Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-13-104 - Criteria for Passing a Hearing Screening or Vision Screening

A. A hearing screener shall consider a student to have passed a developmentally and age-appropriate hearing screening, as specified in Table 13.3, that meets the test-specific passing criteria.

1. During a three-frequency, pure tone hearing screening, performed according to R9-13-103(G)(1), the student responds to each frequency and intensity specified in R9-13-103(G)(1)(a) through (c) for each ear on which a hearing screening is performed;

2. During a hearing screening using both a tympanometer and pure tone audiometer, performed according to R9-13-103(G)(2) :

a. The tympanogram for each of the student's ears shows:

i. The height of the peak acoustic immittance is > 0.3 mmho, ml, or compliance; or

ii. The tympanometric width is < 250 daPa; and

b. The student responds to each frequency specified in R9-13-103(G)(2)(b)(i) through (iii) for each ear on which a hearing screening is performed; or

3. During a hearing screening using an OAE device, performed according to R9-13-103(G)(3), the OAE device indicates results that the student has passed the hearing screening for each ear.

B. For a student in a school's hearing screening population who does not receive an initial hearing screening, an administrator shall ensure that the student receives the initial hearing screening not more than 45 school days after the date the student was expected to receive the initial hearing screening.

C. For a student in a school's hearing screening population who does not pass an initial hearing screening, as specified in Table 13.1, an administrator shall ensure that the student receives a second hearing screening using the same hearing screening method, unless determined that another hearing screening method would be more appropriate, no earlier than 10 school days and no later than 30 school days after the date of the initial hearing screening.

1. The student shall receive a second hearing screening no earlier than 10 school days and no later than 30 school days after the date of the hearing screening specified in R9-13-103 ;

2. If the hearing screening specified in R9-13-103(G)(2) was performed using both a tympanometer and pure tone audiometer, the second hearing screening for the student is performed using both a tympanometer and pure tone audiometer; and

3. If the hearing screening specified in R9-13-103(G)(3) was performed using an otoacoustic emissions device, the second hearing screening for the student is performed using an otoacoustic emissions device.

D. If a student does not pass the second hearing screening according to subsection (C), an administrator shall provide notification to the student's parent, as specified in R9-13-105.

E. A vision screener shall consider a student to have passed a developmentally and age-appropriate vision screening, as specified in Table 13.4, that meets the test-specific passing criteria.

F. For a student in a school's vision screening population, as specified in Table 13.2, who does not receive an initial vision screening, an administrator shall ensure that the student receives the initial vision screening not more than 45 school days after the date the student was expected to receive the initial vision screening.

G. For a student in the school's vision screening population, as specified in Table 13.2, who does not pass an initial vision screening, according to Table 13.4, an administrator shall ensure that at the vision screener's discretion, the student receives a second vision screening using the same vision screening method, unless determined that another vision screening method would be more appropriate, no earlier than the next school day and no later than 30 school days after the date of the initial vision screening;

H. If a student does not pass an initial or the second vision screening according to subsection (G), an administrator shall provide notification to the student's parent, as specified in R9-13-105.

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Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-13-104

Adopted effective February 18, 1986 (Supp. 86-1). Amended effective October 15, 1993 (Supp. 93-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 3307, effective July 16, 2002 (Supp. 02-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 25 A.A.R. 1827, effective 7/2/2019. Amended by final rulemaking at 30 A.A.R. 1949, effective 7/7/2024.