FRHD 2110 Chapter 11: Unit 10- Sensory Impairments
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Deemed sensory impaired when one or more of their senses is no longer functioning at a typical or normal level. Hearing impairment: typically used in canadian schools, refers to the full range of possible degrees of hearing loss. Council for exceptional children defines deafness as a hearing loss that has a negative effect on educational performance and is so severe that the individual has great difficulty processing linguistic information through hearing, without use of hearing aids. Hard of hearing- hearing impairment that affects their educational performance and communication sills. More specific degrees of hearing loss measured with decibels (db) Categories of hearing loss and the effect on students in classrooms. Students can detect all speech sounds even at a soft conversation level. The student"s hearing would be plotted in the - 10 to +15 decibel range on an audiogram. Students may have difficulty hearing faint or distant speech.