Special Education - focus on Hearing and Communication, including inclusive education

• March 20, 2026: Dennis Oberleiter participated online in the “Working Group on Sexualized Violence” of the German Society for Prevention and Intervention in Child Abuse, Neglect, and Sexualized Violence (DGfPI), where he presented the DigGaH project, initial research findings, and the materials developed.
• March 18, 2026: Laura Avemarie presented the findings from the DigGaH and ReaDi research projects at the 13th Congress of the Society for Empirical Educational Research at TUM in Munich.
• March 4–6, 2026: Stefanie Fiocchetta and Kirsten Ludwig attended the 28th Annual Conference of the German Society of Audiology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Audiologie e.V.) in Oldenburg, where they gave a keynote presentation on the topic “From Elementary School to College: Factors Influencing Educational Success from the Perspective of Students with Deafness or Hearing Impairment.”
• March 2, 2026: Roundtable discussion with representatives from associations for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, professional associations, and education administrators regarding the participatory development of new course catalogs for the department’s various degree programs
• February 28, 2026: The workshop “Hearing and Communication Today” took place at LMU in Munich, with over 80 participants. The event also served as the kickoff for the Communication Week organized by the Bavarian Hearing Impairment Network.
• February 2026: The website “Ben and Stella Know Best!” is now online in a revised and expanded version—designed specifically for children and young people with disabilities, particularly those who are deaf or hard of hearing.
  

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