Hearing Impaired Students Hearing loss is the most frequent chronic physical impairment in the United States. The losses range from mild to total. The age of onset often significantly impacts on the severity of the impairment, and those who lost their hearing prior to the development of speech generally are the most disabled. Because they have never heard language, these students are likely to have speech and reading deficits. Some, but not all, hearing-impaired students are able to lip read, but even when highly skilled, the lip reader misses more than half of what is said.
Sign language is the primary form of communication for the severely and profoundly hearing impaired.
Permit the student to sit close to the speaker, or to the qualified interpreter. Write key points on the blackboard and provide written copies of the materials used. Provide the student with copies of outlines, lecture notes, supporting documentation, and other devices that replace the auditory classroom information. Mobility and Manual Dexterity Impaired Students Students with gross motor deficits, those who ambulate slowly, use canes, crutches, wheelchairs, braces, prostheses, are challenged on our campus by its physical conditions. Because of these challenges, the Office of Special Student Services tries to arrange classes for mobility-disabled students to minimize problems of going from one class to another.