If an assessment requires listening to sounds or words to answer a question, such as listening to baking soda react to vinegar to understand a chemical reaction is taking place, an alternate version of the assessment describes the same process in words and uses clear visuals.
Test content requires listening to sounds, without visual support, in order to answer a question. For example, students who hear a fizzing noise in a video of baking soda interacting with vinegar have another clue that a chemical reaction is happening over students who cannot hear it.
Consider ways to engage other senses, such as feeling the vibrations of the object making a sound.