See Tinnitus Retraining Therapy.

See Telecommunications Relay Service.

Occurs at the age of three when a child and family are no longer eligible for services under Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This is a collaborative process involving families, Part C and Part B programs and, as appropriate, other community-based preschool programs to ensure uninterrupted provision of appropriate services. Planning […]

A short, usually high-pitched tinnitus lasting for a few seconds. Almost everyone hears this kind of tinnitus occasionally.

An approach to communicating with severely and profoundly hard of hearing people that includes simultaneous use of signing and speech (simultaneous communication or sim-com), sometimes supplemented with written information.

The inner ear and the auditory area of the brain and central nervous system are arranged in pitch order, from low to high. Sounds of different pitches are processed by different hair cells in the cochlea, nerve fibers or brain synapses. The cochlear implant, therefore, is designed to present pitch information to the areas of […]