Section R9-13-101. Definitions

In this Article, unless the context otherwise requires:

1.        “Assistive listening device” has the meaning in A.R.S. § 36-1901.

2.        “Audiologist” means an individual licensed under A.R.S. Title 36, Chapter 17.

3.        “Audiometer” means an electronic device that generates signals used to measure hearing.

4.        “Calibration” means a determination of the accuracy of an instrument by measurement of a variation from a standard.

5.        “Cochlear implant” means a surgically inserted device that electrically stimulates the hearing nerve in the inner ear.

6.        “dB” means decibel.

7.        “dB HL” means decibel hearing level.

8.        “Deaf” has the meaning in A.R.S. § 36-1941.

9.        “Department” means the Arizona Department of Health Services.

10.     “Documentation” means signed and dated information in written, photographic, electronic, or other permanent form.

11.     “Effusion” means the escape of fluid from a blood or lymphatic vessel into tissue or a cavity.

12.     “Frequency” means the number of cycles per second of a sound wave.

13.     “Hard of hearing” has the meaning in A.R.S. § 36-1941.

14.     “Hearing aid” has the meaning in A.R.S. § 36-1901.

15.     “Hearing screening” means a test of a student’s ability to hear certain frequencies at a consistent loudness performed in a school by an individual who meets the requirements in R9-13-107.

16.     “Hz” means Hertz, a unit of frequency equal to one cycle per second.

17.     “Immittance” means the ease of transmission of sound through the middle ear.

18.     “Inner ear” means the semicircular canals, auditory nerve, and cochlea.

19.     “Intensity” means the strength of a sound wave striking the eardrum resulting in the perception of loudness as expressed in decibels or decibels hearing level.

20.     “Kindergarten” means  the  grade level  immediately preceding first grade.

21.     “Middle ear” means the eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes, and eustachian tube.

22.     “mm H2O” means millimeters of water.

23.     “Noise floor” means sounds present in the auditory canal from either the environment or bodily functions such as breathing and blood flow.

24.     “Otitis media” means inflammation of the middle ear.

25.     “Otoacoustic emissions” means the sounds generated from the inner ear.

26.     “Outer ear” means the pinna, lobe, and auditory canal.

27.     “Parent” has the meaning in A.R.S. § 15-101.

28.     “Physician” means an individual licensed under A.R.S. Title 32, Chapter 13 or 17.

29.     “Preschool” means the instruction preceding kindergarten provided to individuals three to five years old through a:

a.         School as defined in A.R.S. § 15-101,

b.        Accommodation school as defined in A.R.S. § 15- 101,

c.         Charter school as defined in A.R.S. § 15-101, or

d.        Private school as defined in A.R.S. § 15-101.

30.     “Primary care practitioner” means an individual licensed as a registered nurse practitioner under A.R.S. Title 32, Chapter 15  or a physician  assistant under  A.R.S. 32, Chapter 25.

31.     “Pure tone” means a single frequency sound.

32.     “Reproducibility” means the correlation of two responses measured simultaneously and reported by percentage.

33.     “School” means:

a.         School as defined in A.R.S. § 15-101;

b.        Preschool,

c.         Kindergarten,

d.        Accommodation school as defined in A.R.S. § 15- 101,

e.         Charter school as defined in A.R.S. § 15-101, or

f.         Private school as defined in A.R.S. § 15-101

34.     “School administrator” means an individual or the individual’s designee assigned to act on behalf of a school by the body organized for the government and the management of the school.

35.     “School year” means the period between July 1 and the following June 30.

36.     “Screener” means an individual qualified to perform a hearing screening in a school according to R9-13-107.

37.     “Special education” has the meaning in A.R.S. § 15-761.

38.     “Speech-language pathologist” means an individual licensed under A.R.S. Title 36, Chapter 17.

39.     “Student” means an individual enrolled in a school.

40.     “Supervision” has the meaning in A.R.S. § 36-401.

41.     “Tympanogram” means a chart of the indirect measurements of the ease of movement of the parts of the middle ear as air pressure in the auditory canal changes.

42.     “Tympanometer” means a device that indirectly measures the ease of movement of the parts of the middle ear as air pressure in the auditory canal changes.

43.     “Tympanometry” means the indirect measurement of the ease of movement of the parts of the middle ear as air pressure in the auditory canal changes.

Historical Note

Adopted effective February 18, 1986 (Supp. 86-1).

Amended effective October 15, 1993 (Supp. 93-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 3307, effective July 16, 2002 (Supp. 02-3).