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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A person whose hearing loss ranges from mild to profound and whose usual means of communication is speech.  2, record 1, English, - hard%20of%20hearing%20person

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

[Hard of hearing persons] often use their voice to communicate and might have residual hearing that can be supplemented with technical aids.  4, record 1, English, - hard%20of%20hearing%20person

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

The term ["hard of hearing"] is most commonly written without any hyphens, even when it appears in front of a noun :"a hard of hearing person. "  4, record 1, English, - hard%20of%20hearing%20person

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 OBS

hearing impaired; hearing impaired person :[These terms are] not acceptable in referring to people with a hearing loss. "Hearing impairment" is a medical condition; it is not a collective noun for people who have varying degrees of hearing loss. It also fails to recognize the differences between the Deaf and the hard of hearing communities.  2, record 1, English, - hard%20of%20hearing%20person

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[Personne] dont la perte auditive s'étend de légère à profonde et dont le moyen habituel de communication est la parole.  4, record 1, French, - malentendant

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[A person who grows] up hearing or hard of hearing and, either suddenly or gradually, experiences a profound hearing loss.  2, record 2, English, - deafened%20person

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Personne qui grandit en tant que personne entendante ou malentendante et qui soudainement ou progressivement développe une perte auditive profonde.  2, record 2, French, - personne%20devenue%20sourde

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

An American Sign Language interpreter is one of the many services that can be provided to a person or child who is deaf or hard of hearing.  1, record 3, English, - American%20Sign%20Language%20interpreter

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Tactile interpreting is a way of communication for those who are blind and deaf or hard of hearing. One person, the tactile interpreter, puts a hand either on top of or below the other person's hand. They will then make tactile signs on the person's hand so that they can feel and understand what's being said.  1, record 4, English, - tactile%20interpreter

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[La personne ayant une surdicécité] peut […] avoir recours aux services d'un interprète tactile. [Elle] passe sa main ou ses mains sur celles de l'interprète tactile afin de percevoir les mouvements et de comprendre le message qu'il transmet à l'aide d'une langue des signes.  1, record 4, French, - interpr%C3%A8te%20tactile

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A professional interpreter who sits facing a person with hearing loss while silently repeating/rephrasing what a speaker is saying using good lip/facial movements and modifying some difficult-to-see words to make it easier of the hard of hearing person to speechread.  2, record 5, English, - oral%20interpreter

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Le translittérateur reformule de façon inaudible le message en le rendant plus facilement lisible sur les lèvres pour le destinataire. Il n’y a pas de transfert linguistique vers une autre langue, mais un transfert vers une autre forme d’une même langue.  3, record 5, French, - interpr%C3%A8te%20oral

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Un intérprete oral brinda una representación precisa de las palabras habladas a través de movimientos labiales para los estudiantes que leen los labios.  1, record 5, Spanish, - int%C3%A9rprete%20oral

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Any person who is deaf, hard of hearing or deafened.  1, record 6, English, - person%20with%20a%20hearing%20loss

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS

person with a hearing loss: term and definition recommended by the Terminology and Language Standardization Board of the Canadian Government, November 1994.  1, record 6, English, - person%20with%20a%20hearing%20loss

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 2 OBS

person with a hearing loss : this term applies only to individuals; it should never be used in reference to the community to which they belong. To refer to a community of persons with this disability, use specific terms such as persons who are deaf, deafened persons, or persons who are hard of hearing.  1, record 6, English, - person%20with%20a%20hearing%20loss

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Toute personne sourde, malentendante ou devenue sourde.  1, record 6, French, - personne%20ayant%20une%20d%C3%A9ficience%20auditive

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS

personne ayant une déficience auditive : terme et définition recommandés par la Commission générale de normalisation terminologique et linguistique du gouvernement du Canada, novembre 1994.  1, record 6, French, - personne%20ayant%20une%20d%C3%A9ficience%20auditive

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 2 OBS

personne ayant une déficience auditive : ce terme sert à désigner les individus seulement; on ne doit jamais l'employer à l'égard de la collectivité dont ils sont membres. Pour désigner celle-ci, on utilisera le spécifique, par exemple personnes sourdes, devenues sourdes ou malentendantes.  1, record 6, French, - personne%20ayant%20une%20d%C3%A9ficience%20auditive

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish