TEXES 181 DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING
EXAM 2022 CERTIFICATION PAPER 2026
FULL ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Sensorimotor. Answer: birth to 2 years old; sensory information from
their surrounding environments and motor activities
⩥ Preoperational Stage. Answer: 2 to 7 years old; not yet developed the
ability to perform mental operations; egocentric; conservation-the
concept that quantities remain constant regardless of shape or
appearance.
Animism-attributing human qualities to inanimate objects
Magical thinking-external events to one's internal thoughts
⩥ Concrete Operational Stage. Answer: 7 to 11 years old; the ability to
think logically and conduct mental operations with regard to concrete
objects. They still have trouble comprehending hypothetical and abstract
concepts.
⩥ Formal Operational Stage. Answer: ability to understand and
manipulate completely abstract concepts; the development of logic;
deductive reasoning; consider hypothetical situations
,⩥ Communication of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Answer: The children
also may show excellent verbal skills in monologues, but they are not
able to initiate and maintain conversations and have difficulty with turn-
taking.
⩥ ADHD. Answer: impulse control; emotional self-regulation; sustain
attention; interfering with social interactions as much as with academic
performance
⩥ Three types of hearing loss. Answer: conductive, sensorineural, and
mixed hearing loss
⩥ Chronic Otitis Media. Answer: It occurs when fluid remains in the
inner ear. This can cause poor balance as fluid fills the Eustachian tubes.
The fluid affects balance, which can cause clumsiness. It will make
hearing soft sounds difficult.
⩥ Conductive hearing. Answer: It happens when sound is not efficiently
conducted from the outer ear canal to the ear drum. This type can be
corrected with surgery. In this type of hearing loss, the person will have
trouble hearing faint sounds and also have a reduction in their sound
levels.
⩥ Cochlear Implants. Answer: they are small electronic devices that are
used to produce hearing sensations for people that are deaf or are
,severely hard of hearing. It is used to bypass the damaged parts of the
ear. They stimulate the auditory nerve.
⩥ Pinna. Answer: the ear lobe
⩥ Wechsler Intelligence Scale. Answer: It is useful for eleven years. It is
suitable for students between the ages of 6 and 16.
⩥ Auditory training. Answer: It helps children use residual to develop
sound awareness.
⩥ Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence. Answer: It is
suitable for younger students. Both have alternative supplements
because the verbal scales are not suitable for D/HH students.
⩥ Student Communication Repair Inventory and Practical Training.
Answer: helps discover which strategies students use to repair
communication. This provides teachers with the opportunity to guide
students to the appropriate repair strategies.
⩥ Autism Spectrum Disorders. Answer: The students also may show
excellent verbal skills in monologues but be unable to initiate and
maintain conversations and have difficulty with turn-taking.
, ⩥ Receptive Language. Answer: the ability to understand spoken and
written language
⩥ Echolalia. Answer: continually repeating what others say is normal in
younger children.
⩥ Down syndrome. Answer: lower/weaker muscle tone/hypotonia
May not develop physical coordination, balance, and proprioception
Oral-motor skills are slower
small noses
short, stubby fingers
short, thick necks
small heads
celiac disease (gluten intolerance)
gastroesophageal reflux
hypothyroidism
hearing and vision problems
⩥ Accommodations for blind students. Answer: braille, computer text-
to-speech software, orientation and mobility specialists,
⩥ Orientation and Mobility Specialists. Answer: teach blind students
how to get around in indoor and outdoor settings.
EXAM 2022 CERTIFICATION PAPER 2026
FULL ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Sensorimotor. Answer: birth to 2 years old; sensory information from
their surrounding environments and motor activities
⩥ Preoperational Stage. Answer: 2 to 7 years old; not yet developed the
ability to perform mental operations; egocentric; conservation-the
concept that quantities remain constant regardless of shape or
appearance.
Animism-attributing human qualities to inanimate objects
Magical thinking-external events to one's internal thoughts
⩥ Concrete Operational Stage. Answer: 7 to 11 years old; the ability to
think logically and conduct mental operations with regard to concrete
objects. They still have trouble comprehending hypothetical and abstract
concepts.
⩥ Formal Operational Stage. Answer: ability to understand and
manipulate completely abstract concepts; the development of logic;
deductive reasoning; consider hypothetical situations
,⩥ Communication of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Answer: The children
also may show excellent verbal skills in monologues, but they are not
able to initiate and maintain conversations and have difficulty with turn-
taking.
⩥ ADHD. Answer: impulse control; emotional self-regulation; sustain
attention; interfering with social interactions as much as with academic
performance
⩥ Three types of hearing loss. Answer: conductive, sensorineural, and
mixed hearing loss
⩥ Chronic Otitis Media. Answer: It occurs when fluid remains in the
inner ear. This can cause poor balance as fluid fills the Eustachian tubes.
The fluid affects balance, which can cause clumsiness. It will make
hearing soft sounds difficult.
⩥ Conductive hearing. Answer: It happens when sound is not efficiently
conducted from the outer ear canal to the ear drum. This type can be
corrected with surgery. In this type of hearing loss, the person will have
trouble hearing faint sounds and also have a reduction in their sound
levels.
⩥ Cochlear Implants. Answer: they are small electronic devices that are
used to produce hearing sensations for people that are deaf or are
,severely hard of hearing. It is used to bypass the damaged parts of the
ear. They stimulate the auditory nerve.
⩥ Pinna. Answer: the ear lobe
⩥ Wechsler Intelligence Scale. Answer: It is useful for eleven years. It is
suitable for students between the ages of 6 and 16.
⩥ Auditory training. Answer: It helps children use residual to develop
sound awareness.
⩥ Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence. Answer: It is
suitable for younger students. Both have alternative supplements
because the verbal scales are not suitable for D/HH students.
⩥ Student Communication Repair Inventory and Practical Training.
Answer: helps discover which strategies students use to repair
communication. This provides teachers with the opportunity to guide
students to the appropriate repair strategies.
⩥ Autism Spectrum Disorders. Answer: The students also may show
excellent verbal skills in monologues but be unable to initiate and
maintain conversations and have difficulty with turn-taking.
, ⩥ Receptive Language. Answer: the ability to understand spoken and
written language
⩥ Echolalia. Answer: continually repeating what others say is normal in
younger children.
⩥ Down syndrome. Answer: lower/weaker muscle tone/hypotonia
May not develop physical coordination, balance, and proprioception
Oral-motor skills are slower
small noses
short, stubby fingers
short, thick necks
small heads
celiac disease (gluten intolerance)
gastroesophageal reflux
hypothyroidism
hearing and vision problems
⩥ Accommodations for blind students. Answer: braille, computer text-
to-speech software, orientation and mobility specialists,
⩥ Orientation and Mobility Specialists. Answer: teach blind students
how to get around in indoor and outdoor settings.
