Types of Hearing Loss
If my auditory(hearing) nerve was damaged or missing, what type of hearing loss would I have?
Sensorineural
What might cause your bones to move slowly?
Fluid in the ear
Name the three bones (+50 points if you give the "fancy" or medical terms)
hammer, anvil, stirrup
+50- malleus, incus, stapes
What does DHH mean?
Deaf and Hard of Hearing
What does an audiogram measure?
A person's hearing
If my hammer is stuck to my anvil, what type of hearing loss do I have?
Conductive
What is the most common cause of sensorineural hearing loss?
Unknown reason for the loss
Which part of your ear sends the message to the brain?
Hearing Nerve
What is self advocacy?
(+25 Give two examples)
Supporting "my" learning needs
(+25- asking for repetition, clarification, CC/accommodations, WIN, etc.)
What do the X's and O's on an audiogram mean?
(+50 if you give SPECIFIC information)
Left and Right Ear
If some of my nerve endings don't work and I have fluid in my middle ear, what type of hearing loss do I have?
Mixed
What is a cause of sensorineural hearing loss?
Misshaped cochlea, no auditory(hearing) nerve, broken or unformed nerve endings
Name the three parts of the inner ear.
cochlea, nerve endings, auditory(hearing) nerve.
What does the "neural" mean in sensorineural?
Nerve
What is in the speech banana on the audiogram?
+25 WHY is that information important?
The sounds we make when we talk
So we know what sounds are hard for us to hear
True or False~. Doctors can always fix a broken ear drum and then hearing will be back to normal.
False. Sometimes, scar tissue slows down the ear drum and it doesn't vibrate hard enough or the patch doesn't work.
What two things might cause your eardrum NOT to vibrate correctly?
Hole, ear wax, scar tissue
What is the part of the ear that is damaged for most people who have a sensorineural hearing loss
Nerve endings
What is a DM and what does it do?
A dynamic microphone take the teachers voice and sends it directly to the hearing aid or ear peice.
What two things are measured when your hearing is checked? (+50 for HOW/units they are measured)
Pitch/Frequency (+25 in Hertz/Hz)
Which type of hearing loss is the most common for young (birth - 5 years old) children?
Conductive hearing loss due to fluid in the ear
What is the cause of your hearing loss?
....
What body part that connects to ear parts, often allows fluid into the ear when you have a cold?
Eustacian Tube
What does the term HAT stand for and what does that mean?
(+50- Give two examples)
Hearing Assistive Technology- amplifies (makes louder) sound~. bridges the gap between you and the sound source by reducing the effects of distance, background noise, and reverberation.
DM microphone, hearing aid, classroom amplification system/speaker, Loop system, cochlear implant, etc.
What level of hearing loss do you have and what sounds might you miss(w/o hearing aid or in "bad ear"?
Missed sounds vary: High pitch-th, sh, s, t, Low pitch- vowels,
fan noise, telephone, etc.