Hearing Impairment

Pupils with a hearing impairment range from those with a mild hearing loss to those who are profoundly Deaf.  They cover the whole ability range.  For educational purposes, pupils are regarded as having a hearing impairment if they require hearing aids, adaptations to their environment and/or particular teaching strategies in order to access the concepts and language of the curriculum. 

A number of pupils with a hearing impairment also have an additional disability or learning difficulty.  Hearing loss may be because of conductive or sensori-neural problems and can be measured on a decibel scale.  Four categories are generally used: mild, moderate, severe and profound.  Some pupils with a significant loss communicate through sign instead of, or as well as, speech. 

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