Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Hearing Loss and Deafness/Hard of Hearing

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Patient Education| 2021 Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Hearing Loss and Deafness/Hard of Hearing Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools—Hearing Loss and Deafness/Hard of Hearing. Pediatric Patient Education 2021; 10.1542/ppe_document019 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All AAP SitesAll PublicationsPediatric Patient Education Search Advanced Search Subjects: Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care The terms hearing loss and deafness/hard of hearing describe a wide range of conditions that partially or totally prevent individuals from receiving sound in all or most of its forms.Children with hearing loss may hear sounds very differently. Some children respond well to hearing amplification, such as hearing aids, and can hear speech enough to support language development. Other children may minimally respond to sounds in their environments.New technology such as cochlear implants might provide better access to sound for some children than traditional hearing aids.The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) includes “hearing impairment” and “deafness” as 2 separate categories under which children may be eligible for special education and related services programming.Hearing loss is defined by IDEA as “an impairment in hearing, whether permanent or fluctuating, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance.”Deafness/hard of... © 2019 American Academy of Pediatrics. All rights reserved. You do not currently have access to this content.