Hearing Impairment or Other Auditory – IELTS Reading Answers

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Question number	Answer	Explanation
1	H	According to paragraph H, “The New Zealand Government has developed a New Zealand Disability Strategy and has embarked on a wide-ranging consultation process.” The lines above indicate that the New Zealand government has launched a new project known as New Zealand Disability Policy. Strategy is often referred to as policy. As a result, the correct answer is ‘H.’
2	C	In paragraph C the description of the global team effort can be viewed through the lines “The International Institute Of Noise Control Engineering (I-INCE), on the advice of the World Health Organisation, has established an international working party” The fact that the party is organised on an international level, or in other words, we can say globally, implies a global team effort. Hence, the correct answer is ‘C.’
3	B	Paragraph B states that “education researchers Nelson and Soli have also suggested that recent trends in learning often involve collaborative interaction of multiple minds and tools as much as individual possession of information.” Since the above lines show that the researchers’ view on the increase of classroom noise is only a suggestion, it suggests that there is no strong evidence to back up their assertion, making it a hypothesis. As a result, the correct response is ‘B.’

4	I	The last lines of paragraph I indicate that only limited attention appears to have been given to those students experiencing the other disabilities involving auditory function deficit. It is imperative that the needs of these children are taken into account in the setting of appropriate international standards to be promulgated in the future. The lines mentioned above denote that very little attention has been given to students with disabilities, and hence, there is a demand for appropriate international(worldwide) regulations. As a result, the correct answer is ‘I.’
5	D	In Paragraph D, there’s a line that mentions that “while the detrimental effects of noise in classroom situations are not limited to children experiencing disability, those with a disability that affects their processing of speech and verbal communication could be extremely vulnerable. The auditory functions in question include hearing impairment, autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) and attention deficit disorders (ADD/ADHD).” The lines from paragraph D indicate that certain children with medical conditions such as ASD and ADD/ADHD are more affected by classroom noise than others. Hence, the correct answer is ‘D.’
6	A	According to Paragraph A “the New Zealand Ministry has found from research carried out over two decades that 6-10% of children in that country are affected by hearing loss.” As a result, the estimated proportion of children in New Zealand is 6 to 10%. Hence, the correct answer is ‘A’.
7	Two decades	In Paragraph A there’s a line which states that “The New Zealand Ministry has found from research carried out over two decades that 6-10% of children in that country are affected by hearing loss.” From the line mentioned above, we can infer that researchers took 20 years of time to study hearing loss in schoolchildren, which is two decades. Hence, the correct answer is ‘two decades.’
8	Crowd (noise)	Paragraph E mentions that “autistic spectrum disorders often result in major difficulties in comprehending verbal information and speech processing. Those experiencing these disorders often find sounds such as crowd noise and noise generated by machinery painful and distressing.” Since it is explicitly mentioned in the lines mentioned earlier that apart from machinery noise, children with autistic disorder find crowd noise troublesome. Hence, the correct answer is ‘crowd (noise).’
9	Invisible (disabilities/disability)	As per Paragraph G, “It is probable that many undiagnosed children exist in the education system with ‘invisible’ disabilities.” The words ‘undiagnosed children ‘exist in the education system with ‘invisible’ disabilities’ imply that many children who do not get diagnosed with the hearing problem but still suffer from it are referred to as students with ‘invisible’ disabilities. Hence, the correct answer is ‘invisible (disabilities/disability).’
10	Objective 3	As per Paragraph H, “Objective 3 of the New Zealand Disability Strategy is to ‘provide the best education for disabled people’ by improving education so that all children, youth learners and adult learners will have equal opportunities to learn and develop within their already existing local school”. The lines mentioned above signify that Objective 3 of New Zealand’s policy strives to provide equitable learning opportunities to all students. Hence, the correct answer is ‘objective 3’.
11	A	According to Paragraph B, “a preliminary study in New Zealand has shown that classroom noise presents a major concern for teachers and pupils. Modern teaching practices, the organisation of desks in the classroom, poor classroom acoustics, and mechanical means of ventilation such as conditioning units all contribute to the number of children unable to comprehend the teacher’s voice.” From the ‘modern teaching practices’ and ‘contribute’, we can infer that the Modern teaching practices or, in other words, the current teaching method contributes to classroom noise. Hence, the correct answer is ‘A’.
12	C	The third line of Paragraph B states that “a preliminary study in New Zealand has shown that classroom noise presents a major concern for teachers and pupils. Modern teaching practices, the organisation of desks in the classroom, poor classroom acoustics, and mechanical means of ventilation such as conditioning units all contribute to the number of children unable to comprehend the teacher’s voice.” We can deduce from the terms mentioned above that children are unable to understand the teacher’s voice due to conditioning units, which can also be referred to as a cooling system. Hence, the correct answer is ‘C.’
13	C	The first line of passage A clearly mentions that the author will discuss the hearing impairment or other auditory function deficit in young children which can have a major impact on their development of speech and communication, resulting in a detrimental effect on their ability to learn at school. So, overall the author’s motive is to increase awareness of the situation of the children with auditory problems. Hence, the correct answer is ‘C’.

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