Hearing Impairment/Deafness

By Shelby Saner

Rule 51.

• 003.10 Child with a disability means a child who has been verified as per Section 006 as a child with autism, a behavior disorder, deaf-blindness, a developmental delay, a hearing impairment including deafness, a mental handicap, multiple disabilities, an orthopedic impairment, an other health impairment, a specific learning disability, a speech-language impairment, a traumatic brain injury or a visual impairment including blindness, who because of this impairment needs special education and related services. If, under 92NAC 51-003.63, it is determined, through an appropriate evaluation under Section 006, that a child has one of the disabilities identified above, but only needs a related service and not special education, the child is not a child with a disability under this Chapter. If the related service required by the child is considered special education rather than a related service, the child would be determined to be a child with a disability.

Hearing Impairment/Deafness

• 006.04F Hearing Impairment A child must have an impairment in hearing which is so severed that the child is impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing with or without amplification or is permanent or fluctuating, and adversely affects the child’s development or educational performance.

• 006.04D Deaf-Blindness The child must have concomitant hearing and visual impairments, the combination of which causes severe communication needs; and other developmental and educational needs. The severity of these needs is such that they cannot be accommodated in special education programs solely for children with deafness or blindness.

Major Characteristics!

• Behavior• Inconsistent Response• Delay of Language/Speech Development• Behavioral Characteristics• Accompanying disabilities

• Motor • Lack Of balance

• Cognitive• Directions• Reading/Math Problems

Types of Hearing Loss

• Conductive

• Sensorineural

• Mixed

• Central

Causes of Deafness or Hearing

Impairment

• Aquired/Congenital

• Certain diseases/Medications

• Second Hand Smoke.

• Genetics

• INJURIES

Home Life.

• Harder to raise due to language development

• Different Modes of communication

• CHANGE OF LIFESTYLE

School Life.

• COMMUNICATION

• Skill levels

• Teacher/Parental responsibilities

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QniyT6dEYPo

Community Life

• Confidence

• Can cause them to be unhappy.

Future Family

• Different communication ways

• Can result in loss of relationship.

Therapies/Medications

• Treatment Depends!!!

• Technology!

• Hearing Aids

• Cochlear Implants

• Sign Language

• Interpreters

Classroom Accommodations

• Notes

• Visual Aids

• Additional Time

• Captions

• Door Closed!

Citations

Clerc, L. (n.d.). Deaf Students with Disabilities. National Deaf Education Center. Retrieved January 20, 2014, from National Deaf Education Center website: http://www.gallaudet.edu/clerc_center/information_and_resources/

Disability Support Servies. (1995). Deaf?Heard of Hearing. Retrieved January 21, 2014, from http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/dss/deaf-hoh.htm

MNT. (2012, August 21). What is Deafness? What is Hearing Loss? Retrieved January 20, 2014, from MNT website: www.medicalnewstoday.com

NICHY. (2010, June). Deafness and Hearing Loss [Fact sheet]. Retrieved January 21, 2014, from NICHY website: http://nichcy.org/disability/specific/hearingloss

Kaland, M., Salvatore, K. (2002, March 19). The Psychology of Hearing Loss. Retrieved January 21, 2014, from The ASHA Leader website: http://www.asha.org/Publications/leader/