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Hearing Impairment/Deafness
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Hearing impairment means an impairment in hearing, whether permanent or fluctuating, that adversely affects a student’s educational performance, but is not included in the following definition for deafness.
Deafness means a hearing impairment that is so severe that the student is impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing, with or without amplification, that adversely affects a student’s educational performance.
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Read about the specific criteria used to determine eligibility in the educational category of hearing impairment/deafness.
Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education – Criteria for Eligibility in the Educational Category of Hearing Impairment/Deafness
A student displays a hearing impairment/deafness when:
- A hearing impairment has been diagnosed by an audiologist, and
- The hearing impairment adversely affects the student’s educational performance.
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Other local, state and national resources related to hearing impairment/deafness
Local Resources
- Center for Hearing and Speech
- Central Institute for the Deaf
- Deaf, Inc.
- Deaf Inter-Link
- Deaf Linx
- Deaf Way Interpreting and Community Services (Paraquad)
- Greater St. Louis Association of the Deaf
- St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf
- The Moog Center for Deaf Education
State Resources
- Missouri Association of the Deaf
- Missouri Assistive Technology
- Missouri Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Missouri School for the Deaf
National Resources
- The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- The American Society for Deaf Children
- Better Hearing Institute
- Hearing Health Foundation
- Hearing Loss Association of America
- The International Hearing Society
- National Association of the Deaf
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)