Sec 36-1941. Definitions

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In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Commission" means the commission for the deaf and the hard of hearing.

2. "Deaf" means those persons who cannot generally understand speech sounds with or without a hearing aid when in optimal listening conditions.

3. "Hard of hearing" means those persons who have a degree of hearing loss greater than 40dB PTA-2, but less than 85dB PTA-2, in the better ear.

4. "Interpreting" means translating or transliterating of English concepts to any necessary specialized vocabulary used by a consumer or the translating of a consumer specialized vocabulary to English concepts.

5. "Necessary specialized vocabulary" includes American sign language, English based sign language, cued speech and oral interpreting.

6. "PTA-2" means the average of hearing levels at one thousand, two thousand and four thousand Hz.

                    
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