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2  Definitions
     1.    Terms used throughout this Schedule of Service Items and Fees have the meaning given by the Hearing Services Administration Act 1997, Hearing Services Program (Voucher) Instrument 2019, and/or Service Provider Contract.

     2.    Additional defined terms and acronyms used throughout this Schedule of Service Items and Fees include:

3FAHL means "3 Frequency Average Hearing Loss."

ALD means an "assistive listening device."

APP means "Australian Privacy Principles."

BTE means "behind the ear."

BiCROS means "bilateral CROS."

Business Site means the facilities where a hearing services provider undertakes their services. All sites must meet the requirements of the Hearing Services Program and can be a permanent or visiting site.

Category means as documented in the Approved Fully Subsidised Device or Partially Subsidised Device Schedules.

CIC means "completely in the canal."

Client means a "voucher-holder" within the meaning of the Hearing Services Program (Voucher) Instrument 2019.

CROS means "contralateral routing of signal."

CSO means "community service obligations."

DBR means "damaged beyond repair."

Device code means as documented in the Approved Fully Subsidised Device or Partially Subsidised Device Schedules

Department means "Department of Health and Aged Care".

ECR means "eligibility criteria for Refitting."

Electronic Signature means a signature that identifies an individual using a computer-generated means, including but not limited to:

 1.    a handwritten signature of an individual that has been digitised for use with electronic documents.
 2.    an ink stamp fixed to a document before it is digitised.
 3.    an electronic equivalent of an ink stamp fixed to a document electronically.

IIC means "invisible in the canal."

ITC means "in the canal."

ITE means "in the ear."

MHLT means "Minimum Hearing Loss Threshold."

Non-Routine Client means a client with;

 1.    an air bone gap of 20db or greater at 0.5, 1 and 2kHz; or
 2.    speech discrimination poorer than expected given hearing threshold levels; or
 3.    evidence of fluctuating audiometric thresholds
If a Non-Routine Client is assessed by an audiometrist, advice on management must be requested from an audiologist or a medical practitioner.

NDB means "Notifiable Data Breach."

OAIC means "the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner."

Portal means the Hearing Services Online Portal which is part of the website administered by the Hearing Services Program for the purposes of applications, information and other approvals under this instrument.

PPB means "Practitioner Professional Body".

Primary device means the currently used device that was most recently supplied to the client under the program or privately.

Program means "Hearing Services Program".
Provisional Practitioner means a member of a Practitioner Professional Body in an approved provisional membership category listed on the program website who works under a supervision agreement or internship approved by that Practitioner Professional Body.

Qualified Practitioner or QP means a member of