The video should be used with the curriculum, which is designed for service providers working with infants and young children with severe disabilities who are at a presymbolic level of development. The manual's purpose is to give insight, information, and strategies for intervention to service providers for infants, toddlers, and preschool age children who are deaf-blind. The manual is divided into fourteen sections containing topic information specific to deaf-blindness. Taken from the Boys Town National Research Hospital's website , this article contains information about hearing loss and hearing aids in infants and children. A pediatric optometrist demonstrates a comprehensive battery of vision tests that are appropriate for infants under 12 months of age.
Video is accompanied by a booklet.
It demonstrates various testing procedures and explains what each test measures and how it works. The difference between sensory-neural hearing loss and conductive hearing loss is explained and demonstrated through animation. This video identifies the importance of early identification of visual impairment in infants with severe and multiple disabilities. It shows an early interventionist obtaining functional vision information with two infants who have both visual impairment and hearing loss through structured observation in the home and parent interview. Parents share their feelings about their infants' disabilities.