Disabilities

Question 1

Legally Blind

Answer 1

20/200

Question 2

Low Vision

Answer 2

30 degree or lower/ 20/200 to 20/70 in better eye after correction

Question 3

Tunnel vision

Answer 3

20 degrees or lower field of vision

Question 4

Motion Perception

Answer 4

3/200 to 5/200 rally moving, not still, objects

Question 5

Light perception

Answer 5

vision below 3/200 seeing bright light from 3 feet away but not detecting movement

Question 6

Total Blindness

Answer 6

Inability to see strong light shined into eye

Question 7

Congenital blindness

Answer 7

Born blind

Question 8

Adventitious Blindness

Answer 8

losing eyesight after birth

Question 9

Myopia

Answer 9

nearsightedness

Question 10

Hyperopia

Answer 10

Farsightedness

Question 11

Astigmatism

Answer 11

blurred near and far vision

Question 12

Presbyopia

Answer 12

aging related farsightedness

Question 13

Bifocal

Answer 13

nearsighted people also develop presbyopia

Question 14

Nystagmus

Answer 14

rapid vertical and horizontal eye movement

Question 15

Strabismus

Answer 15

crossed or turned out eyes

Question 16

Amblyopia

Answer 16

Lazy eye

Question 17

Achromatic

Answer 17

Color blindness

Question 18

Albinism

Answer 18

lack of pigmentation causing reflective errors, photosensitivity and other problems

Question 19

Retinis pigmentosa

Answer 19

eye rods and cones fail to regenerate causing night blindness, tunnel vision/central vision loss

Question 20

Cataracts

Answer 20

congenital or age-related cloudiness/opacity oxeye lens. Impaired vision or blindness if not removed

Question 21

Conjunctivitis

Answer 21

Inflammation of conjunctiva/inner eyelid lining and scleral covering

Question 22

Diabetic retinopathy

Answer 22

retinal hemorrhages from vascular changes cause blindness

Question 23

Glaucoma

Answer 23

increased inner eye fluid pressure impairs eye sight, beginning with peripheral vision

Question 24

Slight hearing loss

Answer 24

hearing 25-40 dB at all tested frequencies. can’t understand whispered speech

Question 25

Mild hearing loss

Answer 25

41-54 dB, one can understand conversation at normal fondness from 3-5 feet but not farther

Question 26

Moderate hearing loss

Answer 26

55-69 dB one can only understand loud speech at close ranges

Question 27

Severe hearing loss

Answer 27

70-89 dB one may hear loud voices around a foot away from the ears

Question 28

Profound hearing loss

Answer 28

90 dB or higher one can sense vibrations, but not tonal patterns

Question 29

HOH

Answer 29

have hearing loos but can process spoken language with.without hearing aids

Question 30

Deaf

Answer 30

people cannot process spoken language with/without hearing aids

Question 31

Conductive hearing losses

Answer 31

caused by physical obstructions in the conduction of sound waves from he outer or middle ear to inner ear

Question 32

Sensorineural hearing losses

Answer 32

caused by damage to/defects in the hair cells inside the inner ears cochlea and auditory nerves that convert sound waves and carry the nerve impulses from the cochlea to the brain