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Hearing impairment (HI)
Specialist teaching, support and advice for early years, school and post-16 settings.
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Children and young people are accepted onto the caseload of a teacher of the deaf if they have one of the following:
- permanent hearing impairment diagnosis
- temporary hearing impairment diagnosis alongside an additional SEND diagnosis
We use the nationally agreed system (NatSIP eligibility criteria) to guide decision-making on the level of support allocated for individual children and young people.