Hearing Impairment/Deafness
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.
- Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education – Criteria for Eligibility in the Educational Category of Hearing Impairment/Deafness
- Other local, state and national resources related to hearing impairment/deafness