A survey of 54 personnel preparation programs in the education of the hearing impaired found that most teacher educators believe there is a need to modify existing curricula in order to prepare teachers of learning-disabled hearing-impaired students, though neither separate state certification nor a specific teacher preparation program was…

The national survey of 754 teachers of the hearing impaired found that teachers identified 23 percent of their students as also learning disabled whereas administrators in a previous study identified only 6.7 percent of hearing impaired students as also learning disabled. Teachers (84 percent) also reported little training in teaching such…

Survey responses from 63 administrators of programs for hearing impaired students indicated a lack of criteria for identifying hearing impaired students with additional learning disabilities, limited resources for appropriate assessment and programming, and a lack of properly qualified teachers for this population. (Author/DB)

A teacher, speech-language pathologist, school principal, and audiologist rated 27 hearing-impaired elementary students on effective use of language, speech, and sign language and on presence of a learning disability and/or behavior problem. Ratings were compared with each other and with test scores purporting to identify learning disabilities or…

This article discusses issues involved in psychological assessment of children with hearing loss who have additional disabilities or special needs. It provides recommendations for appropriate methods of assessment that accommodate the communication difficulties associated with hearing loss. This article includes assessment procedures for children…