Definitions and Technologies
Hearing loss that is severe enough that a child is impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing with or without amplification
Deafness
Hearing loss is usually described using the terms slight, mild, moderate and what other word?
Severe
Language of deaf culture in the USA and Canada
American Sign Language (ASL)
Hearing loss that is present at birth
Frequency is measured using this unit
hertz
Loss in hearing, whether permanent or fluctuating, that adversely affects a child’s education performance
Hearing loss
According to the 1-3-6 Model, by 3 months, babies should be ____ with hearing loss
diagnosed
Used to spell out names for which no signs exist to clarify the meaning
Finger spelling
Hearing loss that appears after birth
Acquired
Intensity is measured using this unit
decibels
Include a microphone, an amplifier, a receiver, and controls to adjust volume and tune
Hearing aids
7 to 12 months
The process of understanding a spoken message by observing the speakers lip movement, facial expressions, and gestures
Speechreading
Caused by an abnormality in the auditory nerve pathway
This percent of American adults that report trouble hearing
15%
Cochlear implants
Babies start to laugh between these months of age
4 to 6 months
Cued speech
Caused by damage to the cochlea
Sensory hearing impairment
There are this many hand positions in finger spelling
26 hand positions
Can help solve problems caused by distance, noise, and reverberation in the classroom
Group assistive listening devices
Auditory Brainstem response screening
Teaches the awareness of sound by having a child look for a hidden sound and teaching them the discrimination of sound
Auditory training
Determine whether or not the hearing loss occurred before or after the development of spoken language
Prelingual and postlingual hearing loss
Cued speech uses this many phonemes of spoken English
44 phonemes