Mich. Admin. Code R. 340.1717 - Deaf-blindness defined; determination
Rule 17.
(1)
Deaf-blindness means concomitant hearing impairment and visual impairment, the
combination of which causes severe communication and other developmental and
educational needs that cannot be accommodated in special education programs
without additional supports to address the unique needs specific to
deaf-blindness. Deaf-blindness also means both of the following:
(a) Documented hearing and visual losses
that, if considered individually, may not meet the requirements for visual
impairment or hearing impairment, but the combination of the losses affects
educational performance.
(b) Such
students function as if they have both a hearing and visual loss, based upon
responses to auditory and visual stimuli in the environment, or during vision
and hearing evaluations.
(2) A determination of the disability shall
be based upon data provided by a multidisciplinary evaluation team which shall
include assessment data from all of the following:
(a) Medical specialists such as any of the
following:
(i) An ophthalmologist.
(ii) An optometrist.
(iii) An audiologist.
(iv) An otolaryngologist.
(v) An otologist.
(vi) A family physician or any other approved
physician as defined in 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.1101 et seq.
(b) A teacher of students with visual
impairment.
(c) A teacher of
students with hearing impairment.
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