AAP - American Academy of Pediatrics

ABR - Auditory Brainstem Response

ACD - Assistive Communication Device
ADA - Americans with Disabilities Act

ALD - Assistive Listening Device

ASDC - American Society for Deaf Children

ASHA - American Speech - Language Hearing Association

ASL - American Sign Language

A-V - Auditory Verbal

AVT - Auditory Verbal Therapy

BAHA - Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid

BOA - Behavior Observation Audiometry

BTE - Behind the Ear

CASE - Conceptually Accurate Signed English

CC - Closed Captions

CFC - Child & Family Connections

CDC - Center for Disease Control

CHS - Chicago Hearing Society

CI - Cochlear Implant

CIL - Centers for Independent Living

CMV - Cytomegalovirus

CODA - Child of Deaf Adult

dB - Decibel

DHH - Deaf and Hard of Hearing

DSC - Designated Service Coordinator 

DSCC - Division of Specialized Care for Children

DM - Digital Modulation assistive listening device

DT-H - Developmental Therapist - Hearing

EHDI - Early Hearing Detection & Intervention

EI - Early Intervention

EITP - Early Intervention Training Program

ENT - Ear, Nose & Throat or Otolaryngologist 

FHSR - Foundation for Hearing and Speech Resources 

FM - Frequency Modulation assistive listening device

GBYS - Guide By Your Side

HA - Hearing Aid

HIPAA - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

HV - Hands & Voices 

IATP - Illinois Assistive Technology Program aka "ILTech"

IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

IDHHC - Illinois Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission

IEP - Individual Education Plan

IFSP - Individual Family Service Plan

ILHV - Illinois Hands & Voices

ILSB - Illinois Sound Beginnings

ISBE - Illinois State Board of Education

ISD - Illinois School for the Deaf

ISRC - Illinois Service Resource Center

ISVI - Illinois School for the Visually Impaired

JCIH - Joint Commission on Infant Hearing

LRE - Least Restrictive Environment

LSL - Listening and Spoken Language 

NAD - National Association of the Deaf

NCHAM - National Center for Hearing Assessment and Managements

NCSA - National Cued Speech Association

OAE - Otoacoustic Emission

Part B - section of IDEA Law for age 3 - 22 with disabilities

Part C - section of IDEA Law for age birth - 3

ROE - Regional Office of Education

SEE - Signed Exact English

TC - Total Communication pertaining to Language

TOD - Teacher of the Deaf

TTY - Telecommunication Device for the Deaf 

VP - Video Phone

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