Roles of Various Professionals Related to the Education of Deaf/Hard of Hearing Students

General education and special education teachers may have limited experience working with students who are deaf/hard of hearing and be unaware of the professionals and specialist who may work with those students. When a student has a hearing loss, there are a variety of additional professionals with whom teachers must collaborate. The roles of these professionals may be different than those experienced by other educators. An understanding of the roles of these various professionals is important to ensuring the most appropriate service provision for students with hearing loss. This chapter will specifically discuss the roles of teachers of the deaf, interpreters, and audiologists as well as some other related service providers within the context of a fictional case scenario. [For the complete volume, "Interdisciplinary Connections to Special Education: Key Related Professionals Involved. Advances in Special Education. Volume 30, Part B," see ED607416.]