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"Hearing Impairment" means an impairment in hearing, whether permanent or fluctuating, that adversely affects a child's educational performance, but is not included in the following definition for deafness.
"Deafness" means a hearing impairment that is so severe that the child is impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing, with or without amplification, that adversely affects a child's educational performance.
Criteria
A child displays a hearing impairment when:
A. A hearing impairment has been diagnosed by an audiologist;
B. The hearing impairment adversely affects the child's educational performance.
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