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| SPECIAL SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF |
| What is Special School for Deaf ? |
| It is a special school, where approximately 452 hearing impaired students from all over Andhra Pradesh are being taught through Individual Education Programme.(IEP) |
| How old is SSD ? |
| Special School for Deaf (SSD) was added to Sweekaar Rehabilitation Institute for the Handicapped in the year 1986. |
| Is it a private school ? |
| No, SSD is run by Sweekaar Rehabilitation Institute for the Handicapped as a non profit, non commercial voluntary organization. |
| What are the incidence / prevalence of Hearing Impaired ? |
| 581 persons with Hearing impaired / 1, 00,000 persons in India , i.e. roughly five children are deaf for every 1000 children born. (As per NSSO survey, 58th round). |
| Who can join SSD ? |
| Individuals must be diagnosed with hearing loss after evaluation done by professionals like Speech Therapist, Audiologist and Special Educators. |
| What is the strength of SSD ? |
SSD had started with five children and today the strength is 492 students with 41 teachers. There are classes from pre- primary to intermediate in both Telugu and English medium.
Total strength—492
Day Scholars——196
Hosteller———— 296 |
| What is the infrastructure available ? |
We are having following state- of -art equipment for SSD
Loop Induction System—7 sets (1 in each classroom)
Group Hearing system — 9 sets (1 in each classroom)
Frequency module———7 sets( 1 in each classroom)
Voice lit —————— 1 set
Speech trainer ————2 sets |
| Who can join the SSD ? |
| n general, students with severe or profound hearing loss need the intensive and extensive services of a centre based school, it is to determine the admission in the school. A detailed evaluation is done by a team of rehabilitation specialists depending on the diagnosis, Rehabilitation Medical specialist recommend for the admission in SSD. |
| What syllabus do you follow ? |
| We are following the syllabus recognized by the State Government. |
| Do all the classrooms in the SSD have computers ? |
| Efforts are being made to impart education through multi-media. |
| What is the fee structure ? |
Fee structure is very flexible and depends on the Socio Economic Level (SEL) of the beneficiaries.It comes in following categories:
i. Nominal Charge
ii. Cost to Cost
iii. Profit |
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