Documentation - Hearing Loss

Hearing Loss:

Deaf or hard of hearing students requesting accommodations on the basis of deafness or hearing loss must provide documentation consisting of:

• An audiological evaluation and/or audiogram, no older than 3 years if loss is progressive.

• An assessment of the functional limitations of the hearing loss for which accommodations is being requested, and whether the degree of limitation is mild, moderate or substantial.

• Suggestions as to how the functionally limiting manifestations of the hearing loss condition(s) may appropriately be accommodated.