For this evaluation, information was gathered from parents of children enrolled in Dade's programs for the hearing impaired, teachers of the hearing impaired, regular teachers, and records of children currently in the program. Information was also gathered from parents of children enrolled at the Florida School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing at St. Augustine, to obtain a relative comparison of that and Dade's program. The information gathered from these sources was used to evaluate the two basic types of services offered the hearing impaired by Dade County: (1) self-contained services, involving placement of a student into a special classroom, with resourcing into the regular school program as warranted, and (2) itinerant teacher services, provided for those with relatively little hearing impairment for approximately two hours per week. Seven major recommendations were made for program improvement: (1) development of an in-service orientation for regular teachers; (2) increasing availability of appropriate career education and vocational training opportunities for the hearing impaired child; (3) enhancing the communication existing between teachers in the itinerant program and students' parents; (4) provision of more adequate facilities for itinerant hearing teachers; (5) provision of in-service training for teachers of the hearing impaired in certain areas; (6) making available more complete information on incoming students especially for teachers functioning in self-contained settings; and (7) more adequate provision for certain equipment items. (RC)