Hearing impairments -HI and Vision Impairments -VI

Many of the causes that lead to hearing loss can be avoided through public health strategies and clinical interventions implemented across the life course. Is this statement True or False?

True

False

Check all that apply.

Ways to accommodate for hearing impaired students during an exam.

More time on a test.

Test be given in a quiet room away from others.

Having a live voice (reader) instead of a digitally or computer generated voice or CD-rom/MP3 format.

Ways to help those who are hearing impaired. Check all that apply.

Ways we can help in the classroom for those who are visually impaired. Check all that apply

Preferential seating in the classroom for all films, assemblies and demonstration lessons.

Face the students desk away from window visibility.

Permission to move about the room as needed to see information presented away from his/her desk.

Copies of overhead projector/smartboard activities to be viewed at his/her desk as needed.

Use recorded text as needed.

Do not make accommodations the child will ask for help.

What does visual impairment mean?

They cannot see from far away.

An impairment in vision that, even with correction, adversely affects a child’s educational performance. The term includes both partial sight and blindness

They cannot see close up.

What is an Itinerant Teacher of the Deaf?

A teacher who travels between schools to provide services for children with hearing loss.

A one on one teacher for a child with Hearing Impairments.

Vision Impairment Eligibility does not Include

Criteria Beyond the IDEA/ISBE Definition

20/70 or less after correction

Restricted field of vision

Progressive and/or permanent eye conditions

Medically diagnosed cortical visual impairment or convergence insufficiency

None of the above

Hearing impairments -HI and Vision Impairments -VI

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