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| Outer (ear/pinna, ear canal, eardrum), Middle (3 bones), Inner (cochlea) |
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| Assistive Listening Devices (ALD's) |
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| Non hearing aid devices to help hard of hearing people hear better (this app) |
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| Chart of hearing produced by Audiologists |
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| Machine to measure hearing loss (the app would be different than this) |
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| Auditory Processing Disorder |
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| Normal hearing with an inability to pick out the primary signal from background noise. |
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| Hearing loss in both ears. |
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| The unit to measure hearing loss. |
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| Natural substance excreted in the ear canal. A plug of wax will prevent hearing correctly. |
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| The whistle from the hearing aid when an object is too close or the volume is too high. (The user of the app should be instructed to tilt the phone away from the ear when taking a phone call) |
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| People with any level of hearing loss including deafness, but should only be used by those who benefit from hearing aids or ALD's. |
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| Slight, mild, moderate, severe, profound, mixed. |
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| A sound that covers up another sound, such as a fan or radio. |
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| A person who loses their hearing after they learn language. |
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| Those whose hearing loss comes at birth or before language is developed. |
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| Hearing loss determined differently than through an audiometer. (This app) |
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| Ringing or other noise created from the brain which masks the primary signal. |
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Conductive - fluctuating
Sensorineural - permanent |
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| Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) |
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| The law ensuring all hard of hearing people are able to access language in any environment. |
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| A device that turns up all frequencies of hearing at the same level (the app will differentiate the levels needed) |
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| An electo-magnetic device surgically placed in the ear. (the app would not work with an implant) |
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| The level of hearing loss where no hearing aid or ALD will assist them in hearing. |
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| People with hearing thresholds greater than 25 dB. |
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