An audiologist with special training and experience in providing auditory rehabilitation services to children in school settings.

The unit that measures the intensity (loudness) of sound. It is used to express the degree of a person’s hearing loss. The smaller the number, the better the hearing. Normal hearing thresholds range between 0 and 20 dB. More technically, a decibel is a unit of measure that defines sound intensity (loudness) based on sound […]

A hearing loss that occurs sometime after birth.

See Americans with Disabilities Act.

An infection of the middle ear that often includes pain, fever and conductive hearing loss.

A hearing loss that was not present at birth.