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| hearing loss in both ears |
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| has a hearing loss in the 20-70dB range, benefits from amplication, communicates through speaking |
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| hearing loss present at birth |
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| group of individuals who are deaf, share a culture, attitudes, set of beliefs and use sign language |
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| named in honor of heinrich hertz, what frequeny is ,measured in |
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| most widely used sign language amoung deaf adults in north america |
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| uses hand representation for all 26 letters of the alphabet |
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| total or simultaneous communication |
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| combines as many sources of info as possible: simultaneous communication, sign and spoken language, support for residual hearing |
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| amplify sound but do not correct hearing, they make sound louder but not neccesarily clearer |
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