Hearing Disability Characteristics:

A student/child with deafness or hard-of-hearing disabilities has deficitis in language and speech development because due to a diminished or lack of auditory response to sound. Students will demonstrate varying degrees of hearing loss which often results in difficulty acquiring spoken language. When you have a child with hearing loss/deafness in your classroom

Helpful sites:

Characteristics found in the classroom and what you can do:

http://specialed.about.com/od/disabilities/a/deaf.htm

Diagnosis, what to look for, and behavioral changes:

http://www.livestrong.com/article/509643-characteristics-of-hearing-impairment-and-deafness-in-children/