Can a student who has both a hearing loss and a vision loss use an interpreter?
Students who have a combined hearing and vision loss, and who rely on manual communication, may not be able to access the interpreted message adequately through vision alone. These students may have a unique need that requires their communication partner to make accommodations to their sign production. Such adaptation may be through shortening or lengthening the physical distance between signers, producing signs in a smaller space than usual or touching the student through tactile sign language. For additional information see Considering the Needs of Students Who Are Deaf-Blind.
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- At my middle school, sometimes I ask a DHH student to stay after class for a minute or two, but the interpreter is unable to stay longer than a few seconds because s/he has to dash to the next class. How can I speak privately with a DHH student when the interpreter always has to leave?
- If a teacher endangers a student, or otherwise breaks a local, state, or federal law, how will the interpreter handle that?
- Can a student who has both a hearing loss and a vision loss use an interpreter?
