N.Y. Mental Hyg. Law § 33.12

§ 33.12 Hearing evaluation.\n The office for people with developmental disabilities shall provide\nsuitable hearing evaluations periodically for the residents in state\nschools. Upon the ascertainment that any resident so evaluated is deaf\nor hard of hearing, it shall be the duty of the office to provide\nsuitable remedial efforts, to include, but not be limited to, hearing\naids, alternative forms of communication and auditory training to\novercome this handicap and to ascertain the true level of intelligence\nof such residents.\n