Loss caused by damage to the outer or inner ear, no more than 30 dB
What is conductive hearing loss?
100
the 5 components of language that make up content, use and form.
What are syntax, pragmatics, phonology, morphology, and semantics?
100
Perceived as loudness and measured in dB
What is amplitude?
100
is a distinct area of swollen brain tissue mixed with blood released from broken blood vessels
What is an open head injury?
100
a set of beliefs and assumptions shared by a group of people.
What is culture?
200
caused by a pathology to the auditory nervous system or cochlea
What is sensorineural hearing loss?
200
Limitation in language form, content, or use that interfere with participation in social or academic activities
What is a childhood language disorder?
200
Number of cycles per second
Perceived as pitch
Measured in Hertz
What is frequency?
200
damage to the focal point, and the point opposite, causing diffuse damage.
What is Coup Contra-coup?
200
A variation of a language that is understood by all speakers of a language
What is a dialect?
300
what we actually hear with
What is the brain?
300
Significant developmental delays despite:
Normal Cognitive Functioning
Normal Childhood Experiences
Normal Hearing and Vision
No signs of neurological impairment
What is a specific language impairment?
300
Converts the acoustic wave into a mechanical wave
What is the tympanic membrane?
300
Measures Unconsciousness
What is the Glasgow Coma Scale?
300
Difficulty in the acquisition and use of listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning, and mathematical abilities
What is a learning disability?
400
A device that assists those with a severe to profound, sensorineural hearing loss
What is a cochlear implant?
400
Pervasive impairments in:
Reciprocal social interaction skills
Communication skills
Stereotypical behaviors, interests, and activities
What are Autism Spectrum Disorders?
400
houses hair cells and transmits sounds to the auditory nerve
What is the cochlea?
400
Combination of right and left hemisphere deficits.
Primary goals address both areas
Example: Attention/Memory/Word finding deficits
What is Cognitive/Communication Therapy?
400
Significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning (IQ below 70)
Significant limitations in adaptive functioning
Self-care
Home living
Social/interpersonal skills
What is a cognitive impairment?
500
Combination of ASL, Signed Exact English, and spoken English (reading and writing also)
What is total communication?
500
a disorder in these areas include:
Low frequency of vocalization
Lack of syllable productions in babbling
Immature or disordered phonology
Grammatical morphology errors
Difficulties with complex sentences
Poor narratives and expository texts
What are phonology, morphology and syntax (language form)?
500
Vibrations that contain 2 or more frequencies, nearly all sounds in the "real world"
What is a complex waveform?
500
the cause in the majority of tbi in those 75 and older
What are falls?
500
Correction of current deficits
More frequent than preventative
Very specific goals