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​defined as a hearing loss that precludes the learning of language through hearing

PERMITS THE UNDERSTANDING OF SPOKEN LANGUAGE WITH THE USE OF HEARING AIDS

UMBRELLA TERM THAT REFERS TO ALL DEGREES OF HEARING LOSS, FROM SLIGHT TO PROFOUND

SHARE THEIR DEAFNESS, USE OF ASL, AND THEIR CULTURE, VALUES, AND ATTITUDES

DISRUPTION IN THE EFFICIENT PASSAGE/CONDUCTION OF SOUND IN OUTER/MIDDLE EAR

OTITIS MEDIA - MIDDLE EAR INFECTION

MOST COMMON: ANTIBIOTICS, INSERTION OF TUBES

​DAMAGE TO THE COCHLEA OR THE AUDITORY NERVE IN THE INNER EAR

GENETICS, MENINGITIS, PREMATURE BIRTH/LOW BIRTHWEIGHT, RH FACTOR

USUALLY A PERMANENT CONDITION THAT CANNOT BE MEDICALLY TREATED

REFERS TO THOSE WHO HAVE BOTH CONDUCTIVE AND SENSORINEURAL LOSS

one ear or both

PHYSICIAN WHOSE SPECIALIZATION IS DISEASES OF THE EAR

TRAINED TO TEST AND MEASURE HEARING LOSS, ASSISTS WITH REHABILITATION

LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL INTERACTIONS, SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT

​SPEECH SHOULD BE THE PRIMARY MEANS OF EXPRESSION

FINGER SPELLING; SIGNS/ASL

HEARING AIDS, COCHLEAR IMPLANTS, AT DEVICES, TDDS, CLOSED CAPTIONING