Hearing Impairments
This term refers to a person who has a hearing loss but uses the auditory channel as the primary avenue for oral communication, with or without a hearing aid.
What is hard of Hearing?
the inner area of the eye may become infected which could result in permanent visual impairment
What happens when the cornea is damaged through trauma or disease?
An inherited disease that is characterized by progressive muscle weakness from the degeneration of the muscle fiber.
What is Duchenne muscular dystrophy?
Ability to control and skillfully use one’s body to perform a task or express feelings and ideas; able to communicate through body language; and keen athletic ability.
What is Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence?
are supports that allow students access to the general curriculum but do not fundamentally alter the learning goal of grade level standard (Freedman ,2000, 2005)
What are accommodations?
shell- or spiral-shaped structure in the inner ear that is responsible for hearing
What is the cochlea?
communication skills, social competency, & medical needs
What are the instructional goals for most students with visual impairment?
physical disability that occurs from congenital anomalies, diseases, or other causes that adversely affect a child’s educational performance.
What is an orthopedic impairment?
A modification of the curriculum that enables students who are gifted to learn at a level appropriate to their ability and level of readiness.
What is differentiation?
detailed, factual, narrative descriptions of an account of an incident. The precise sequence of events is documented using descriptive language in order to describe exactly what occurs during a given situation.
What are anecdotal records?
How is manual communication different from oral communication?
What is sign language?
Use of hands
Unusual head or eye movements, poor grades, & frequent headaches.
What are considered a typical characteristics of individuals with visual impairments?
A type of epileptic seizure lasting for a brief period of time whereby the individual loses consciousness and stops moving, formerly known as a petit mal seizure.
What is an absence seizure?
The strategy of allowing a student to take high school classes while the student is still in middle school is
What is acceleration?
The simultaneous existence of two or more conditions/disabilities within the same person.
What is comorbidty?
Using preferential seating and using a hearing aid or personal FM system.
What is appropriate accommodations for students with mild hearing loss?
The colored, circular part of the eye in front of the lens that controls the size of the pupil.
What is the iris?
A chronic arthritic condition affecting the joints that occurs before 16 years of age.
What is juvenile idiopathic arthritis?
Instructional approach in which authentic problems having multiple solutions are addressed through the application of critical thinking skills.
What is problem-based learning?
students with disabilities are to be educated in an environment closest to general education.
What is Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)?
The academic area most negatively affected by a hearing impairment is
What is reading?
teaching independent travel
What is orientation and mobility training?
For a student with physical or health disabilities to qualify for special education services, the student's disability must
What interferes with his/her educational performance
Who was responsible for the initial work on measuring intelligence?
Who is Alfred Binet?
a process used to determine if a pupil responds to valid interventions. Designed as an early intervention as well as a way to diagnose learning disabilities.
What is Response to Intervention? (RTI)?