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Which anatomical position are the fingers compared to the elbow?

Which of the following is a manual system of communication that uses movement, hand shapes, and facial expression to convey meaning and is a formally recognized language used by the Deaf community? 

Which of the following is designed to incorporate the family’s needs into a plan that will support both the family and child’s needs through age 3 years?  

Habilitation, used in pediatric intervention, is defined as:

Which of the following a communication systems uses phonemically based hand gestures to supplement speechreading? Eight hand shapes are used in four different positions to cue the communication partner about the sounds of speech being produces. 

Which is NOT a significant birth or risk factor for hearing loss?

Which law guarantees a free and appropriate education for all children with disabilities between ages 3 and 21, and is also known as the Education for All Handicapped Children Act?

As it relates to speech, language, and literacy skills, which of the following is inaccurate? 

There are three factors thought to contribute to poor speech understanding in a classroom, especially for children with hearing loss. Which of the following is NOT one of these factors? 

In Auditory Verbal therapy, there is only formal training.  That is, therapy and listening activities only occur during sturctured therapy sessions in a clinical setting.  Informal training, such as the parents working with the child in everyday sitiuation isn’t encouraged, as the parents don’t have sufficent taining to know how to encourage listening by their child.