ACRONYMS

• A.P.S. Assistive Product Specifications
• A.T. Assistive Technology
• B.T.E. Behind the Ear (Hearing Aid)
• C.H.A.I. Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc.
• C.H.W. Community Health Worker
• C.S.R. Corporate Social Responsibility
• d.B. Decibels
• D.P.O. Disabled Persons' Organisation
• E.N.T. Ear, Nose and Throat
• F.D.A. Food and Drug Administratio
• G.B.P. Pound Sterling
• H.I.C. High-Income Country
• I.H.H.A.P.P. International Humanitarian Hearing Aid Purchasing Program
• L.M.I.C. Low- and Middle-Income Country
• L.R.S. Low Resource Setting
• N.G.O. Non-Governmental Organisation
• N.H.S. National Health Service (UK)
• O.T.C. Over the Counter
• P.P.P. Preferred Product Profile
• S.F.H.A. Self-fitting Hearing Aids
• S.O. Strategic Objective
• T.B. Tuberculosis
• W.H.O. World Health Organisation
• W.W.H. World Wide Hearing