Point well taken, Susan. While "deaf" can mean different things (and some folks who are deaf have residual hearing that, when amplified, is functional), it sounds like the student in question simply did not have enough hearing to be able to effectively function in this program. Perhaps the experience with this student might be a spur to encourage the powers-that-be to do a better job of specifying the technical standards for participation and completion of the program, so others are not frustrated in the same way in the future.
