Glossary of Terms Sensory Aids for Persons With Auditory Impairments

Glossary of Terms	Definitions	Examples
Accessibility Options	Software adaptions included in Windows that address common problems that persons with disabilities have in using a standard keyboard.	Accessibility features are installed on your computer by default. You can quickly select the options you want by using the Accessibility Wizard or you can enable them through Control Panel. The options allow you to adjust your keyboard, to set colors and fonts for easier reading, to control the mouse pointer with the numeric keypad, and to set visual and sound warnings
Alerting Devices	Sensory devices that detect sounds and then cause a vibration or a flashing light signal, or both, to call attention to the sound for a person who is deaf.	Alerting technology include monitoring and alerting systems to help the deaf and hard of hearing stay in touch with the world around them.
Assistive Listening Devices	A class of assistive devices that are intended to be in group settings such ass in lecture halls, churches, business meetings, courtrooms, and broadcast television to amplify sounds and broadcast them to receivers worn by persons who are hard of hearing.	Assistive Listening Devices are designed to help people hear more effectively.
Captioning	Captions are text versions of the spoken word presented within multimedia.	Captions allow the content of web audio and video to be accessible to those who do not have access to audio.
Closed Captioning	A process whereby the audio portion of a television program is converted into written words, which appear in a window on the screen.	Closed captioning allows persons with hearing disabilities to have access to television programming by displaying the audio portion of a television program as text on the television screen. Closed captioning provides a critical link to news, entertainment and information for individuals who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.
Cochlear Implants	An auditory prosthesis that provides some sound perception by directly applying electrical stimulation to the basilar membranes of the cochlea.	Is a small, complex electronic device that can help to provide a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf?
Environment Sensor	The portion of a sensory device that detects the data that the human cannot obtain via her own sensory system.	Devices that are designed to accurately detect the magnitude of external field applications.
Hearing Aids	Sensory devices that provide amplification of sounds, including speech, for individuals who are hard of hearing.	Amplify sounds so they may be detected by damaged ears.