Why do I still have to repeat myself even when I'm looking straight at him!?
Great question! Simple answer-
If you begin speaking to a child with hearing loss before you have his/her full attention, then the child will not get everything you said. Even if you only say 3 words before you get full attention, those three words snowball into an entire missed sentence. Case in point...
If you are standing beside a student or anywhere that is not directly in front of the student and begin speaking, the student will turn to face you and listen to you. In that time it takes for a student to turn his/her head, depending on how fast you talk, you can have said a dozen words by the time the student looks you straight in the face. When you do that, most likely you'll have to repeat yourself. I say all this because most repetitions can be avoided with one simple action-wait until you have complete attention of student before speaking.
