CHAPTER NINE
Match the statement with the term. Some terms may be used more than once. Not all terms are used. In an email, number the question and write the answer. You do not need to include the statement.
Adventitious
Bilateral
Conductive
Congenital
Hereditary
Multilateral
Sensorineural
Unilateral
1. This hearing loss is prelingual.
2. This hearing impairment is acquired after birth.
3. This hearing impairment is present at birth.
4. When children have this hearing impairment, teachers must focus on acquisition of speech.
5. When children have this hearing impairment, teachers must focus on maintenance of speech.
6. This hearing loss is postlingual.
7. This hearing impairment is present in only one ear.
8. This hearing impairment is present in both ears.
9. This hearing impairment is caused by damage to the inner ear.
10. A hearing aid is more effective with this type of hearing loss.
11. With this hearing impairment sound is delivered to the brain in a distorted fashion or not at all.
13. This hearing impairment can often be corrected with surgery.
14. This hearing loss refers to damage of the auditory nerve fibers.
15. A buildup of excessive wax in the auditory canal can cause this type of hearing loss.
16. This hearing loss can be caused if ear drum ossicles do not move properly.
Identify the level of auditory training that matches the statement. The levels of auditory training: awareness, localization, discrimination, comprehension.
1. In this level of auditory training, children are trained to detect the presence of sound. What is the level?
2. In this level of auditory training, children are taught to identify the meaning of sounds. What is the level?
3. In this level of auditory training, children are taught to distinguish between sounds. What is the level?
4. In this level of auditory training, children are taught to find the direction from which the sound is coming. What is the level?
5. Being able to tell the difference between a high-pitched sound and a low-pitched sound. What is the level?
6. Being able to understand a short list of directions. What is the level?
7. Being able to tell if the dog is barking. What is the level?
8. Distinguishing the difference between the words “cat” and “cake.” What is the level?
9. Being able to tell if the phone is ringing. What is the level?
10. Being able to recognize a voice on the telephone. What is the level?
11. Being able to tell where the siren is coming from. What is the level?
12. Being able to understand a message on the intercom. What is the level?
American Sign Language (ASL)
Auditory learning
Bilingual-bicultural (Bi-bi)
Cued speech
Fingerspelling
Manually coded English
Oral/aural
Pidgin Signed English (PSE)
Speech reading
Total Communication
Total Communication
Total communication
1. Also called simcom
2. A mixture of English, ASL, and invented signs
3. Promoted of this recognize ASL as a native language
4. Use when no sign exists or to clarify meaning
5. A language in its own right
6. Simultaneous presentation of English by speech and signing
7. Begins by teaching awareness of sounds
8. An approach with no manual communication
9. The most common educational approach today
10. Supplementing oral communication with hand signs near the chin
11. Incorporates features of ASL but follows English usage and word order
12. The similarity in pronunciation of many English words makes this difficult
CHAPTER TEN All of the terms are used. Some of them may be used more than once.
20% or less
20/200
Braille
Functionally blind
Hyperopia
Mobility training
Motor development
Myopia
Orientation training
Proper light
Strabismus
Totally blind
1. The visual acuity criteria of the legal blindness definition is what?
2. The field of vision criteria of the legal blindness definition is what?
3. What educational classification is a student who receives no useful information through the sense of vision?
4. What educational classification is a student who learns primarily through senses of touch and hearing but has limited vision?
5. What do you call the training provided to visually impaired students that helps them move safely and efficiently from one point to another?
6. What do you call the training for visually impaired students that helps them know where they are by interpreting information in the environment?
7. It’s a kind of tactile shorthand composed of 189 contractions.
8. Nearsightedness
9. Farsightedness
10. An inability to focus on the same object with both eyes because of imbalanced eye muscles.
11. What is the most effective low vision device?
12. Visual impairments often lead to delays or deficits in what?
Adversely affect educational performance
Age of onset, severity, and visibility
Assistive technology
Asthma
Cerebral palsy
Chronic condition
Drug therapy and behavioral interventions
Hemiplegic
Hyperglycemia
Muscular dystrophy
Orthopedic impairment
Other health impairments
Spina bifida
Transdisciplinary teaming
Traumatic brain injury
1. This type of impairment involves bones, joints, limbs and associated muscles.
2. An orthopedic impairment characterized as a disorder of voluntary movement and posture. Some types are hypertonia (spasicity) or hypotonia (floppy muscles).
3. An orthopedic impairment in which a portion of the spinal cord and nerves does not develop properly.
4. Children with heart conditions, epilepsy, and ADHD are sometimes served under this category
5. In order for a child to be served under either the orthopedic or other health impairments category, the disability must also (the second clause in each definition).
6. A long-term state in which a child experiences debilitating symptoms.
7. A group of inherited diseases marked by progressive atrophy of the muscles.
8. A chronic lung disease characterized by bouts of coughing.
9. A child who has cerebral palsy on the right side of her body would be classified as
10. True or False? Knowing the underlying cause of the student’s disability is often helpful in planning special needs services.
11. What are the three most critical variables affecting the impact of a physical disability or other health impairment on a child’s development?
12. True or False? The school district must pay for any specialized medical services provided a licensed physician does not perform the service.
13. An acquired injury to the brain caused by external force.
14. An item or piece of equipment used to improve the functional capabilities of a child with a disability.
15. An educational approach in which the teacher works closely with other specialists to provide the most appropriate education possible.
16. The more serious diabetic condition of high blood sugar resulting from too little insulin characterized by fatigue, thirst, labored breathing, excessive urination, and fruity-smelling breath.
17. What are the two most widely used interventions for ADHD
CHAPTER TWELVE
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Low-incidence
Occipital lobe
Recreation and leisure skills
Partial participation
Functional analysis
Positive behavior support
1. T or F. Students with severe disabilities are more alike than they are different.
2. T or F. Most students with severe disabilities have intellectual deficits.
3. T or F. In most cases of severe disabilities the cause cannot be clearly determined.
4. This is the leading cause of death in children.
5. This is what special educators call disabilities that do not occur very often.
6. Vision is located in what part of the brain?
7. There are several concerns regarding the curriculum of students with severe disabilities, including functionality, age-appropriateness, choice-making, and communication. What skill area is not included in this list that is taught to help constructively occupy free time?
8. The principle that guides teaching a child to perform at least some of the components of a task.
9. A non-aversive treatment approach for challenging behaviors that includes understanding the function of a behavior, teaching an alternative behavior, and restructuring the environment.
10. The experimental manipulation of variables in order to determine the function of a behavior.