Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
14 results found in hearing.
- Auditory agnosia (Sound agnosia, Acoustic agnosia)
- A neurological condition characterized by difficulty recognizing or distinguishing sounds despite having intact hearing. People with auditory agnosia can hear sounds but may struggle to identify what …
- Bone conduction (Bone conduction hearing, Bone anchored hearing)
- Bone conduction is a method of sound transmission that delivers audio vibrations through the bones of the skull directly to the inner ear, bypassing the outer and middle ear. Bone conduction technolog…
- Cochlear Implant (CI)
- A surgically implanted electronic device that provides a sense of sound to individuals who are deaf or have severe hearing loss. Unlike hearing aids which amplify sound, cochlear implants bypass damag…
- Decreased Sound Tolerance (DST, Sound Intolerance)
- Decreased sound tolerance (DST) is an umbrella term for conditions in which everyday sounds are perceived as uncomfortably loud, threatening, or emotionally distressing. It encompasses hyperacusis (ab…
- Hard of Hearing (HoH, HH)
- A term describing people with hearing loss ranging from mild to severe who typically have some functional hearing, often with the assistance of hearing aids or other amplification devices. Unlike many…
- Hearing Aid (Hearing Aids)
- An electronic device worn in or behind the ear that amplifies sound to assist people with hearing loss. Modern hearing aids include digital signal processing, directional microphones, and connectivity…
- Hearing Aid (HA, BTE, Behind-the-Ear)
- An electronic device worn in or behind the ear that amplifies sound for individuals with hearing loss. Modern hearing aids include features such as Bluetooth connectivity, directional microphones, and…
- Hearing Loss (Hearing Impairment, Hard of Hearing, Deafness)
- A partial or total inability to hear sounds, ranging from mild hearing loss to profound deafness. Hearing loss can be congenital or acquired, and becomes increasingly common with age, affecting approx…
- Intralingual Subtitling (Same-language subtitling, SLS)
- The practice of transcribing and synchronising audio content into text in the same language as the spoken audio. Intralingual subtitling differs from interlingual (translation) subtitling and is parti…
- Listening Fatigue (Auditory Fatigue)
- The mental and physical exhaustion experienced from sustained effortful listening, commonly reported by people who are Hard of Hearing or use hearing aids and cochlear implants. Listening fatigue can …
- Phonophobia (Sound Phobia, Ligyrophobia)
- Phonophobia is an intense fear or aversion to specific sounds or loud noises that goes beyond simple discomfort, often leading to avoidance behaviors such as fleeing from environments where triggering…
- Speech Intelligibility (Speech Recognition Score, Word Recognition)
- A measure of how well speech can be understood by a listener, typically expressed as the percentage of words or sentences correctly identified under specific listening conditions. Speech intelligibili…
- Usher Syndrome (Usher's Syndrome)
- A genetic condition that is the most common cause of combined deafness and blindness (deafblindness). It is characterized by sensorineural hearing loss present from birth and progressive vision loss f…
- Word deafness (Pure word deafness, Auditory verbal agnosia)
- A specific type of auditory agnosia in which a person can hear speech sounds but cannot comprehend spoken words, despite having normal hearing and the ability to read, write, and speak. People with wo…