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Table 5 Quantity of additional linguistic support/access provided byeducational professionals to severely/profoundly deaf andcochlear implanted pupils who received a specialist visitingservice in 2004/2005 ( =241*)Job titleNumber of instances ofstaff providingsupport/access**BSL Interpreter 1 13Communication Support Worker 9 155.6Deaf Assistant 1 18Deaf Sign Language Assistant 2 13Educational Audiologist 22 2Educational Psychologist 21 1.6Learning Support (level unspecific) 1 39Learning Support Assistant 80 157Learning Support Teacher 18 46.6Average hours perinstance of support/access per termNursery Nurse 8 65 (5 hours per week)Sign Language Assistant 3 12Signing tutor 6 19.5Specialist Nursery Nurse 2 42Specialist Support Assistant 8 54.75Speech & Language Assistant 1 3.6Speech & Language Therapist 114 10.25Teacher 7 52ToD 203 82.78ToD: CI team 11 2* 66 other questionnaire returns for pupils in these hearing loss categories did not provide information onaccess/support**Caution: An ‘instance’ represents a commitment of service by one professional to one pupil in 2004/2005.The instances do not equate to the number of pupils (more than one of the same type of professionalsmay have worked with an individual pupil). The totals for each category of professional are also likely tobe higher than the actual number in that category, as one member of staff may have worked with anumber of pupils.24