Hearing anatomy
Cerumen is produced in this part of the ear.
Outer ear
The type of hearing loss that is usually caused by otitis media.
Conductive hearing loss
The amount of time it takes a wave to complete one cycle.
Period
The type of speech stimuli that is mostly used clinically to determine the speech reception threshold.
Spondee words
The auditory prostheses for individuals who receive minimal benefit from a hearing aid.
Cochlear implant
The tiniest bone in the human body.
Stapes
The type of hearing loss that is caused by excessive noise exposure.
Sensorineural hearing loss
The perceptual correlate of frequency.
Pitch
The type of noise that is used for masking pure tones.
Narrowband noise
The part of a hearing aid that converts acoustic signals to electrical signals.
Microphone
The structure lies between the stapes and the inner ear.
Oval window
The term used to describe the shape or slope of a hearing loss.
Configuration
How often a listening check of an audiometer should be performed.
Daily
The ear that can hear the stimuli when a bone-conduction vibrator is applied to the right mastoid.
Both ears or better ear
The high-pitched whistling sound due to an improperly fitted hearing aid.
Feedback
The conductive portion of the auditory pathway.
The outer ear and middle ear
The type of hearing loss that shows an exaggeration of true hearing loss.
Nonorganic hearing loss
Human hearing range of frequency.
20-20,000 Hz
The starting level for air conduction testing according to the ASHA procedure.
30 dB HL
The style of hearing aid that is usually used by young children with hearing loss.
Behind-the-ear hearing aid
The nerve that sends the signal from the cochlea to the cochlear nucleus.
The 8th cranial nerve (vestibulocochlear nerve)
An audiogram showing impaired bone conduction and an air-bone gap.
A mixed hearing loss
A sound that contains only one frequency.
Pure tone
The usual procedure used for air-conduction threshold determination.
Down 10 dB, up 5 dB
“In situ” measurements with a small probe in the ear canal to verify hearing aid fitting.
Real ear measurement