Hearing Accommodations

The Accessibility Team for Assessments provides support for hearing accommodations for the development of assessment materials for internal and external use. We provide support in multiple areas including:

Sign Language

For assessments, customers provide accommodations for deaf and hard-of-hearing students who use sign language as their first language or use it as an accommodation in the classroom. The sign language video provides translations of test content or video content.

Support is available for contract teams and other groups during all stages of development. In addition to assessment support, support is available in terms of providing resources to secure sign language interpretation for Pearson contract/customer meetings or trainings.

Captioning & Transcripts

Assessments have been enhanced by the use of technology and for audio- and video-based assessments, captioning and transcripts are available.

Support is also available in terms of providing resources for adding transcripts or to secure live captioning services for contract/customer meetings or trainings.

Vendor/Consultant Management

To support contracts, the Accessibility Team for Assessments manages the accessibility vendors and consultants secured to provide services and products related to hearing accommodations. The Accessibility team supports individual contracts by providing the following:

  • Vendor/Consultant SOW Guidance
  • Planning, Forecasting and Scheduling Support
  • Committee Meeting Support
  • Third Party Review Support
  • Onsite Filming Support

Information Resources & Training

Contracts can request information resources to help guide their understanding of deaf and hard-of-hearing topics as well as request various types of training for employees and/or external partners.

Information Resources

Resource and Information guidance around specific topics are available. Such topics may include, but are not limited to:

  • Sign Language Interpreters - An Introduction
  • Test Accessibility - What professionals need to know
  • Best Practices in Captioning

In addition to providing resources of information, the team also provides subject matter expertise to provide guidance with processes, requests, and content.

Training

Contracts and others may request training on various topics. Such topics may include, but are not limited to:

  • Sign Language Video Accommodation Training: Understanding the steps in the creation and implementation of the sign language video accommodation.
  • Introduction to Sign Language: Learn about hearing loss, communication methods, and the different types of sign language.
  • Captioning Training: Learn about how captions work and support learning and understanding content.

These are a few areas the Accessibility Team for Assessments can support contracts. If you would like additional information or would like to request support, please fill out this Request for Support form.