The difficulties encountered by students with hearing loss and special learning needs are often attributed exclusively to hearing loss, particularly when there are no other obvious physical or sensory handicaps. A Louisiana public school system has addressed this issue for the past 9 years and has included both regular and special education instructors in the children's programming. As a team, individualized goals and accommodations are designed similar to those of their peers with normal hearing with similar learning needs. The programming includes Cued Speech; intensive speech, language, and listening training; use of assistive listening devices; early intervention for the development of reading, writing, and general knowledge; annual assessment; identification of specific learning styles; and mainstreaming. As a result, the students with hearing loss who have special learning needs were able to achieve passing scores on the state's "high stakes" testing.