Exclusion is the omission of hearing-impaired students--or people with any type of disability, for that matter--into schools with people without disabilities. Note that many of these arguments apply not only to the controversy of hearing-impaired students, but to other areas as well.

Proponents of Exclusion argue that a student will feel more comfortable in a setting with other students like him/her. Teachers in typical high schools may or may not feel comfortable with hearing-impaired students. A hearing-impaired student may not be able to understand what is going on in a class because he or she can not hear what's going on. An interpreter may accompany a student to class to translate the teacher's words into sign language.

For those that are completely deaf, exclusion may have a lot to offer. Schools that specialize in hearing-impaired instruction will be able to teach these students skills that they can't pick up in a normal school.