Deck 6: Sensory Impairments: Hearing and Visionhearing and Vision

Question 1

The most serious and most prevalent sensory impairments are hearing and vision loss.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Young children with sensory disabilities may not benefit from an inclusion program because their needs are too specific.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

In most instances, a conductive hearing loss cannot be corrected or improved with appropriate medical treatment.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Sensorineural hearing losses cause a problem with audibility and sound distortion.

Question 5

Hearing disabilities are easy to detect during infancy.

Question 6

Hearing disabilities have a limited impact on language and speech development but a major effect on social development.

Question 7

Congenital blindness can usually be identified during the first year of life.

Question 8

Many physical issues of the eyes, resulting in blindness or low vision, develop prenatally.

Question 9

Visual acuity problems may not be corrected without surgery during the first year of life.

Question 10

Low vision can affect a child's language development, motor development, and social development but has little to no effect on cognitive development.

Question 11

Which of the following is true regarding sensorineural hearing losses?

A) Can seldom be remediated
B) Causes a conductive deficit
C) Causes a problem with audibility and sound distortion
D) Can be corrected with surgery

Question 12

What is a warning sign NOT associated with a possible hearing loss?

A) Does not respond when spoken to
B) Seems overly shy
C) Speaks too loudly or too softly
D) Attentiveness

Question 13

How does inadequate reduced auditory input affect early development?

A) It almost always leads to serious problems in language acquisition.
B) It causes global developmental delays.
C) It can be corrected with the right program.
D) It is not as important as researchers originally believed.

Question 14

How should you speak to a child who is Deaf or hard of hearing?

A) Use a loud, slow voice and over-enunciate
B) Seat the child beside the person talking so the child can hear
C) Face the light when talking so the child can see your face
D) Use language slightly below the expected age/stage of the child

Question 15

How are vision disabilities grouped?

A) Physical abnormalities and imbalance
B) Muscle disorder and nerve damage
C) Refraction and myopia
D) Physical abnormalities, visual acuity, and muscle problems

Question 16

Children with vision disabilities often require which of the following?

A) Specialized programs, so inclusion does not work
B) Separate learning facilities with other children who are blind
C) A segregated program that focuses on the basic adaptive strategies for learning
D) Specialized equipment only available in private facilities

Question 17

Hearing and vision disabilities are NOT the most prevalent sensory disabilities a person can experience.

Question 18

What refers to a hearing disability that is so severe the individual cannot process spoken language?

A) Residual hearing loss
B) Deafness
C) Sensorineural hearing loss
D) Cumulative hearing loss

Question 19

Early interference of a hearing disability is considered what?

A) Pre-lingual
B) Post-lingual
C) Conductive hearing loss
D) Sensorineural hearing loss

Question 20

When infants do not localize to certain sounds at four months of age, it is an indicator of a hearing disability.

Question 21

What is the first step an early childhood teacher should take after they become aware of a possible problem with hearing loss in one of their students?

A) Create an inclusive program to account for the disability
B) Get a second opinion from a certified therapist
C) Notify the administration
D) Confer with parents

Question 22

What is the gradual clouding of the lens in one or both eyes?

A) Strabismus
B) Cataracts
C) Amblyopia
D) Nystagmus

Question 23

What is a popular vision screening tool used in early child care programs?

A) Tympanometry test
B) MEMR test
C) Snellen Illiterate E test
D) Teller Acuity Cards

Question 24

What specialist, along with a developmental specialist, often serves as a consultant and provides support to the early childhood teacher for children who have a moderate vision disability?

A) Psychologist
B) Psychiatrist
C) Orientation specialist
D) Social worker

Question 25

Deafness refers to a hearing loss that can be mitigated with amplification devices.

Question 26

What is intermittent hearing loss caused by?

A) Sensorineural damage
B) Otitis media
C) Conductive damage
D) The auditory cortex

Question 27

A hearing disability has the most serious and far-reaching effect on which area of development?

A) Motor
B) Language
C) Cognitive
D) Social

Question 28

A loss of hearing in the outer or middle ear produces which type of sensory disability?

A) Post-lingual deafness
B) Congenital hearing loss
C) Sensorineural hearing loss
D) Conductive hearing loss

Question 29

Which of the following behaviors is a possible sign of a hearing disability?

A) The child doesn't speak.
B) The child has awkward motor movements.
C) The child has few friends.
D) The child is inattentive.

Question 30

American Sign Language (ASL) is the most commonly known form of communication for the deaf community.

Question 31

Which of the following is an appropriate strategy a teacher can use to support a child who is Deaf or hard of hearing in their classroom?

A) Speak loudly
B) Bend down and talk at the child's level
C) Seat the child beside the teacher
D) Overemphasize gestures

Question 32

When do many physical disabilities develop in the eyes that result in blindness or low vision?

A) Prenatally
B) During the birth process
C) Shortly after birth
D) During early elementary school years

Question 33

When a child's eye does not get enough use and the visual system in the brain does not develop properly, it leads to low vision in the affected eye. What is this called?

A) Strabismus
B) Cortical blindness
C) Astigmatism
D) Amblyopia

Question 34

Blindisms are behaviors exhibited by individuals who are blind or very low vision and include behaviors such as rolling the head, swaying the body, and pressing the eyes. These behaviors are considered to be what?

A) Unimportant
B) Socially appropriate
C) Self-stimulatory
D) Temporary

Question 35

Parents of babies who have vision disabilities should be encouraged to look at, engage, and interact with their baby as if the baby could see.

Question 36

Why do play skills develop more slowly in children who are blind or low vision?

A) They lack visual models.
B) There are few toys designed for them.
C) They can't find the toys.
D) They have limited language development.

Question 37

What is the section of gray matter in the brain that processes sound?

A) Frontal lobe
B) Higher auditory cortex
C) Cochlea
D) Cerebellum

Question 38

Who should make the decision to use signing, speaking, or a combination of the two methods with a child who is Deaf or hard of hearing?

A) Deaf education specialist
B) Parents
C) The child
D) Teacher

Question 39

Many children with moderate to severe hearing disabilities are educationally delayed by three to five years.

Question 40

Children who are Deaf and receive cochlear implants are better able to integrate auditory and visual information if they receive the implants before

A) they begin to talk.
B) the age of three.
C) the age of four.
D) they start school.

Question 41

Which visual communication system uses eight hand shapes in four different placements near the face?

A) American Sign Language
B) Speechreading
C) Total communication
D) Cued speech

Question 42

Children who are blind or low vision generally do not lag in cognitive development and concept formation.

Question 43

At what age do children who are blind or low vision typically begin to walk?

A) Nine months
B) Twelve months
C) Twenty-four months
D) Thirty-six months

Question 44

What skills can peers be taught to help a classmate who is blind or has low vision?

A) Put things into their hands
B) Grab their shoulder
C) Do things for them
D) Lead them around the classroom

Question 45

How much longer does it take a child who is blind or low vision to develop a full range of language skills?

A) Six months longer
B) Twelve months longer
C) Twenty-four months longer
D) Thirty-six months longer

Question 46

Where should a teacher sit when demonstrating something for a child who is blind or low vision?

A) Beside the child
B) In front of the child
C) Behind the child
D) Slightly off to the left of the child

Question 47

What is the difference between hearing loss that occurs in the outer or middle ear and hearing loss that occurs in the inner ear (cochlea or auditory nerve)?

A) A loss in the outer or middle ear produces a conductive hearing loss; a loss of hearing in the inner ear produces a sensorineural hearing loss.
B) A loss in the outer or middle ear produces a sensorineural hearing loss; a loss in the inner ear produces a conductive hearing loss.
C) A loss in the outer or middle ear produces a conductive hearing loss; a loss in the inner ear produces central deafness.
D) A loss in the outer or middle ear produces central deafness; a loss in the inner ear produces a conductive hearing loss.

Question 48

Which visual acuity problem can be corrected with eyeglasses?

A) Strabismus
B) Amblyopia
C) Refractive errors
D) Physical abnormality

Question 49

What are the four types of hearing loss?

Question 50

Summarize the effect of a hearing loss on a child's language.

Question 51

Explain four methods of communication for children who are Deaf.

Question 52

Compare the diagnosis of strabismus to the diagnosis of nystagmus.

Question 53

Explain four teaching strategies to utilize with a child who is blind or low vision in a preschool classroom.

Question 54

What are three ways in which a hearing aid can malfunction?

Question 55

Explain three ways a teacher can support a parent in facilitating understanding and speech reading for a child with who is Deaf or hard of hearing.

Question 56

As someone who is aware of the behaviors in young children that may indicate vision disabilities, explain the teacher's role in guiding such children to be active class participants.

Question 57

What areas of development are likely to be affected by blindness or low vision? What is a strategy you, as a teacher, would implement to minimize developmental delays in each area?

Question 58

List three common visual acuity disabilities and three muscular imbalance disabilities related to eye functioning.

Question 59

What are three of the more popular methods of communication for people who are Deaf or hard of hearing?

Question 60

What are some very important warning signs for potential vision disabilities?