Hearing Loss
Hearing Aids are devices that enhance hearing by amplifying sound while attempting to reduce background noise.
Assistive Listening Devices are various forms of listening and alerting technology, excluding hearing aids, that reduce the negative effects of distance on hearing. These include amplified telephones, doorbell flashers and TV listeners, to name a few.
American Sign Language is a visual-gestural language with vocabulary and grammar different from English.
Speechreading is interpretation of the spoken message by recognizing movements of the lips, jaws, and tongue, as well as cues such as body language, gestures, and facial expressions.
A Cochlear Implant is a surgically implanted electronic device that provides stimulation directly to the auditory nerve, bypassing damaged hair cells that prevent sound from reaching the nerve. The FDA approved cochlear implants for adults in 1985 and for children in 1990. More than 30,000 people worldwide have received cochlear implants at an average cost of $40,000.
C-Printª is a computer-aided speech-to-print transcription system, translating spoken words into text, was developed at NTID. Schools nationwide are using it.
TTY/Pagers are telecommunication devices that transmit and receive typewritten messages.
Cued Speech is a sound-based visual communication system that uses eight handshapes in four locations (cues) in combination with the natural mouth movements of speech.
CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is the instant conversion of the spoken word into verbatim English text, using a translator who uses a stenotype machine, notebook computer, and realtime software.
Automatic Speech Recognition technology recognizes and converts the spoken word into text.