ACCESS Group Inc. Student/Client Profile: Hearing Impaired Students and Children

• Most ACCESS students and clients who are hearing impaired use hearing aids.
• Some ACCESS students and clients have cochlear implants.
• ACCESS does not have a signing program. Rather, ACCESS employs an oral program for hearing impaired students and clients.
• The ACCESS preferred reading method, The DuBard Association Method, was originally designed for hearing impaired children.
• Hearing impaired students and clients must meet other admissions criteria.