Vision
Hearing
Prefixes
Suffixes
What does it mean?
100
According to the Social Security Administration, what is the definition of legally blind?

20/200

100

Exposure to loud noise, aging and head trauma are all causes of what kind of hearing loss?

Sensorineural

100

bi-

both sides

100

-ectomy

surgical removal of

100

arthralgia

joint pain

200
What makes up your visual field?

central and peripheral vision

200

This type of hearing loss interferes with the way sound waves move through the eardrum or middle ear.

conductive

200

hemi-

one side

200
-otomy

surgical opening/incision

200
hypothyroidism

underactive thyroid

300

What is the nerve that sends visual stimuli to the brain for interpretation?

optic nerve

300

How does prelingual hearing loss happen?

born with it
300

intra-

within

300

-ostomy

form a new opening

300

Labyrinthitis

inflammation of the labyrinth

400

With this type of low vision, your peripheral vision is lost.

glaucoma

400

True or False: Your ear has the smallest bones in your body.

true

400

di-

two

400

-emia

blood

400

otitis media

inflammation of the middle ear

500

This type of low vision is due to the loss of elasticity of the lens of the eye.

presbiopia

500

Tympanic membrane is another word for what?

eardrum

500

ante-

before

500

-ist

person

500

retinoblastoma

tumor on the retina

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