With early screening and diagnosis, cochlear implants for profoundly deaf children, better hearing aids and more effective teaching methods, children with hearing loss are having unprecedented success in general education settings.

To meet the needs of its fast-growing deaf and hard-of-hearing populations, however, California needs more specialized teachers. And this school year, the CLU Graduate School of Education's efforts to remedy the shortage received a major boost year in the form of a $1.2 million Education Department grant.