Can be mild to moderate in degree Identified infants and toddlers May be unilateral or bilateral (birth-36 months) are serviced Hearing aids and surgery can help under Part C of IDEA-California Early Start Services. Identified children ages 3 through Central Hearing Loss 21 are serviced under Part B of Problem lies in the central nervous IDEA. system (CNS) Interpreting speech becomes a Who is Responsible for complex tasks Services? Sensorineural Hearing School Districts Loss County Office of Educations Most common type of permanent Special Education Local Plan Areas hearing loss Damage to the inner ear (cochlea) Assessment Services or the nerve pathways from the inner ear to the brain Audiological Cannot be corrected by medical or Communication/Language Skills surgical procedures Manual Communications (i.e. ASL) Spoken Language Mixed Hearing Loss Written Language A combination of both conductive Telecommunication Skills (i.e. TTY) hearing loss and SNHL Preacademic Skills There may be damage in the outer Academic Skills or middle ear and in the inner ear Motor Skills (cochlea) or to the nerve pathways Psychological from the inner ear to the brain Support Services Under IDEA, the U.S. Department of Education (2007) reports that 76,522 students ages 3 to 21 receive special Program Specialist education services under the category of Site Administrator “hearing impairment”. 14,787 children Resource Specialist receive audiological services in early Instructional Aide intervention programs. Individuals who General Education/Special are deaf and hard of hearing will have the Education following mandated services: Speech, language, and hearing specialist Identification Services Audiologist Educational Interpreter Real-time captioner Early identification of deaf and Note-taker hard of hearing individuals can Adapted physical Education lead to higher success rates later in teacher life. Occupational/ physical therapist Career/vocational specialist
Can be mild to moderate in degree May be unilateral or bilateral Hearing aids and surgery can help Central Hearing Loss Problem lies in the central nervous system (CNS) Interpreting speech becomes a complex tasks Sensorineural Hearing Loss Most common type of permanent hearing loss Damage to the inner ear (cochlea) or the nerve pathways from the inner ear to the brain Cannot be corrected by medical or surgical procedures Mixed Hearing Loss A combination of both conductive hearing loss and SNHL There may be damage in the outer or middle ear and in the inner ear (cochlea) or to the nerve pathways from the inner ear to the brain Under IDEA, the U.S. Department of Education (2007) reports that 76,522 students ages 3 to 21 receive special education services under the category of “hearing impairment”. 14,787 children receive audiological services in early intervention programs. Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing will have the following mandated services: Identification Services Early identification of deaf and hard of hearing individuals can lead to higher success rates later in life. Identified infants and toddlers (birth-36 months) are serviced under Part C of IDEA-California Early Start Services. Identified children ages 3 through 21 are serviced under Part B of IDEA. Who is Responsible for Services? School Districts County Office of Educations Special Education Local Plan Areas Assessment Services Audiological Communication/Language Skills Manual Communications (i.e. ASL) Spoken Language Written Language Telecommunication Skills (i.e. TTY) Preacademic Skills Academic Skills Motor Skills Psychological Support Services Program Specialist Site Administrator Resource Specialist Instructional Aide General Education/Special Education Speech, language, and hearing specialist Audiologist Educational Interpreter Real-time captioner Note-taker Adapted physical Education teacher Occupational/ physical therapist Career/vocational specialist
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