Definition: To qualify for special education services in the category of Hearing Impairment, a child must have an impairment in hearing which:

* Is so severe that the child is impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing with or without amplification, or

* Is permanent or fluctuating, and

* Adversely affects the child‘s development or educational performance.

* This term combines the state definition of ―deaf‖ contained in Neb. Rev. Stat. 79-1118.01(4), the state definition of ―hard of hearing‖ in 79-1118.01(7), the federal definition of ―deafness‖ in 34 CFR 300.8(c)(3), and the federal definition of ―hearing impairment‖ in 34 CFR 300.8(c)(5). (As defined by Rule 51-revised 2008)