DHH
Education & Academia abbreviation · K-12 Education
| Stands for | Deaf and hard of hearing |
|---|---|
| Categories | Education & Academia |
DHH stands for Deaf and hard of hearing, a K-12 education abbreviation.
Term for students with hearing loss, used for school programs, teachers of the deaf and services such as sign language interpreters, captioning and amplification systems. IDEA lists deafness and hearing impairment as separate eligibility categories.
Example: The district's DHH program offers both ASL and listening-and-spoken-language classrooms.
Usage notes
Many Deaf people capitalize "Deaf" to indicate membership in a cultural and linguistic community that uses sign language. Teachers of the deaf hold specialized certification. Early newborn hearing screening has led more children to start services in infancy.
Related abbreviations
More K-12 education abbreviations
- CCSS – Common Core State Standards
- CEP – Community Eligibility Provision
- CSE – Committee on Special Education
- CST – Child study team
- CTE – Career and technical education
- DE – Dual enrollment
- DOK – Depth of Knowledge
- EB – Emergent bilingual
- ECHS – Early college high school
- ED – Emotional disturbance
- EL – English learner
- ELA – English language arts