Code of Maine Rules › 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › 144 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - GENERAL › Chapter 279 - RULES RELATING TO THE MAINE NEWBORN HEARING PROGRAM › Section 144-279-2.0 - DEFINITIONS

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
2.1 "Audiologist" means an individual who
				practices audiology and who by virtue of academic and practical training
				presents himself to the public by any title or description of services
				incorporating the words, Audiologist, Hearing Clinician, Hearing Therapist or
				any similar title or description of services. Maine law requires an audiologist
				to hold a license to practice in accordance with standards set forth by the
				Maine Department of Professional and Financial Regulations.
2.2 "Birth Admission" means the time after
				birth that the newborn remains in the hospital nursery prior to
				discharge.
2.3 "Birthing Center"
				means any non-hospital health facility, institution, or place designed to
				accommodate mothers giving birth away from home at the culmination of normal,
				uncomplicated deliveries.
2.4
				"Birthing Hospital" shall mean, for purposes of rules regarding newborn hearing
				screening, a hospital with a maternal and newborn service.
2.5 "Board" means the Maine Newborn Hearing
				Program Advisory Board.
2.6
				"Department" means program leadership, management or staff from the Department
				of Human Services, Bureau of Health, Maine Newborn Hearing Program.
2.7 "Hearing Loss" means a hearing loss of 16
				decibels or more in the frequency region important for speech recognition and
				comprehension in one or both ears.
2.8 "Hearing Screening" means a physiologic
				measure of a newborn's hearing designed to detect if a newborn is at a high
				risk of having hearing loss.
2.9
				"High Risk Indicator" means a diagnostic finding which causes an individual to
				be susceptible to hearing loss because of biological or environmental
				factors.
2.10 "Intervention" or
				"treatment" means the early intervention services described in the federal
				Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 United States Code, Chapter 33,
				Subchapter III, Sections 1431 to 1445, as amended. "Intervention" or
				"treatment" includes, but is not limited to, audiological, medical, or early
				educational services that provide a choice of methods of communications in a
				variety of sensory modalities.
2.11
				"Parent" means a natural parent, stepparent, adoptive parent, legal guardian or
				other legal custodian of a child.
2.12 "Pass Result" means a result from the
				newborn hearing screening which indicates that, as of the time of the
				screening, the newborn is likely to demonstrate normal hearing sensitivity in
				the test ear.
2.13 "Person who is
				culturally Deaf" means a person with permanent hearing loss who identifies as a
				member of the Deaf community and who utilizes American Sign Language as the
				primary mode of communication.
2.14
				"Person who is hard-of-hearing" or "person who is deaf" means a person with
				permanent hearing loss who communicates using aural or oral skills for
				accessing spoken language.
2.15
				"Program" means the Maine Newborn Hearing Program.
2.16 "Refer Pattern" means a result from a
				newborn hearing screening which indicates that the newborn may not demonstrate
				normal hearing in the test ear at the time of screening, and requires further
				screening or diagnostic assessment.