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Hearing Loss - Deafness and Hard of Hearing Glossary

By Jamie Berke, About.com

Updated June 22, 2009

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The deaf and hard of hearing community has many words and terms specifically related to deafness and hearing loss. Glossary terms range from Acoustic Neurinoma to Zinser, Elizabeth. Each glossary page has a short definition of the term, and links to related articles where appropriate.

Alphabetical Glosary Index

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Based on material from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, information on About.com: Deafness/Hard of Hearing, and original glossary items created for About.com.

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