The same as Inflection.
In-The-Mouth Hearing Aid (ITM)
A type of bone conduction hearing aid that fits in the mouth and uses tooth (bone) conduction to transmit the sounds to the inner ear.
In-The-Canal Hearing Aid (ITC)
A type of hearing aid that fits partly in the ear canal but extends to the bowl of the ear.
Interpreter
A person who conveys the spoken message to a person with hearing loss by the use of sign language (visible movements of hands, body and face), orally (silently mouthing the words) or with Cued speech. Sign language interpreters are by far the most common.
Internal Feedback
A whistling or squealing that results when sound that is supposed to go into the ear goes instead directly to the microphone through a damaged hearing aid case and becomes amplified again and again. Internal feedback can also be due to an electronic fault in a hearing aid. In contrast, external feedback is the result […]
Interaural Pitch Difference (IPD)
More commonly known as Diplacusis dysharmonica, Interaural Pitch Difference (IPD) is where you hear the same sound at different pitches in each ear.