EDUC230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Lip Reading, Otitis Media, Cochlear Implant
12 Apr 2017
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A hearing loss that is so severe that the child is impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing, with or without amplification that A loss of hearing, whether permanent or fluctuating, that adversely affects a child"s educational performance but that is not included under the definition of deafness in this section. Overview of the deaf and hard of hearing population. Note: hearing impaired is not considered pc by deaf people. Approximately 36 million people in the us have hearing loss (many are older- 70-80 years old) Approximately 1 million of them are culturally/functionally deaf and use american sign. Others are known as hard of hearing, use hearing aids, cochlear implants or no hearing devices. These individuals may use sign language to communicate, may just use their voices, or both. Small population in schools- about 1. 2% of all students with an iep have hearing loss. Incidence- 2 to 3 of every 1,000 children are born deaf.
