This monograph, a product of a symposium that examined innovative research and practices in evaluation, adjustment training, and employment services for hearing impaired persons addresses the assessment phase of the vocational rehabilitation process. The editorial introduction provides an overview of how assessment is conducted with deaf individuals at various levels of functioning. The six articles contained in the monograph stress the assessment phase: "Independent and Dependent Characteristics and Service Needs of Deaf People--A Levels Model" (G. Austin); "Psychological Assessment of the Verbal Functioning of Postsecondary Program Applicants--Enhancing Predictive Validity" (R. Falberg); "Commercial Vocational Evaluation Systems and Deaf Persons" (S. Sligar); "Vocational Evaluation of Severely Disabled Hearing-Impaired Rehabilitation Clients" (F. Cheung); "Vocational Evaluation in Technical-Vocational Education" (D. Buchkoski); and "Career Assessment and Advisement of the Technical College Student" (J. DeCaro, A. Areson). A list of participants is included. (JW)