Exam 10: Learners Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

Joanne is a nine year-old girl with a hearing loss.She can hear loud voices if they are within a foot of her ear and can hear environmental sounds,though she usually can't identify them.What degree of hearing loss does Joanne appear to have?

Students who are deaf who do not go on to postsecondary training may face increased obstacles to employment in the future because

The term "hard of hearing" is used to describe people with hearing impairment who

Children who are deaf who have parents who are deaf have higher reading achievement than those who have hearing parents.

Teaching people with hearing impairments to use visual information to understand what is being said to them is

Causes of inner ear disorders are most often

Interpretive Exercise Max is a nine year-old third grader who was born with a sensorineural hearing loss.He can hear loud noises if they are within a foot of his ear,and he can hear some sounds in the environment though he usually cannot identify them.Max's parents (who are both hearing)are advocates of the auditory-verbal approach (they wanted him to use speech as much as possible and did not think they could learn to sign effectively).Max's school,where he is integrated into a regular classroom,has reported his IQ scores on a standardized verbal test to be well below the norm.Furthermore,his achievement in reading is far below that of his classmates.Socially,he has a few students who interact with him occasionally,but no meaningful friendships (his speech is almost unintelligible to them).Max's parents are getting fed up with the school,and feel that something must be done to improve Max's situation before it is too late. -The type of loss that Max has is associated with impairment of which part of the hearing mechanism?

According to advocates of American Sign Language (ASL),a major advantage of ASL over Signing English systems is that

When performance tests,rather than verbal tests,are used

Elise has a hearing loss that occurred during childhood.Her loss is best described as

Jackson has a hearing loss that ocurred when he was six months old before he could develop speech.His loss is best described as

Most people who are deaf have some residual hearing.

Identify and describe two factors that effect the social adjustment of individuals with hearing impairment.

Many within the Deaf community view themselves as bilingual.

From the physiological perspective,the distinction between "deaf" and "hard-of-hearing" is based on

Which one of the following best describes American Sign Language?

Screening tests that are being implemented in Canada include the use of computer technology to measure

Sign language,while helpful in terms of communication,is not a true language.

Describe 4 modifications that can be made in the regular classroom and/or ways special and general educators can collaborate to increase the academic achievement of students who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Simon has a hearing loss that occurred when he was seven years old.His loss is best described as