Transcript ASL stands for:

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Me!
Me!
Me!
Me!
When in doubt…
• Ask a friend in the
audience
OR
• Narrow it to 50/50
OR
• Poll the entire
audience
ACRONYMS
ADA stands for:
a. Arkansas Department of
Audiology
b. Arkansas Diagnostics
Association
c. Arkansas Day of Appreciation
d. Americans with Disabilities Act
ALD stands for :
a. American League for the Deaf
b. Assistive Listening Device
c. analyzing logarithms in detail
d. Arkansas Legal Department
BTE stands for :
a. Beltone Technology Enterprises
b. batteries that expire
c. behind-the-ear
d. binaural technological efficiency
CIC stands for :
a. completely-in-the-canal
b. critical impulse charge
c. completely-in-the-cochlea
d. cochlear implant charge
DAI stands for :
a. direct audio input
b. Department of Audiology
Instructors
c. developmentally and
audiologically impaired
d. divine audio input
FM stands for :
a. feedback monitor
b. fingerspelling method
c. frequency modulation
d. none of the above
HOH stands for :
a. help on hand
b. hand over heart
c. hope overcomes hurt
d. hard of hearing
IR stands for :
a. intermittent ringing
b. internal radio
c. individualized routing
d. infrared
ITC stands for:
a. International Trade Commission b. independent test control
c. Idiots That Cheat
d. in-the-canal
ITE stands for :
a. in-the-ear
b. infrared technical enhancements
c. irritating troublesome earmolds
d. Idiots Taking Ecstasy
HLAA stands for :
a. Houston Legal Assistants
Association
b. Hearing Loss Association of
America
c. Hoosier Llama & Alpaca
Association
d. a, b and c
COMMUNICATION
Which of the following methods of communication is not
used to communicate with HOH persons?
a. speech/speechreading
b. Braille
c. ALDs
d. Cued Speech
What is a hard of hearing person’s preferred accommodation during a job
interview?:
a. Using an oral interpreter
b. Writing notes
c. Reading lips
d. Depends on the HOH person
Cued Speech uses how many hand shapes?
a. 3
b. 8
c. 5
d. 10
Which of the following organizations does not certify
interpreters for the deaf?:
a. NAD
b. RID
c. HLAA
d. NAD and RID.
How do you determine if an interpreter is certified?
a. Ask to see his/her certification
card.
b. Call the Office for the Deaf &
Hearing Impaired
c. Look on his/her driver’s license.
d. Take his/her word for it.
HEARING AIDS
A hook-shaped, thin piece of plastic with a small loop of wire in it that is
hung over the ear next to a BTE aid is called a:
a. silhouette
b. hook loop
c. crookneck
d. telecoil
A means of transmitting a signal via radio waves where the
frequency (as opposed to its amplitude) of the wave is
modulated is called
a. amplified modulation
b. frequency modulation
c. amplitude modulation
d. pitch modulation
A feature of some hearing aids that allows the aid to “hear”
magnetic signals instead of (or in addition to) the normal
audio input is called a:
a. magnetron
b. telecoil
c. t-switch
d. b and c
Hearing Loss Association of
America
The founder of Hearing Loss Association of America was:
a. Rocky Balboa
b. Rocky Stone
c. Rocky and Bullwinkle
d. none of the above
The HLAA headquarters is in:
a. Boston, MA
b. Bethesda, MD
c. Washington, DC
d. Disney World
The International HLAA Convention in 2008 is in:
a. Bethesda, MD
b. Dallas, TX
c. San Jose, CA
d. Reno, NV
The Executive Director of HLAA, Inc. is:
a. Brenda Battat
b. Terry Portis
c. Marcia Finisdore
d. Beth Wilson
The National HLAA website address is:
a. www.shhh.org
b. www.hearingloss.com
c. www.hearingloss.org
d. www.speakup.com
And the winner is...
Congratulations!