See Assistive Listening System.

Same as Background Noise.

The main visual/gestural (signed) language of culturally deaf people in the United States and Canada. ASL has its own word order and set of grammatical and syntactical rules.

Public law 101-336 passed in 1990 that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in employment, transportation, public accommodation, state and local government and telecommunications. This is a “civil rights act” for persons with disabilities.

An increase in the intensity (loudness) of sounds provided by a hearing aid or assistive listening device.

A telephone that is equipped with a volume control either built into the handset, the base of the phone or via an attachment.