See Loudness Discomfort Level.
Left-Corner Audiogram
Audiogram showing measurable hearing only at the frequencies of 125, 250 and 500 Hz. Thresholds are usually above 70 dB.
Linear Hearing Aid
A hearing aid that amplifies sound by a set amount (e. g. 20%, 50%, etc.) at any particular pitch; regardless of the initial volume. This can result in soft sounds not being amplified enough to be heard, and loud sounds being amplified so that they are much too loud. Most older hearing aids had linear […]
Lipreading
Watching the mouth of a person speaking as a method to help a hard of hearing person understand what they are saying. (The modern term is speechreading.)
Listening Strategy
Any method or plan that helps a person to hear in a particular situation, often called a hearing loss coping strategy. The goal is to identify the situations where a person has the most difficult hearing, or has the most need to hear, and then modify the situation in some way to gain a hearing […]
Localization
The ability to determine the source or direction of a sound. You need two working ears in order to localize sound.