§ Ms Colquhounasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what kind of facilities are available (a) in Northamptonshire, and (b) generally, to ensure that teachers who are involved with deaf children have a simple knowledge of hearing aids and their performance.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonThe majority of teachers of deaf children have completed specialist training which included theoretical and practical knowledge of the use of hearing aids. In Northamptonshire, and generally, teachers who have not, are supervised or supported by others in the schools or in the peripatetic service who are specially qualified. I understand that some authorities encourage teachers of hearing impaired children in ordinary schools to attend short courses provided by various bodies on the use of hearing aids; but in Northamptonshire such teachers receive help from the peripatetic service.