| CVC | Consonant-vowel-consonant |
| CI | Cochlear implant |
| IPA | International Phonetic Alphabet |
| NVA | Nederlandse Vereniging Audiology (Dutch association of Audiology) lists |
| PAT | phoneme allocation table |
| SRT, SRTq, SRTn | Speech recognition threshold level. Subscript indicates in quiet or in noise |