Deck 13: Visual Impairments, Deafness, Hard-Of-Hearing, or Deafblindness

Question 1

Undergraduate programs in the United States typically have a lot of information about teaching children/youth with visual impairments.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Children/youth with cortical visual impairment have variable vision.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Some infants born prematurely may have a vision loss.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The Brockport Health Related Physical Fitness Test is used with students who are deaf.

Question 5

It is best for students with visual impairments to be placed in a separate physical education class for safety reasons.

Question 6

Running with a guidewire will assist the child with a visual impairment to run independently.

Question 7

When talking about a student with no hearing, it is OK to say Deaf person.

Question 8

Students with a sensorineural hearing loss will likely use sign language.

Question 9

It is important to learn some sign language if you have a Deaf child in your class.

Question 10

Students who have cochlear implants can do all of the same things their peers do, and you don't really have anything to worry about or modify.

Question 11

Which of the following causes of visual impairments will lead to peripheral vision loss?

A) Retinopathy of permaturity
B) Cataracts
C) Retinitis pigmentosa
D) Retinal blastoma

Question 12

_____________ work within the special education system but address the unique needs of students with visual impairments.

A) Teachers of the visually impaired
B) Physical therapist
C) Rehabilitation specialists
D) Transition specialists

Question 13

When you meet someone who is visually impaired, you should do all but which of the following?

A) Use a normal tone of voice
B) Talk to the person's sighted guide as the guide will know more about what is going on than the person with the visual impairment.
C) Let the person know when you walk into a room and when you leave the room.
D) Always use verbal descriptions, as the other person cannot see hand gestures.

Question 14

Which of the following is a valid assessment for a child with a visual impairment?

A) Fitnessgram
B) Test of Gross Motor Development II
C) Brockport Physical Fitness Test
D) Denver Developmental Screening test

Question 15

The AccesSports Model includes all but which of the following?

A) Targets and goals
B) Rules
C) Equipment
D) Siblings

Question 16

A running modification that would help a child to run with a sighted guide is:

A) Running with a guidewire
B) Running on a treadmill
C) Running with a tether
D) Running independently

Question 17

How many classifications does the USABA offer for children/youth with visual impairments?

A) 4
B) 3
C) 2
D) 1

Question 18

Which of the following types of hearing loss that a child might have is a requirement for receiving a cochlear implant?

A) a conductive loss
B) a trainable loss
C) a sensorineural loss
D) a mild loss

Question 19

The role of __________________________ is to facilitate communication between persons who are Deaf or hard-of-hearing and others, such as teachers, service providers, and peers within the educational environment.

A) a teacher of the Deaf
B) an audiologist
C) an educational interpreter
D) a speech pathologist

Question 20

The name of the disability that causes congenital deafblindness as well as other medical complications including heart issues, swallowing issues, and growth delays is which of the following?

A) CHARGE Syndrome
B) Usher Syndrome
C) Rubella
D) Turners Syndrome