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22 Cards in this Set
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Inflection
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Changes in the movement of a sign to indicate the frequency or duration of an event.
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Conductive Hearing Loss
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Hearing impairment due to disruption of sound through the outer or inner ear.
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Sensorimeural Hearing Loss
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Hearing impariment due to sensory or nerve damage in inner ear, auditory nerve, or auditory cortex of the brain.
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
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Federal law that requires ALL public places to be accessible to disabled persons.
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Closed Captioned (CC)
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text to accompany sound on a TV program.
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Gallaudet
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Man credited with bringing modern-day sign language to America.
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Individual Education Plan (IEP)
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an annually developed plan to address the needs of every ESE student.
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Mainstream
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Including an ESE student into a non-ESE classroom; all are functioning on the same level.
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Inclusion
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Including an ESE student into a non-ESE classroom; student is functioning on a different academic level.
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Minimal Language Skills (MLS)
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Deaf individuals with little or no education and whose command of American Sign Language, or any language, is poor or nonexistent.
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Manual Communication
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The generic term used for any communication using signs and/or fingerspelling.
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Oral Communication
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Communication through speaking, listening, and speech-reading WITHOUT the use of sign language.
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Total Communication
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The philosophy of education that incorporates sign language, gestures, and fingerspelling.
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Simultaneous Communication (SIMCOM)
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The act of expressing oneself by signing and speaking at the same time.
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Signer
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A person who uses sign language.
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Interpret
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The process of changing messages from one language IMMEDIATELY into another language; the process of changing spoken English into ASL.
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Transliterate
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The process of changing spoken Englisf into signed English.
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Voice-to-sign interpreting
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The process of rendering a spoken message into a signed message.
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Sign-to-voice interpreting
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The process of rendering a signed message into a spoken message.
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Qualified Interpreter (QA I, II, III)
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An interpreter who has passed a state level screening.
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Educational Interpreter (EIE I, II, III)
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An interpreter who has passed an evaluation specific to an educational setting.
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Certified Interpreter (RID, CI/CT)
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An interpreter who has passed the national evaluation demonstrating advanced interpreting or transliterating skills.
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