Chapter 9 and chapter 10 reading check and week 12 HI MA and VI MA

At what age are infants who can hear first able to discriminate speech sounds?

1 month

Which of the following devices can read street signs and announce traffic signals for people with visual impairments?

A Global Positioning System

What is the most common instructional modification used for students with HI?

Amplification

List two (2) components (skills) that should be included in programming for students with VI.

Communication skills and social/emotional skills

An impairment that interferes with the transfer of sound along the pathway of the middle and outer ear is considered what type of hearing loss?

Conductive Hearing Loss

Students who have a hearing loss of greater than 90 decibels are considered to be what by legal and medical professionals?

Deaf

Which of the following is an example of a student who would qualify for special education services as a student who is deaf?

Demetrius, who wears hearing aids but still cannot understand speech

What appears to be the largest cause of Visual Impairments?

Hereditary (Biological Causes)

Is HI considered a low or high incidence disability?

Low incidence disability

What is the most common instructional modification used for students with VI?

Magnification

Which of the following is not a problem experienced by a person with a limited field of vision?

Marshall's 20/20 vision allows him to read the smallest print from 20 feet away.

Malcolm is a student in Mrs. Whetstone's fourth grade class. She is confused by his difficulties. Some days, he is so dizzy that he spends most of the day with the nurse. He also reports that he hears noises or ringing sounds that nobody else hears. Sometimes, Malcolm does not seem to hear and other days his hearing is much better. Malcolm has symptoms associated with

Ménière's disease

Which of the following statements about orientation and mobility (O & M) is most accurate?

O & M skills must be taught at an early age.

Colby is a year old and has cleft palate. He needs an evaluation to determine if problems associated with this condition are affecting his hearing. Which of the following tests can be used?

Operant conditioning audiometry

What is the name of the modification that may be placed in the IEP in which students with VI can change seats to view classroom materials more easily?

Roaming

Mrs. Torrez has been informed that Victoria, a new student with low vision, is being placed in her class. Which of the following is probably TRUE about Victoria?

She will mainly use her vision to learn.

Why might a student with HI exhibit behavior problems?

Students with H I may exhibit withdrawn behaviors in addition to feelings of being an outsider. They also may have maladjustment problems and they resent the need for wearing a hearing aid, or for the use of an amplification device. All these behaviors, problems and resentments may lead to behavior issues in the classroom.

Which of the following is not a factor that determines how a hearing loss affects language and communication?

The language spoken in the community

What is emphasized in the definition of visual impairments in IDEA?

The relationship between vision and learning

Which of the following does not describe zero dB?

The smallest sound that can be perceived by a person who is deaf

Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding sensorineural hearing losses?

They can be corrected with surgery.

Which of the following is TRUE about cognition and children with limited vision?

They have difficulty connecting their experiences.

Which educational approach emphasizes the use of both speech and sign language?

Total communication

Nigel states that he does not like social studies class because they spend most of the time reading. He claims that the text is blurry when he holds the book close to his face. He often complains of headaches. His teacher says that he is seeking attention because there are days that his vision is fine. Nigel is exhibiting symptoms of

astigmatism

The most likely sequence of activities related to sound for children involved in auditory training is

awareness, localization, discrimination, identification

The ability to fuse the single images from each eye into a single three-dimensional shape is called

binocular vision

The academic achievement gap between deaf and hard-of-hearing students and their hearing peers

increases as students get older

Teachers can help children with low vision develop visual efficiency by

providing visual instruction in the context of daily activities

Blindness occurs children.

ten

One drawback for students with adventitious visual impairments is that

they have a greater need for emotional support