Anatomy & Physiology
This structure amplifies sound vibrations and connects the tympanic membrane to the oval window.
What is the ossicular chain?
This type of hearing loss occurs when sound cannot pass through the outer or middle ear.
What is conductive hearing loss?
This basic hearing test determines the quietest sounds a person can hear across frequencies.
What is pure tone audiometry>
This is the most common type of amplification device, often worn behind or in the ear.
This famous landmark in Italy started leaning due to unstable soil during construction.
What is the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
This part of the cochlea contains the hair cells that convert mechanical sound into neural signals.
What is the organ of Corti?
This is the most common cause of temporary hearing loss in children.
What is otitis media?
This test uses a bone oscillator to assess cochlear function without middle ear involvement.
What is bone conduction testing?
This implantable device bypasses the cochlea to stimulate the auditory nerve directly.
What is a cochlear implant?
This Japanese automaker produces the popular CX-5 SUV and is known for its "Zoom-Zoom" slogan.
What is Mazda?
This cranial nerve carries auditory information to the brain.
What is the VIIIth Cranial nerve / vestibulocochlear nerve?
This condition causes a ringing or buzzing sound in the ears.
What is tinnitus?
This test measures movement of the tympanic membrane in response to pressure.
What is tympanometry?
This rehabilitation process includes auditory training, speech reading, and counseling to individuals with hearing loss communicate more effectively.
What is aural rehabilitation?
This country has the most official languages.
The scala vestibuli and scala tympani are filled with this fluid.
What is perilymph?
This age-related hearing loss typically affects high frequencies first.
What is presbycusis?
What is auditory brainstem response?
This type of habilitation focuses on helping children born with hearing loss develop spoken language skills.
What is aural habilitation?
These people won the 2010 and 2018 Olympics in ice dancing.
Who are Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir?
This membrane separates the scala media from the scala tympani and plays a key role in converting mechanical energy into neural signals.
What is the basilar membrane?
This progressive neurological disorder often leads to difficulty processing auditory information in the presence of normal hearing thresholds.
What is auditory processing disorder?
This test is used to detect outer hair cell function and is often used in newborn hearing screening.
What are otoacoustic emissions?
This term refers to the process of teaching adults with acquired hearing loss how to better understand speech using visual cues.
What is speechreading?
This ancient civilization built Machu Picchu high in the Andes Mountains.
Who are the Incas?