DEAF HARD OF HEARING EXAM STUDY | 90
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE | WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION!!
IDEA Answer - The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law
that makes available a free appropriate public education to eligible children
with disabilities throughout the nation and ensures special education and
related services to those children.
FAPE Answer - Free Appropriate Public Education is an educational right of
children with disabilities in the United States that is guaranteed by the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
AAC Answer - Augmentative and Alternative Communication device-Children
and adults with severe speech or language problems may need to find other
ways to communicate. There are many types of AAC that they can use. Speech-
language pathologists, or SLPs, can help.
AABR Answer - Automated Auditory Brainstem Response (AABR)—This test
measures how the hearing nerve responds to sound. Clicks or tones are played
through soft earphones into the baby's ears. Three electrodes placed on the
baby's head measure the hearing nerve's response.
OAE Answer - Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE)—This test measures sound waves
produced in the inner ear. A tiny probe is placed just inside the baby's ear
,canal. It measures the response (echo) when clicks or tones are played into the
baby's ears.
Deaf President Now Answer - Deaf President Now was a student protest in
March 1988 at Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C. The university,
established by an act of Congress in 1864 to serve the deaf, had never once
been led by a Deaf president since its origination. Elizabeth Zinser was elected;
protests made and King Jordan was elected.
Gallaudet University Answer - is a federally chartered private university for the
education of the Deaf and hard of hearing located in Washington, D.C., on a 99-
acre (0.40 km2) campus; named after Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet- bilingual and
English.
Cochlear Implant (CI) Answer - is a surgically implanted electronic device that
provides a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard
of hearing in both ears; as of 2014 they had been used experimentally in some
people who had acquired deafness in one ear after learning how to speak.
Cochlear implants bypass the normal hearing process; they have a sound
processor that resides on the outside of the skin (and generally worn behind
the ear) which contains microphones, electronics, battery, and a coil which
transmits a signal to the implant. The implant has a coil to receive signals,
electronics, and an array of electrodes which is placed into the cochlea, which
stimulate the cochlear nerve.
Sound Field System Answer - A sound field system is a sound system for
schools that improves the learning environment for the entire class by
improving the sound environment in the classroom.
BAHA Answer - Bone Anchored Hearing Aid; While a hearing aid tries to push
sound through the damaged part of the ear, the Baha System uses your natural
ability to conduct sound through bone vibrations. Through bone conduction,
, sound bypasses the damaged outer or middle ear and sends clearer, more crisp
sound directly to your inner ear.
Single side-loss Answer - You have little or no hearing in one ear, but normal
hearing in the other ear.
Possible Causes:
Sudden deafness
Acoustic Neuroma
Birth defects
Genetics
Head trauma
Ménière's disease
Adverse reactions to drugs
Malformation at birth or missing inner ear or cochlea
Conductive Hearing Loss Answer - You have a problem with your outer or
middle ear.
Possible Causes:
Skin Allergies
Malformations at birth
Microtia and Astresia
Draining Ears
Chronic Ear Infections
Previous ear surgeries
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE | WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION!!
IDEA Answer - The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law
that makes available a free appropriate public education to eligible children
with disabilities throughout the nation and ensures special education and
related services to those children.
FAPE Answer - Free Appropriate Public Education is an educational right of
children with disabilities in the United States that is guaranteed by the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
AAC Answer - Augmentative and Alternative Communication device-Children
and adults with severe speech or language problems may need to find other
ways to communicate. There are many types of AAC that they can use. Speech-
language pathologists, or SLPs, can help.
AABR Answer - Automated Auditory Brainstem Response (AABR)—This test
measures how the hearing nerve responds to sound. Clicks or tones are played
through soft earphones into the baby's ears. Three electrodes placed on the
baby's head measure the hearing nerve's response.
OAE Answer - Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE)—This test measures sound waves
produced in the inner ear. A tiny probe is placed just inside the baby's ear
,canal. It measures the response (echo) when clicks or tones are played into the
baby's ears.
Deaf President Now Answer - Deaf President Now was a student protest in
March 1988 at Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C. The university,
established by an act of Congress in 1864 to serve the deaf, had never once
been led by a Deaf president since its origination. Elizabeth Zinser was elected;
protests made and King Jordan was elected.
Gallaudet University Answer - is a federally chartered private university for the
education of the Deaf and hard of hearing located in Washington, D.C., on a 99-
acre (0.40 km2) campus; named after Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet- bilingual and
English.
Cochlear Implant (CI) Answer - is a surgically implanted electronic device that
provides a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard
of hearing in both ears; as of 2014 they had been used experimentally in some
people who had acquired deafness in one ear after learning how to speak.
Cochlear implants bypass the normal hearing process; they have a sound
processor that resides on the outside of the skin (and generally worn behind
the ear) which contains microphones, electronics, battery, and a coil which
transmits a signal to the implant. The implant has a coil to receive signals,
electronics, and an array of electrodes which is placed into the cochlea, which
stimulate the cochlear nerve.
Sound Field System Answer - A sound field system is a sound system for
schools that improves the learning environment for the entire class by
improving the sound environment in the classroom.
BAHA Answer - Bone Anchored Hearing Aid; While a hearing aid tries to push
sound through the damaged part of the ear, the Baha System uses your natural
ability to conduct sound through bone vibrations. Through bone conduction,
, sound bypasses the damaged outer or middle ear and sends clearer, more crisp
sound directly to your inner ear.
Single side-loss Answer - You have little or no hearing in one ear, but normal
hearing in the other ear.
Possible Causes:
Sudden deafness
Acoustic Neuroma
Birth defects
Genetics
Head trauma
Ménière's disease
Adverse reactions to drugs
Malformation at birth or missing inner ear or cochlea
Conductive Hearing Loss Answer - You have a problem with your outer or
middle ear.
Possible Causes:
Skin Allergies
Malformations at birth
Microtia and Astresia
Draining Ears
Chronic Ear Infections
Previous ear surgeries
