Common Acronyms

  • AABR: Automated Auditory Brainstem Response
  • AAP:  American Academy of Pediatrics
  • ABR:  Auditory Brainstem Response
  • BAER: Brainstem Auditory Evoked Response, also called ABR
  • BSER: Brainstem Evoked Response, also called ABR
  • CI: Cochlear Implant
  • CSHNB: Children with Special Health Needs Branch
  • DOH: Hawaii Department of Health
  • EHDI: Early Hearing Detection and Intervention
  • EI: Early Intervention
  • ENT: Ear, Nose and Throat Doctor
  • HA: Hearing Aid
  • HCDB: Hawaii Center for the Deaf and the Blind
  • H-KISS: Hawaii Keiki Information Services System
  • IDEA: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
  • JCIH: Joint Committee on Infant Hearing
  • NHSP: Newborn Hearing Screening Program
  • OAE: Otoacoustic Emissions, screening or diagnostic
  • OME: Otitis Media with Effusion
  • PART C: IDEA section related to early intervention services
  • TYMP: Tympanometry
  • UNHS: Universal Newborn Hearing Screening

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