Hearing Impairment and Deaf-Blindness

What shouldn't you do to help in the classroom for a student with a hearing impairment?

Minimize classroom noise

• Promote acceptance of your students

• Increase visual information

• Talk louder

• Minimize classroom noise

Which is profound hearing loss?

• Over 80 dB

• 26-40 dB

• 61-80 dB

Which is NOT a characteristics of hearing impairment?

• Delayed speech language development

• Speak frequently

• Watch the speaker's face

• Below academic performance

What is Hearing Impairment?

• Did not develop properly

• Not able to hear sound

• Inability of an individual to hear sounds adequately.

Deaf blindness is a combination of _________ and _________ ________ that affects a person's ability to communicate, ________ information and get around.

Conductive hearing loss

• can not be treated

• can be treated using surgery/medication

• can be treated only with hearing device

Is someone who is hard of hearing considered to be in the Deaf community?

• True

• False

A teacher can use hands on approach when teaching children with deaf- blindness?

• True

• False

Students with deaf-blindness may have problem with physical, cognitive and emotional development.

• True

• False

Deaf-Blindness may be cause by genetic disorders, usher syndrome and cerebral palsy

• False

• True