Congratulations!

You have completed Module 4. In this module, you learned:

• Professional service providers can act as the “eyes and ears” of someone who is deafblind.
• Support Service Providers (SSPs) can help a person with combined hearing and vision loss participate more fully in their communities and live more independently.
• Interpreters are trained to communicate information that a person who is deafblind wants to share with others.
• Interveners teach children with combined hearing and vision loss to communicate and understand their environment. They work one-on-one with children in the classroom and the community to help the child participate in activities, learn effectively and become independent.
• Trained orientation and mobility specialists can help a person who is deafblind to use public transportation to travel independently in the community and safely navigate their home and work environments.
• Communications instructors can help family members and caregivers learn to communicate effectively and consistently with someone who has both hearing and vision loss.
• Drivers and special transportation services are available to help people who are deafblind travel safely from place to place.
• About assistive technology and how it can help a person with combined hearing and vision loss to live more independently.
• It’s important to assess and modify a person’s home to make sure the environment is safe.

In the next module, you will learn about some resources that you can turn to for assistance and additional information about combined hearing and vision loss. But first, answer the following questions to see how much you’ve learned! After reading each question, click on the right answer, then click Submit.

1. These direct support providers act as the “eyes and ears” for people who are deafblind.

a. Interpreters
b. Support Service Providers (SSPs)
c. Communication Instructors
d. Drivers

2. An SSP helps someone who is deafblind to live and work independently. Some activities that an SSP can assist with include (choose all that apply):

a. Providing ASL interpreting during a medical appointment between a client who is deafblind and a health care provider.
b. Helping an individual with combined hearing and vision loss to communicate with people they encounter in the community.
c. Assisting a person who is deafblind with daily living activities, such as grocery shopping, paying bills, housekeeping tasks, etc.
d. Making decisions for a person who has combined hearing and vision loss.
e. Attending community activities with an individual who is DeafBlind.
f. Providing personal care assistance, such as helping a person who is DeafBlind with bathing and dressing.
g. Identifying and installing assistive technology.

3. Most Assistive Technology, or AT, is high tech.

True
False