HI & VI Study Guide Flash

What are characteristics of hearing impairments?

• limited attention span 

  mishearing and mispronouncing words 

  not responding when called 

  slowness of responses, especially with background noise

• breathing through the mouth 

  irritability and frustration 

  delayed speech and language development 

   

• Difficulty seeing

• hyperactivity

What are 3 related service providers - what they do and how they work with those with HI and VI. 

• Speech Path:

  Speech pathologists use speech therapy to help students with hearing impairments improve their quality of life. They work on interventions for speech disorders related to voice, articulation, fluency- for vision impared students, Many students who are blind or visually impaired learn to talk by echoing or copying phrases or sentences even if they do not understand it. The speech path supports this learning.

• ED. Audiologists:

  advises teachers on how to accommodate their students' hearing loss in the classroom.

  identifies acoustical modifications for the classroom.

  makes sure that equipment, needed to access the curriculum, consistently works.

• Occupation Therapists:

  helps the vision-impaired/ HI individual to move confidently, safely and independently in their environments with strategies and tools to aide success.

What are 3 examples of specific Assistive Tech Devices (URL link and description of how to use) for those with HI and VI 

• Speech to text extension. Student can dictate into a google doc to type. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/speech-to-text-voice-reco/kcgloaobfaiejoiahlhnfaolfcifjjho 

• Go Talk

  https://www.attainmentcompany.com/gotalk-9

  Records and stores up to 45 messages in five levels, up to 8.25 minutes in total

  Nine programmable buttons allow the user to personalize each level with pictures and vocal recordings

  Includes three additional core buttons for frequently used words or phrases across levels

  Offers sequential recording for quick set-up and re-recording

• IPAD w/ Braille support

  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210066

  This allows students with major to minor vision impairments the opportunity to use tech.

What are 3 ways to use UDL for those with HI/VI 

• HI:

  1.Ensure movies/video are captioned and/or transcripts can be provided.

  2.Include appropriate illustrations and graphics to explain concepts

  3.Enunciate clearly

• VI:

  1.Provide descriptions (text or spoken) for all images, graphics, video, or animations

  2.Allow for a competent aide, partner, or “intervener” to read text aloud

  3. Provide physical objects and spatial models to convey perspective or interaction

What are 3 accommodations & 3 modifications for the physical environment 

• HI:

  Carpet or other noise-reducing materials in the classroom

  Specialized lighting to allow for accurate lip reading, note taking, or using sign language

  Safety – flashing fire alarm instead of sound only

  Room design modifications to allow for a quieter environment or a sign language interpreterHI

• VI:

  Use recorded text as needed.

  Classroom recording of lectures/instruction by the student.

  Large Print textbooks/materials.

  Braille textbooks/materials.

• HI:

  Reduced length or quantity of tests

  Provide reading assistance with tests and allow extra time and Shortened or modified writing and reading assignments

• VI:

  preferential seating in the classroom for all films, assemblies and demonstration lessons.

  seated facing away from windows.

  permission to move about the room as needed to see information presented away from his/her desk.

  

What is the legal definition of a HI and VI? 

• Hearing impairment means an impairment in 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.

• Visual impairment including blindness means an impairment in vision that, even with correction, adversely affects a child’s educational performance. The term includes both partial sight and blindness.

What is the incidence rates of HI and VI? 

• About 2 to 3 out of every 1,000 children in the United States are born with a detectable level of hearing loss in one or both ears.

• Approximately 6.8% of children younger than 18 years in the United States have a diagnosed eye and vision condition.

What are possible causes of HI and VI? 

• eye conditions like amblyopia (“lazy eye”) or strabismus (misaligned or crossed eyes), eye or brain injuries, or birth defects.

• otitis media (infection of the middle ear), genetic disorders, exposure to loud noise, and certain diseases (such as meningitis).

What are characteristics of vision impairments?

• not be able to see objects at a distance, like on a whiteboard or blackboard. having trouble reading (or learning to read) and participating in class. not be able to focus on objects or follow them, may squint often and rub their eyes a lot, have chronic eye redness or sensitivity to light.

• hyperactivity

• red eyes

• falling asleep during class