment/deafness? And surely common sense dictates that they should be enabled to access the curriculum in the same way as their hearing classmates by the provision of suitable resources/adequate acoustics? When are the professionals going to stop assumming, and to start assessing deaf children properly at school?

I would like to see more recognition of and attention given to unilateral deafness and the impact this can have on a child both socailly and within the education system. It seems to me that people often take the view that if a child can hear well in one ear then they are not really deaf and they don't then get the support they need.