N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law § 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.