![]() ![]() ![]() ASL has its own rules of grammar, phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax, and pragmatics.Īmplification: The use of hearing aids and other electronic devices to increase the loudness of sound.Īssistive Listening Devices (ALDs): All types of electronic hearing aids, including personal aids, FM systems, infrared systems, special input devices for telephone or television, amplified alarms and signals, etc.Īssistive Technology (AT): Identified in IDEA 2004 as "Any item, piece of equipment or product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of children with disabilities. ![]() Linguistic information is conveyed by the movement of hands and non-manual signals received through the eyes and processed in the language areas of the brain. In relation to IDEA, the term AEM refers to print educational materials that have been transformed into the specialized formats of Braille, large print, audio, or digital text.Īccommodations: Supports and services that allow learners access to the curriculum.Īcoustics: Pertaining to sound, the sense of hearing, or the science of sound.Īcoustic Room Treatment: The use of sound-absorbing materials (such as carpet and acoustic tile) to reduce ambient room noise and improve the signal-to-noise ratio, thus enhancing the usefulness of hearing aids, cochlear implants, and other types of amplification.Īcquired Hearing Loss: A hearing loss that is not present at birth sometimes referred to as an adventitious loss.Īir Conduction (AC): Sound from the air delivered through the ear canal, the eardrum, and middle ear to the inner ear.Īmbient Noise: Background noise that competes with the main speech signal.Īmerican Sign Language (ASL): A visual-spatial language used in the United States and Canada. IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) specifically focuses on accessible formats of print educational materials. Accessible Educational Materials (AEM): Materials that are designed or converted in a way that makes them usable across the widest range of student variability regardless of format (print, digital, graphical, audio, video). ![]()
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