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| What is the definition of Hearing Impairment? |
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Definition
| 1) Adversley effects educational performance 2) The hearing loss is so sever that it impairs acquisition of linguistic information. 3) The level which they can hear is classified w/correction |
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Term
| What is residual hearing? |
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Definition
| The amount of hearing that is left after the loss is taken into account (it is the usable sense that is left) |
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Term
| What is Deaf w/a capital "D"? |
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Definition
| It refers to the deaf culture & deaf community. They don't feel they have a disability and don't want to be labeled with one. |
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Term
| What are the three classifications of hearing loss? |
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Definition
| Conductive Hearing loss, Sensorineural hearing loss, and mixed hearing loss. |
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Term
| Describe the problem with people who have conductive hearing loss. |
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Definition
| They have problems with waves that go from the outer ear into the ossicular chain. (The sound transmission is blocked in the middle or outer ear.) |
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Term
| Describe the problem with people who have sensorineural hearing loss |
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Definition
| IT is a problem with the cochlea which vibrates as a nerve stimulus. (involves the inner ear, cochlea, and or the auditory nerve.) |
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Term
| Describe the problem with people who have mixed hearing loss. |
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Definition
| There is combination of onductive hearing loss and sensorineural hearing loss. |
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Term
| What impacts has the cochlea implants had? |
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Definition
| It has dramitically changed the landscapes of this disability. |
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Term
| How is language impacted by the age of hearing loss onset? |
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Definition
| The language development depends on when the hearing loss occurs. Prelingual: hearing loss is present at hirth or before speech onset. Psotlingual: hearing loss is acquired after speech onset. |
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Term
| Above how many decibles is sound considered harmful? |
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Definition
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Term
| Who argued about how children with deafness should be educated? |
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Definition
| Thomas Gaulludet and Alexander Graham Bell |
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Term
| What did Gallaudet believe about communication to persons that are deaf? |
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Definition
| He believed in strictly manual communication and believed in the segregated school systems. |
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Term
| What did Bell believe about the communication of persons who are deaf? |
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Definition
| Students whould be educated in th egeneral education classroom and we should be teaching in total communication. |
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Term
| Describe the three communication methods. |
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Definition
| 1) Manual communication - sign language/finger spelling 2) Oral communication - encouraged use of residual hearing and speech reading. 3) total communication - combo of spoken and manual communication. |
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Term
| Discuss the prevalence of hearing impairments as it relates to age. |
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Definition
| As age increases, the prevalence of hearing impairment also does. |
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Term
| What is the etiology of hearing impairments? |
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Definition
| It is very broad based and the causes come from multiple perspectives. |
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Term
| What does intelligence look like for students with hearing impairment? |
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Definition
| The intelligence is normally distributed or average. We used to think low average because of the tests given, but not true! |
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Term
| What is the most severe developmental area effected by hearing loss? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the most severe area impacted with educational achievement with students with hearing impairment? |
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Definition
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Term
| How are students with hearing impairments placed? |
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Definition
| about 1/2 are in the general education classroom. |
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Term
| What is transition planning like for persons with hearing loss? |
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Definition
| Transition planning is both qualitatively and quantitatively different than any of the other disabilities. |
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Term
| Is technology useful for individuals with hearing impairment? Describe some |
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Definition
| YES! It is most useful for this disability. Sound field systems are helpful by the numbers and has a broad based appeal and impact. Cochlear implants dramtically helps even though the deaf community doesnt support them. |
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Term
| Are schools liable for things such as cochlear implants for individuals with hearing impairment? |
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Definition
| NO...courts ruled this way because these are a medical procedure not an educational procedure. Also, they are very expensive. |
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Term
| What the trends, issues, and controversies associated with individuals with hearing impairment. (3) |
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Definition
| 1) There is alack of deaf-educators so its a big problem trying to educate this group 2) Making sure family is involved to improve childs outcome 3) Early interention is vitally important to outcome |
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Term
| What is the IDEA definition of Visual Impairments? |
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Definition
| It is a visual impairment that, even w/correction, adversely affects an individual's education performance. |
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Term
| What is most important as an educator in realation to individuals with visual impairment? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the two issues when it comes to vision? |
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Definition
| Acutiy - which is the ability to see detail (whether near or far) and Vision field - which is divided into quadrants. |
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Term
| What did Louis Braille develop? |
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Definition
| Louis Braille created a system of Braille dots for communication for individuals with vision impairment. |
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Term
| What is the prevalence of indiviudals with vision impairment? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the social and emotional skills of indiviudals with vision impairments? |
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Definition
| They struggle with social skills as a group. Since 70% of communication is nonverbal, there will be problems with communication. |
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Term
| How do we need to teach individuals with vision impairments? |
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Definition
| Need to be taught directly (or explicity) with things such as modeling and feedback. |
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Term
| What do the transition plans look like for indiviudals with vision impairment? |
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Definition
| Transition plans look vastly different because of this disability. There is significuance in employment outcomes so their transition plans and skills training need to benefit them greatly. |
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Term
| How do we assess individuals with vision impairments? |
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Definition
| First, we look to the medical proffessionals to diagnose outside of education. Opthalmologists & Optometrists quantify the degree of vision impairment. Then secondly, the SPED do assessments to see if there is adverse impact on education. |
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Term
| Where are students with visual impairments educated? |
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Definition
| Most in the Gen Ed classroom - 57.2%. This is the most placed in the gen ed classroom of all disabilities. |
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Term
| What areas can we as teachers accomodate for students with vision impairments? (4) |
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Definition
| Lighting - high/low , Color and contrast - colored over lays - foreground/background issues, size and distance - bolding size of text, time- very important for this disability |
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Term
| What do transition plans look like for individuals with vision impairment? (8) |
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Definition
| They look different for this disability. Transition planning includes: vocational selection, continuing education, travel skills (orientation and mobility), low vision devices, social adjustment, community resources, family education, independence. |
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Term
| What kinds of work is needed to increase travel skills for individuals with vision impairment? |
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Definition
| There is work needed with orientation and mobility. Needs to be explicit instruction. |
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Term
| What are the issues with diversity with indiviudals with vision impairment? |
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Definition
| SES impacts this group by the availability of eye care. There is also cultural susceptibility to eye diseases |
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Term
| Is technology important to individuals with vision impairment? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the biggest trends, issue, controversy for individuals with vision impairment? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the issues with assessmetns with indiviudals with hearing impairments? |
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Definition
| There is literature on assessment issues. We don't know what should be the correct medium to give to these children. |
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Term
| What is the federal definition of deaf-blindeness? |
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Definition
| concominant visual and hearing impairment & students cannot be accomodated in SPED solely for children with vision impairment or solely for vhildren with hearing impairment |
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Term
| What is the federal definition for multiple disabilities? |
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Definition
| concominant impairments, that the combination causes such severe educational needs that students cannot be accomodated in SPED programs solely for one of the impairments |
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Term
| What is the federal definition for orthopedic impairment? |
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Definition
| 1) includes congenital problems (club foot, missing limb, etc) 2) or could be a result of disease (polio, musc distorphe), or could be result of accident or injury. This is the category where fine and gross motor skills are affected. |
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Term
| What is the federal definition of other health impairment? |
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Definition
| looking at things like asthma, epilepsy, diabetes, cancer that adversely affects a childs academic performance. ADHD has also been added |
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Term
| What is the federal definition of traumatic brain injury? |
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Definition
| Primarily from injuries from trauma to the head, like blunt force trauma. Strokes are exluded. |
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Term
| Why have the number diagnosed for OHI increase so dramatically? |
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Definition
| Because of the addtion of ADHD which wasnt originally designed for it. |
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Term
| What is the etiology of vision impairement? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the etiology of physical disabilities, health dis., and related low-incidence dis? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the major health impairments of students with OHI? |
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Definition
| seizure disorders, and asthma |
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Term
| Who diagnosis physical dis, health dis, and related low-incidence dis? |
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Definition
| medical evaluation is where diagnosis is mad. The medical field is strongly involved primarily. |
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Term
| What is the outlook for individuals with traumatic brain injury for recovery? Give a # |
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Definition
| About 50% (or 1/2) recover to a pre-morbid or "normal" state. They are said to be "back to where they were". |
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Term
| Why are interventions good for the physical dis, health dis, and related low-incidence dis good? |
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Definition
| Because they are easy to identify so outcomes look good. There are referrals from the primary doctors so caught early. |
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Term
| Do many make it to typical competitive employment (OHI, etc) |
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Definition
| NO, their transition plans look significantly different. |
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Term
| Is tech good for this group (OHI, DB, OI, etc)? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the trends issues, and controversies surrounding this group (OHI, OI, DB, etc) |
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Definition
| qualified staff is low, SD is non categorical so it effects more because there are so many different cases |
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