Disability Categories Main Page Additional Pages: Autism Deaf-Blindness Deafness Developmentally Delayed Emotional Disturbance Fuctional Delay Hearing Impairment Intellectual Disability Intellectually Gifted Multiple Disabilities Orthopedic Impairment Other Health Impairment Specific Learning Disabilities Speech or Language Impairment Traumatic Brain Injury Visual Impairment

1. Definition Hearing Impairment means an impairment in hearing, whether permanent or fluctuating, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance but does not include Deafness. A child shall have one or more of the following characteristics: (1) inability to communicate effectively due to a Hearing Impairment; (2) inability to perform academically on a level commensurate with the expected level because of a Hearing Impairment; (3) delayed speech and/or language development due to a Hearing Impairment. 2. Evaluation The characteristics identified in the Hearing Impairment Definition are present. Evaluation Procedures Evaluation of Hearing Impairment shall include the following: (1) audiological evaluation; (2) evaluation of speech and language performance; (3) school history and levels of learning or educational performance; (4) observation of classroom performance; and (5) documentation, including observation and/or assessment, of how Hearing Impairment adversely impacts the child’s educational performance in his/her learning environment. Evaluation Participants Information shall be gathered from the following persons in the evaluation of Hearing Impairment: (1) the parent; (2) the child’s general education classroom teacher (with a child of less than school age, an individual qualified to teach a child of his/her age); (3) a licensed special education teacher; (4) an audiologist or licensed physician; (5) a licensed speech/language teacher or specialist; and (6) other professional personnel, as indicated.