33.12 - Hearing evaluation.

§ 33.12 Hearing evaluation.    The  office  for  people with developmental disabilities shall provide  suitable hearing evaluations periodically for  the  residents  in  state  schools.  Upon  the ascertainment that any resident so evaluated is deaf  or hard of hearing, it shall be  the  duty  of  the  office  to  provide  suitable  remedial  efforts,  to include, but not be limited to, hearing  aids, alternative  forms  of  communication  and  auditory  training  to  overcome  this  handicap and to ascertain the true level of intelligence  of such residents.