Hearing Impairment Sample Clauses

Hearing Impairment. An impairment in hearing, whether permanent or fluctuating, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance but is not included under the definition of “deafness.” HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act- the portability and continuity of health insurance coverage using national standards for electronic data interchange for certain administrative and financial transactions. HIPAA also mandates strict standards for ensuring the privacy, confidentiality and security of health care information utilized in such transactions. Home & Community Based Services (HCBS)- Also known as “The Final Rule”. Federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regulations (or rules) for Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS). This is long-term services & supports provided in home and community-based settings, as recognized under the federal Medicaid (Medi-Cal) Program. These services can be a combination of standard medical services and non-medical services. Standard services can include, but are not limited to, case management (i.e. supports and service coordination), homemaker, home health aide, personal care, adult day health services, habilitation (both day and residential), and respite care. States can also propose "other" types of services that may assist in diverting and/or transitioning individuals from institutional settings into their homes and community. Housing & Urban Development (HUD) – The principal Federal agency responsible for programs concerned with the nation's housing needs, fair housing opportunities, and improvement and development of the nation's communities. HUD oversees the Housing Choice Voucher Program Section 8. xxxx://xxxxxx.xxx.xxx/hudportal/HUD Housing Choice Voucher Program Section 8 – The federal government's major program for assisting very low-income families, the elderly, and the disabled to afford decent, safe, and sanitary housing in the private market. Housing assistance is provided on behalf of the family or individual so participants are able to find their own housing, including single-family homes, townhouses and apartments. The participant is free to choose any housing that meets the requirements of the program and is not limited to units located in subsidized housing projects. xxxx://xxxxxx.xxx.xxx/hudportal/HUD?src=/topics/housing_choice_voucher_program_section_8 Impairment Related Work Expenses (IRWE) – Expenses incurred from the purchase or payment related to special equipment, training, or any...
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Hearing Impairment. Federal & State Definition
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Hearing Impairment. Hearing-impaired students include those students whose hearing impairment results in such a substantial educational handicap that they require direct special education and/or related services on a regular basis from trained and qualified teachers of the hearing impaired. These students may be described as deaf and hard of hearing.
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Hearing Impairment. (HI) means a loss of hearing acuity, as deter- mined by evaluation pursuant to A.R.S. § 15-766, which interferes with the child’s performance in the educational environment and requires the provision of special education and related services.
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Hearing Impairment. Department of Veterans Affairs Employee Education System. Retrieved March 20, 2014, from xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xxx/docs/vhi/hearing_impairment.pdf. 23 Wallhagen, M.I., Xxxxxxxxxxx, X.X., Xxxxx, X.X., Xxxxxx, G.A. (1997). An increasing prevalence of hearing impairment and associated risk factors over three decades of the Alameda County Study. American Journal of Public Health, 87(3), 440-442. 24 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Noise and Hearing Loss Prevention. xxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx/niosh/topics/noise/stats.html. Reviewed August 15, 2013. Accessed January 20, 2014. 25 U.S. Department of Helath and Human Services. (1988). Proposed national strategy for the prevention of noise-induced hearing loss. (DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 89-135). Retrieved from xxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx/niosh/docs/89-135/pdfs/89-135.pdf. 26 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2010). Occupationally-Induced Hearing Loss. Retrieved January 20, 2014, from xxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx/niosh/docs/2010-136/
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Hearing Impairment. Department of Veterans Affairs Employee Education System. Retrieved March 20, 2014, from xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xxx/docs/vhi/hearing_impairment.pdf.
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Hearing Impairment. Federal & State Definition Hearing Impairment means an impairment in hearing, whether permanent or fluctuating, that adversely affects a child's educational performance but that is not included under the definition of deafness. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA A student must meet the Audiological Criteria and at least one of the Educational Criteria. A students is eligible only if these characteristics interfere with their academic, functional performance, social interaction, or emotional development. A student must have documentation that meets the audiological criteria and one or more educational criteria listed below before an educational eligibility of a hearing impairment can be determined. Audiological Criteria ❏ Puretone score greater than 21dB. Educational Criteria The child’s hearing loss is such that the child cannot make appropriate progress in the educational setting without specialized instruction from a Teacher of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing AND there is a delay in one or more of the following areas: ❏ Unaided speech discrimination scores below 80% either in the presence or absence of competing noise ❏ Auditory Functioning – speech perception, noise impact, sound identification and localization ❏ Communication Skills – receptive and expressive language, pragmatics, oral skills, total communication, or sign if appropriate ❏ Academic skills- below average in reading or writing ❏ Functional Skills – self-advocacy, social interaction, amplification use and maintenance, visual attention to details EXCLUSIONARY FACTORS
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Related to Hearing Impairment

  • Non-Impairment The failure to endorse a Guarantee on any Note shall not affect or impair the validity thereof.

  • Impairment The Master Servicer shall not impair the rights of the Noteholders and Certificateholders in the Contracts.

  • No Impairment The Company will not, by amendment of its Charter or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Company, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Warrant and in taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Warrantholder.

  • Impairment of Rights The Trust shall not take any action, or fail to take any action, if such action or failure to take action may interfere with the enforcement of any rights under the Transaction Documents that are material to the rights, benefits or obligations of the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders or Financial Security.

  • Impairment of Service The characteristics and methods of operation of any circuits, facilities or equipment of either Party connected with the services, facilities or equipment of the other Party pursuant to this Agreement shall not interfere with or impair service over any facilities of the other Party, its affiliated companies, or its connecting and concurring carriers involved in its services, cause damage to its plant, violate any applicable law or regulation regarding the invasion of privacy of any communications carried over the Party's facilities or create hazards to the employees of either Party or to the public (each hereinafter referred to as an "Impairment of Service").

  • Interference or Impairment If a Party (“Impaired Party”) reasonably determines that the services, network, facilities, or methods of operation, of the other Party (“Interfering Party”) will or are likely to interfere with or impair the Impaired Party’s provision of services or the operation of the Impaired Party’s network or facilities, the Impaired Party may interrupt or suspend any Service provided to the Interfering Party to the extent necessary to prevent such interference or impairment, subject to the following:

  • Impairment of Collateral Not use any material portion of the Collateral, or permit the same to be used, for any unlawful purpose, in any manner that is reasonably likely to materially adversely impair the value or usefulness of the Collateral, or in any manner inconsistent with the provisions or requirements of any policy of insurance thereon nor affix or install any accessories, equipment, or device on the Collateral or on any component thereof if such addition will materially impair the original intended function or use of the Collateral or such component.

  • Litigation History There shall be no consistent history of court/arbitral award decisions against the Tenderer, in the last (Specify years). All parties to the contract shall furnish the information in the appropriate form about any litigation or arbitration resulting from contracts completed or ongoing under its execution over the year’s specified. A consistent history of awards against the Tenderer or any member of a JV may result in rejection of the tender.

  • No Impairment of Rights The Company will not, by amendment of its Charter or through any other means, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the holder of this Warrant against impairment.

  • Grievability Denial of a petition for reinstatement is grievable. The grievance may not be based on information other than that shared with the Employer at the time of the petition for reinstatement.

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