(re-KROOT-ment) Also called Loudness Recruitment. A naturally-occurring result of having a sensorineural hearing loss. When you have recruitment, you experience an abnormally greater increase in the sensation of loudness in response to increased sound intensity as compared with a normal ear. Sounds become just perceptible at a louder level due to your hearing loss, although […]
Recessive Genetic Condition
Inherited condition in which both parents carry an abnormal recessive gene. More technically, where both genes of a gene pair are required to produce a physical characteristic (such as hearing loss). Recessive characteristics are passed only if both parents have the same recessive gene. Thus each child born to a parent with the same recessive […]
Receptive Language
Understanding language. This includes memory and understanding what is heard (or seen in the case of sign language). Therefore, receptive language relies on hearing or seeing.
Receiver
The name for the tiny speaker inside the hearing aid, or in the ear mold. (Logically it should be called the transmitter as it transmits sound to the ear. It got its odd name because they focused on the fact that it receives sound from the hearing aid, rather than focusing on the fact that […]
Real-time Captioning
The process of producing and projecting onto a screen verbatim dialogue as typed by a captionist. It provides clear, accurate print that is easily visible to people in large audiences. Commonly called CART.
Real Ear Measurement
A testing technique used to measure the sound levels produced by a hearing aid while in the ear canal. A tiny probe microphone is placed in the ear canal ahead of the hearing aid. Real ear measurement evaluates how well a hearing aid is producing the amplification and quality of sound it should when it is actually […]