Glossary of Terms on Deafness and Deafblindness
The Scottish Sensory Centre is currently seeking funding to produce an equivalent to our hugely popular Visually Impairing Conditions documents for conditions causing Deafness and Deafblindness. These will be written by medical professionals and aimed at parents.
In the interim we have gathered together a glossary of terms.
A
automated auditory brainstem response
acoustics
acoustic feedback
acquired hearing loss
aetiology
amplification
atresia
audiogram
audiologist
audiology
audiometer
auditory brainstem response
auditory canal
auditory nerve
auditory neuropathy/dys-synchrony
auditory-oral
auditory processing disorder (APD)
auditory training unit (ATU)
auditory verbal therapy
B
behind the ear (BTE)
bone anchored hearing aid (BAHA)
bilateral hearing loss
bone conduction
bone conductor
British Sign Language (BSL)
BSL interpreter
C
CHARGE syndrome
cholesteatoma
classroom acoustics
cochlea
cochlear implant
communication support worker
congenital hearing loss
conductive hearing loss
conference microphone
cued speech
D
deaf
deafblind
deafblind manual alphabet
Deaf Community
decibel
direct audio input
distraction testing
E
ear mould
ear, nose and throat (ENT)
eardrum
ENT consultant
eustachian tube
F
fingerspelling
FM system
frequency
G
gain
glue ear
grommet
H
hands-on signing
hearing aid
high frequency hearing loss
I
impression
intervenor
in the ear hearing aid (ITE)
J
K
>
L
lipreading
loop system
loudness discomfort level (LDL)
low frequency hearing loss
M
Makaton
mild hearing loss
mixed hearing loss
monoaural hearing loss
multi-sensory impairment
mutual tactile attention
N
Newborn Hearing Screening Programme
non-functioning ear
O
on-body signing
otitis media
otoacoustic emissions
otoscope
P
profound hearing loss
pure tone audiometry (PTA)
Q
R
radio aid
recruitment
relay interpreter
resonance board
reverberation
S
sensori-neural hearing loss
sensory integration
sensory room
severe hearing loss
singalong
sign bilingualism
Sign Supported English (SSE)
Signed English
soundfield systems
speech and language therapist
speech aiscrimination test
T
tactile signing
threshold of hearing
tympanic membrane
total communication
touch cues
tympanic membrane
tympanometry
U
unilateral hearing loss
V
visual reinforcement audiometry (VRA)
W
X
Y
Z
