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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. (34 CFR Sec. 300.8(c)(3)) 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 in this section. (34 CFR Sec. 300.8(c)(5)) In New Mexico, the terms deafness and hearing impairment are combined into one eligibility category called Hearing Impairment, including Deafness. (Subsection B (2) of 6.31.2.7 NMAC).
Resources
American Society for Deaf Children
Toll free: 800-942-2732
http://www.deafchildren.org/
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Members
Toll free: 800-498-2071
Non-Member: 800-638-8255
http://www.asha.org/
Community Outreach Program for the Deaf (COPD)
505-255-7636
http://www.copdnm.org/
Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf (CEASD)
904-810-5200
http://www.ceasd.org/
Families for Hands and Voices
217-357-3647
http://www.handsandvoices.org/
Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
202-651-5855
http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/
New Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf
http://www.agbell.org/
New Mexico Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Toll free: 800-489-5836
https://www.cdhh.state.nm.us
The New Mexico School for the Deaf
Toll free: 800-841-6699
http://www.nmsd.k12.nm.us/
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
703-838-0030
http://www.rid.org/