Sop Survey

The Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) collects data which is able to help identify those in the United States who are considered to be experiencing hearing loss or complete deafness (Mitchell, 2005). Data from the SIPP survey approximates that there are 10,000,000 persons who are considered hard of hearing and approximately 1,000,000 are functionally deaf (Mitchell, 2005). According to Patricia Roberts (1998), she stated members of the population does not agree with calling themselves ‘hearing impaired,’ because it insinuates that their “eyes are broken.” It is more appropriate for people to refer to the population as “ Deaf and hard of hearing” (Roberts, 1998). Although among this population is majority persons who are experiencing some degree of hearing challenge or complete deafness, the members have their means of communication in which everyone uses, known as American Sign Language (ASL) and may also practice the skill of reading lips (Roberts, 1998). …show more content…
Sophia scheduled an assessment with staff members of the agency in order to see if her son presented delays in his speech, cognitive skills, self-help, and his fine motor along with gross motor skills. There were a lot of members present during the assessment in order to help facilitate the mother throughout the assessment. The mother and her two sons were present during the assessment, but also two therapists conducted the assessment, along with the family’s consultant and the family’s friend who acted as the interpreter. The interpreter used American Sign Language in order to talk with the mother, but she also provided the staff members with verbal translation as to what the mother wanted to