Types of Hearing Loss
Which type of hearing loss has something wrong with the outer or middle part of the ear?
Conductive Hearing Loss
What is hearing loss that occurs in both ears called?
Bilateral Hearing Loss
What is hearing loss that occurs in only one ear with normal hearing in the other ear called?
Unilateral Hearing Loss
What is the remaining natural hearing a person has called?
Residual Hearing
How many people in the United States are Deaf or Hard of Hearing?
50 Million people
Which type of hearing loss has something wrong with the outer, middle and inner parts of the ear?
Mixed Hearing Loss
What is hearing loss that happens quickly called?
Sudden Hearing Loss
Which term is used to describe someone who has little to no functional hearing?
deaf
What is hearing loss that is the same in both ears called?
Symmetrical Hearing Loss
One out of every how many people have hearing loss in the United States?
Six (6)
Which type of hearing loss has something wrong with the inner part of the ear?
Asymmetrical Hearing Loss
Progressive Hearing Loss
Stable Hearing Loss
Which communication method uses lipreading and aided residual hearing for the development and production of spoken language?
Auditory Oral
Which type of hearing loss has sound processed well by all parts of the ear but shows the signal from the inner ear to the Brain is impaired?
There is no physical damage to any part of the ear with this hearing loss.
Auditory Neuropathy
What is hearing loss that appears after birth called?
Delayed Onset or Acquired Hearing Loss
Which term is used to describe someone with enough useful hearing available that an auditory device provides access to speech?
Hard of Hearing
What is hearing loss that happened after a person learned to talk called?
Post-lingual Hearing Loss
Which communication method uses any and all communication methods (sign language, gestures, speechreading and spoken word) necessary to acquire language?
Total Communication
What is ANSD short for?
Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder
What is hearing loss that happened before a person learned to talk called?
Pre-lingual Hearing Loss
What is hearing loss that gets better or worse over time called?
Fluctuating Hearing Loss
What is hearing loss that occurred before or at birth called?
Congenital Hearing Loss
Which communication method uses visuals made by the hands (American Sign Language or ASL) as the primary language for communication, interaction, and learning?