2026 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 15-17, 2026 • Jacksonville, FL
3/11/2025 | 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 'Red Flags' for Vision Issues in Students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing | 309
'Red Flags' for Vision Issues in Students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing
Educators and related service providers working with students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing are typically trained in the fields of speech pathology, audiology, teacher for the Deaf or sign language interpreting. All of these personnel prep programs, naturally, will prepare professionals with content knowledge in hearing loss and various communication modalities. However, these professionals are often unprepared to recognize students who are at risk of having various eye conditions. This presentation will provide practical tips that all professionals can utilize to identify possible vision issues in students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing. The following categories will be explored: culture, visual behaviors, static vs. movement behaviors, social histories, etc.
- Identify some common visual behaviors that may indicate potential vision issues in Deaf/Hard of Hearing children.
- Recognize various etiologies that are known within the Deaf/Hard of Hearing community that include various eye-related diseases.
- List next steps to ensure a robust educational team is in place and that the student has access to the general education curriculum.
Presentation:
3545975_18234SusanneMorrow.pdf
Handouts:
Handout is not Available
Transcripts:
CART transcripts are NOT YET available, but will be posted shortly after the conference
Presenters/Authors
Susanne Morrow
(Primary Presenter), New York DeafBlind Collaborative, susanne.morrow@qc.cuny.edu;
Susanne Morgan Morrow, MA, CI, CT has almost 30 years of experience in the fields of deafness and deafblindness. She earned a masters degree at Gallaudet University in Rehabilitation Counseling for the Deaf and then began her career at Helen Keller National Center and then with the National Technical Assistance Consortium on Deaf-Blindness. In her early career, she obtained national certification as a sign language interpreter and provided extensive training on DeafBlind interpreting strategies. Today, Susanne is the Project Director of the New York DeafBlind Collaborative, a federally funded grant for NYS. Susanne’s work aims to bring the lessons learned from adults who are DeafBlind with lived-experiences to young learners who are DeafBlind to enhance communication access and rapport with the world.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exists.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
Financial relationship with New York DeafBlind Collaborative.
Nature: Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.