Identification
Decision Tree for Suspected Vision and Hearing Loss
The Decision Tree: Risk Factors and Behaviors Suggesting a Possible Vision and/or Hearing Concerns in Young and School-Aged Children provides information related to:
Web-based Hearing Loss and Vision Impairment Assessments
The web-based Hearing Loss and Vision Impairment Assessments assist parents in accessing important information related to their child’s vision and hearing. By clicking on the Hearing Loss or Vision Impairment Assessment and responding to a series of “yes/no” prompts, parents can obtain essential information about their child’s vision and hearing and any next steps to take in the vision and/or hearing evaluation process.
Access the web-based Hearing Loss and Vision Impairment Assessments
Additional OCDBE Resources and Information
Annual Ohio Deafblind Census: How to Register a Child, Update a Child’s Record, or Report No Children with Deafblindness
The Annual Ohio Deafblind Census: How to Register a Child, Update a Child’s Record, or Report No Children with Deafblindness brochure provides the steps to register a child, birth to 21 years, with a combined vision-hearing loss (deafblindness) on the Ohio Deafblind Census and if already registered, steps to update a child’s census record.
English version
Parents Guide for the Identification of Children with Deafblindness
The Parents and Families Guide for the Identification of Children with Deafblindness provides guidance for assisting in the identification of a child with a possible vision impairment, hearing loss, or combined vision-hearing loss (deafblindness) and how to register a child with deafblindness on the Ohio Deafblind Census.
Educators Guide for the Identification of Students with Deafblindness
The Educators Guide for the Identification of Students with Deafblindness brochure provides information on combined vision-hearing loss (deafblindness) based on the degree of each sensory loss, steps to take in school when a combined vision-hearing loss is suspected, services offered by the Ohio Center for Deafblind Education, and how to register a child on the Ohio Deafblind Census.
English version
Medical Professionals Guide for the Identification of Children with Deafblindness
The Medical Professionals Guide for the Identification of Children with Deafblindness brochure provides information on combined vision-hearing loss (deafblindness) based on the degree of each sensory loss, risk factors that may indicate a vision and/or hearing loss, services offered by the Ohio Center for Deafblind Education, and how to register a child on the Ohio Deafblind Census.
English version
A School Psychologist’s Guide to Deafblindness: Identifying & Supporting Students with Combined Hearing-Vision Loss (revised 2021)
The content of A School Psychologist’s Guide to Deafblindness: Identifying & Supporting Students with Combined Hearing-Vision Loss defines deafblindness, describes the impact of deafblindness on student learning, and presents the steps in evaluating a child with deafblindness.
English version
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