Hearing Aids
Fact or Fiction?
It is possible, in some cases, for hearing aids to completely restore hearing.
What is: Fiction.
Hearing aids amplify sound, which improves an individual's ability to hear and understand speech, but they do not completely restore hearing.
Fact or Fiction?
The most common sounds that will be difficult for children are: s, r, l, k, th.
What is: Fact
Fact or Fiction?
The cochlea is a part of the inner ear.
What is: Fact.
The cochlea is a spiral-shaped organ in the inner ear that converts sound vibrations into neural signals.
Fact or Fiction?
Speech Language Pathologists evaluate and treat swallowing disorders.
What is: fact!
Fact or Fiction?
Modern hearing aids can be connected to smartphones, TVs, and other devices.
What is: Fact.
Many modern hearing aids have Bluetooth connectivity, allowing them to connect to smartphones and other devices.
List 3 speech articulators
What are: teeth, alveolar ridge, tongue, lips, hard palate, soft palate, jaw
Fact or Fiction?
The eardrum separates the outer ear from the inner ear.
What is: Fiction.
The eardrum separates the outer ear from the middle ear, not the inner ear. The eardrum (tympanic membrane) vibrates in response to sound waves, transmitting these vibrations to the middle ear bones.
Fact or Fiction?
A cochlear implant restores normal hearing for persons who are deaf.
What is: fiction.
A cochlear implant does not restore normal hearing. It is a communication tool but not a “cure” for deafness. Cochlear implants can provide more access to speech information than previously received from a hearing aid. Practice with the implant, supplemented with listening therapy are effective means to obtain the maximum benefit from this device.
Fact or Fiction?
Hearing aids are typically only used by older individuals.
What is: Fiction.
Hearing aids can be used by individuals of all ages, depending on their needs and preferences.
These structures vibrate to produce voicing
What are: Vocal Folds
What is our biggest articulator of speech?
What is: The tongue
The tongue is the most important articulator for speech. It's a strong muscle that can move in many different ways to create sounds.
Fact or Fiction?
The hair cells in the cochlea can regenerate if damaged.
What is: Fiction.
Once the hair cells in the cochlea are damaged, they do not regenerate, which can lead to permanent hearing loss.
Fact or Fiction?
Hearing aids are only necessary and beneficial for severe hearing loss.
What is: Fiction.
Hearing aids can benefit individuals with any degree of hearing loss (mild to severe) and can be customized to fit their unique needs.
Which area of the brain is responsible for language expression?
What is: Broca's Area
What are the two functions of the inner ear?
What is: Hearing and Balance
Fact or Fiction?
SLPs only work with school-aged children.
What is: Fiction.
SLPs work with people of all ages who have speech, language, or swallowing difficulties. From feeding at birth to assisting with end of life care. We do it all!
Fact or Fiction?
Hearing aids amplify all sounds, including background noise.
What is: Fiction.
Hearing aids are designed to amplify speech frequencies more than other sounds, helping to improve clarity of speech while minimizing background noise.
What area of the brain is responsible for language comprehension?
What is Wernicke's Area
Fact or Fiction.
The ear contains the smallest bones in the body.
What is: Fact.
The smallest bones in the human body are the three ossicles located in the middle ear: the stapes (stirrup), incus (anvil), and malleus (hammer), with the stapes being the absolute smallest bone in the body. They are responsible for amplifying and transmitting sound waves from the eardrum to the inner ear.
Name the three types of hearing loss.
What is: conductive (middle ear), sensorineural (inner ear), and mixed hearing loss.