When you’re new to the journey of having a Deaf/Hard of hearing child, it’s all too easy to become lost in the sea of acronyms floating around. Here are a list of acronyms you may encounter:
AAP: American Academy of Pediatrics
ABR: Auditory Brainstem Response (hearing test for babies)
ACD/ALD: Assisted Communication Device or Assisted Listening Device
AGBell: Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
ASDC: American Society for Deaf Children
ASL: American Sign Language
ASTra: Advocacy, Support, and Training Program
AVT: Auditory Verbal Therapy
BAHA: Bone-anchored Hearing Aid
CASE: Conceptually Accurate Signed English
CDC: Centers for Disease Control
CI: Cochlear Implant
CMV: Cytomegalovirus
CS: Cued Speech
Deaf Plus: What is Deaf Plus?
DHH: Deaf and Hard of Hearing
EHDI: Early Hearing Detection and Intervention
EI: Early intervention
FCEI: Family Centered Early Intervention
FL3: Family Leadership in Language, Learning, and Literacy
GBYS: Guide By Your Side
HV: Hands & Voices
IEP: Individual Education Program (Check out the Hands & Voices IEP Meeting Planner)
IFSP: Individual Family Service Plan
JCIH: Joint Committee 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 Management
NCSA: National Cued Speech Association
O.U.R.: Observe, Understand, and Respond (Children’s safety)
SEE: Signing Exact English (sometimes Signing Essential English)
TOD: Teacher of the Deaf
WASK: Our favorite acronym here at Hands & Voices…Well-Adjusted, Successful Kid
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