{"id":22321,"date":"2018-02-01T09:30:01","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T13:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=22321"},"modified":"2018-02-01T12:43:54","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T16:43:54","slug":"educational-audiologist-on-the-iep-team-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/educational-audiologist-on-the-iep-team-yes\/","title":{"rendered":"Educational Audiologist? On the IEP Team? Yes!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Educational%20Audiologist%3F%20On%20the%20IEP%20Team%3F%20Yes%21\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>Educational Audiology is a \u201cRelated Service\u201d under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/young.girl_.computer.900.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"331\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Many children with hearing loss attend public schools. These are children who wear hearing aids, cochlear implants, may only be deaf in one ear, or have an auditory processing disorder. Hearing loss is a \u201clow incidence\u201d disability, so there aren\u2019t many of these students in each school. Most regular and special education teachers have never had training in hearing loss.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If your child has a hearing loss and is on an IEP, they should have access to an EdAud.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>To make sure this service happens, write educational audiology into your child\u2019s IEP, just as any other related service.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What about a Section 504 Plan? Yes!\u00a0<\/strong> A 504 indicates that your child needs accommodations to access the curriculum. Accommodations for a student with hearing loss can include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>how the teacher presents information<\/li>\n<li>how they speak to the class so your child can understand them<\/li>\n<li>repeating the other students&#8217; comments<\/li>\n<li>addressing classroom acoustics<\/li>\n<li>closed captioning on videos<\/li>\n<li>and, very likely, a HAT<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This article, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/rel.svcs.ed.aud.meyer.htm\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Children with Hearing Loss Need an Educational Audiologist on their Education Team<\/span><\/a> by Kym Meyer, will answer questions like these.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>What is an educational audiologist? What does an EdAud do? <\/em><br \/>\n<em> Who should select and fit Hearing Assistance Technology (HAT)?<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Does a child on a 504 plan access educational audiology?<\/em><br \/>\n<em> What are the differences between an educational audiologist &amp; teacher of the deaf?<\/em><br \/>\n<em> My school says no &#8211; what can I do?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Educational Audiology Association Resources<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edaud.org\/advocacy\/9-advocacy-07-10.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Educational Audiology Services Under IDEA: Pertinent Regulations<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edaud.org\/advocacy\/6-advocacy-09-09.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">School Based Audiology Services<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edaud.org\/advocacy\/11-advocacy-07-10.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Audiology Services under 504<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edaud.org\/advocacy\/13-advocacy-11-11.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">School Based Audiological Assessments<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edaud.org\/advocacy\/16-advocacy-10-15.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Auditory Processing Assessment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Educational Audiology is a \u201cRelated Service\u201d under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). 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