2017 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 36 - Public Health and Safety
§ 36-1941 Definitions
36-1941. Definitions
In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. " Commission" means the commission for the deaf and the hard of hearing.
2. " Deaf" means those persons who cannot generally understand speech sounds with or without a hearing aid when in optimal listening conditions.
3. " Hard of hearing" means those persons who have a degree of hearing loss greater than 40dB PTA-2, but less than 85dB PTA-2, in the better ear.
4. " Interpreting" means translating or transliterating of English concepts to any necessary specialized vocabulary used by a consumer or the translating of a consumer specialized vocabulary to English concepts.
5. " Necessary specialized vocabulary" includes American sign language, English based sign language, cued speech and oral interpreting.
6. " PTA-2" means the average of hearing levels at one thousand, two thousand and four thousand Hz.
