Refers to people who are able to understand speech through the ear with the help of amplified sound through public address systems, hearing aids and/or other assistive listening devices. Persons may be born hard of hearing, or acquire the condition later in life.
a person with significant hearing loss, but still able to function in the hearing world, possibly with aids. Additional information
The term used to describe a degree of hearing loss ranging from mild to profound for which a person usually receives some benefit from amplification. Most people who are hard of hearing are oralists (communicate by using their voice), although a small number learn sign language. Usually they participate in society by using their residual hearing with hearing aids, speech reading, and assistive devices to facilitate communication.
someone with a hearing loss but who has some useable hearing. They may use hearing aids, lip reading and other aids to communication. People who are hard of hearing may identify more with hearing people than the Deaf community. Their first language is likely to be spoken
A term used to describe those people who need the use of hearing aids.
Describes people with any degree of hearing loss ranging from mild to profound. They can understand some speech sounds, with or without a hearing aid. Most people who are hard of hearing are oralists, although a small number learn sign language. Generally, they are committed to participating in society by using their residual hearing plus hearing aids, speechreading, and assistive technology to aid communication.
A functional loss of hearing, but not to the extent that the individual must depend primarily on other than auditory information as the major means of receiving communication.
A loss of hearing which generally allows the successful understanding of speech through auditory means with or without the use of a hearing aid or other prosthetic device, such as a cochlear implant. Profoundly deaf individuals whose hearing is insufficient to benefit from hearing aids may benefit from a cochlear implant, which uses an external microphone and signal processor and a surgically implanted receiver. A profoundly deaf individual may function as hard of hearing with hearing aid(s) and/or a cochlear implant.
Individuals with a deficient but somewhat functional sense of hearing.
Partial loss of the sense of hearing.
Generally, this term describes someone who has a hearing loss, usually mild to severe, but is able to converse by voice on a telephone.
A term used to describe hearing-impaired individuals with mild to severe / profound hearing impairment who are not deaf.
1.) A hearing loss, whether permanent or fluctuating, which adversely affects and individual's ability to detect and decipher some sounds. 2) The term preferred over "hearing impaired" by the Deaf and hard of hearing community to refer to individuals who have hearing loss, but also have and use residual hearing.
Medically or clinically, a hearing loss, whether permanent or fluctuating, which affects a person's ability to detect or understand some sounds including speech. The term preferred by the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community over the term "hearing impaired" when referring to individuals who have hearing loss and also have and use residual hearing for communication purposes.
Hearing impairment, whether permanent or fluctuating, that adversely affects a student's educational performance but which is not included under the definition of deaf.
Mild to moderate hearing loss that may or may not be corrected with amplification. [Click Here To Return To List
