Teaching · Speech & Language

Check the device, check the six sounds, check the mic.

Each morning, run the device check and the Ling Six Sound check; during the day, log how well the remote microphone was used. The summary shows any sound missed, any device problem and what to fix today.

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Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Or get it in the Speech & Language toolkit, $79 for 72 items.

The listening check

One record per student and day. Use initials or a code, never a name. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · Speech & Language$5 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
For each day, the device check, the Ling Six Sound results, a log of microphone use by activity, and a short list of what to do and who to tell.
Who it is for
Teachers of the deaf and hard of hearing, educational audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and the classroom teachers and assistants who run the daily check.
Format
Browser form with a keyboard grid, used in the morning and during the day. Several saved checks per student; printed with the summary or as a blank daily sheet; CSV with one row per check or the activity log; export and import a file.
Access
$5 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Speech & Language toolkit ($79) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Speech & Language space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
the voice, not the room
Drawn for this page. A remote microphone sends the speaker’s voice straight to the student’s device, over the noise of the room, but only when it is worn and used well.

How to use it

  1. Start a record with the student’s initials or a code and the date.
  2. Mark the devices and run the device check.
  3. Say each Ling sound with your mouth hidden and mark whether the student detected it and repeated it.
  4. Log each activity and whether the microphone was used well.
  5. Report any missed sound or device problem the same day.

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What the check is for

The Ling Six Sound check

The six sounds m, oo, ee, ah, sh and s together span the speech frequencies. A student who detects all six at a normal distance is likely hearing speech through the device that day; a sound that drops out, often s or sh, is an early sign of a weak battery, a blocked tube or a device fault.

Using the microphone well

A remote microphone only helps when it is on, worn close to the speaker’s mouth and used for everything the student needs to hear, including classmates’ answers and video audio. Muting it during side conversations matters too.

What this checklist is not

It is not a hearing test and does not adjust devices. Federal rules require schools to make sure hearing aids worn in school and the external parts of surgically implanted devices are functioning properly; the educational audiologist and family handle repairs and settings.

Sources

  1. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act regulations, 34 CFR 300.113 (routine checking of hearing aids and external components of surgically implanted medical devices).
  2. Ling, D. Foundations of Spoken Language for Hearing-Impaired Children (1989), the six-sound test.
  3. American Academy of Audiology (2011). Clinical Practice Guidelines: Remote Microphone Hearing Assistance Technologies for Children and Youth from Birth to 21 Years.
  4. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Practice Portal: Hearing Loss in Children (classroom amplification and device monitoring).

The example student is made up. The check is a daily classroom routine, not a hearing test. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.