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00:08 How are the sound fields going in our school?
00:11 Really well so far, I've had a lot of positive feedback from teachers and students.
00:15 It's good.
00:16 Now that we have the microphones across, it helps hearing the teacher better.
00:21 What's the standing for stand for?
00:23 Adjective.
00:24 So how does it work?
00:26 Basically, the teachers have a microphone that's around their neck,
00:30 which is connected to a sound bar which is in the corner of the classroom or up the front somewhere.
00:35 And it makes their voice louder and more clear so I can cut through background noise and reverberation in the classroom.
00:41 It's a game changer.
00:42 I don't have to project my voice naturally, the microphone does that for me.
00:45 So kids right across the room can hear even my whispers.
00:49 So it's made for a much more settled class.
00:52 I'm just finding the whole peacefulness of having that ability to talk to kids that are even a long way away from you
00:58 and understanding all the learning at the same time.
01:00 The fox snuck out of the dam.
01:03 Maybe we need to re-read what we wrote yesterday so the ideas are back in your head.
01:08 What did you write about yesterday?
01:10 The farmers took their motorbikes, they connected the zip line to a nearby tree.
01:16 The kids really like to have the microphone access,
01:19 and we ask for responses to questions.
01:21 We get too many kids that want to come up to the microphone,
01:23 but they purely love having their voice heard.
01:26 ...of the hole, and I put spikes and marbles in it.
01:31 And sharing the work is just, it's great.
01:34 It just puts a smile on their face.
01:36 And even today we had one child that we set a goal two days ago for them to, by the end of term,
01:41 suggest an answer or a response.
01:43 They've already stood up today because there was a microphone and read a whole paragraph.
01:47 And they would never have spoken in front of a class before.
01:49 So even those little things, giving kids confidence as well.
01:52 We're really excited at Rutherford Public School to have the sound fields in our classrooms.
01:56 We believe it's an important investment in the kids' hearing,
01:59 not only the kids with hearing loss, but those kids who potentially don't have a diagnosis
02:03 or have gone undetected.
02:05 So having those sound systems in our class that kids can hear clearly,
02:09 the teachers don't have to strain their voice as much,
02:11 we're really looking forward to the benefits,
02:15 and longitudinally where we go to from there.
02:18 And maybe trying to get the sound field systems in all our classrooms as soon as possible this year.
02:23 She's practising the words that she was taught by her family.
02:27 Soon they didn't sound so cold and sharp anymore.
02:31 They started to sound warm and soft.
02:34 Great job.
02:36 Boring.
02:39 What would you like to say to our school community?
02:42 I'd like to say that hearing loss goes undetected in a lot of students.
02:46 It's really common, more than we know.
02:48 And these systems are here for everyone,
02:50 not just the children that we know have hearing loss,
02:53 but there are a lot of kids out there that it's going to help.
02:56 Thank you.
02:57 Thank you.
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