Is a hearing for SSI the same as for Social Security Disability ?

Yes, there is no difference between a hearing for ssi disability and a hearing for ssd disability, or social security disability.

When an individual who has filed for disability benefits arrives at the office of hearings and appeals (or a satellite location) to have his or her case heard by an administrative law judge, the issue is whether or not the individual is disabled according to standards set by the social security administration. That is, at a disability hearing, a judge will simply, based on a review of an applicant's medical history, determine whether or not that applicant should receive social security or ssi benefits based on disability status.

Now, if an applicant is awarded disability benefits, the source of those benefits may be either ssdi (social security disability insurance) or ssi (supplemental security income). However, where a person's benefits will be drawn from (which program) is not determined at a hearing or by a judge, but, rather, at the soical security office when an application for social security disability or ssi disability is initially taken. And, in fact, this determination has little to do with any decision-making criteria on the part of the social security office, but, rather, on whether or not an applicant paid enough into the "system" (via their payroll deductions) to qualify for social security disability. If the disabled individual is a child or an adult who did not earn enough quarters of coverage, they will receive SSI disability events in the event that they are appproved for disability.

However, to answer this question, yes, a hearing for ssi disability is the same as for ssd disability. There is no distinction.