The Ear
Area where soundwaves are collected
What is the pinna or outer ear
Sound waves can’t reach the inner ear due to a possible mechanical obstruction.
What is a conductive hearing loss?
The ability to decode language by paying close attention to people’s faces, mouths, gestures, and other body language.
Personal listening devices and FM/infrared systems
What are hearing assistive devices (HAT)?
Dr. Opeoluwa Sotonwa
Who is the new commissioner of the Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing?
Sounds are transferred here after entering the ear and traveling through the canal
The tympanic membrane (or ear drum)
Hair cells (cilia) in the cochlear are damaged.
What is sensorineural hearing loss?
What are strategies for hearing?
Allows the user to receive sound directly from the sound source
What is the receiver for a device?
The region in Africa where Nigeria is located
What is West Africa?
The 3 bones that vibrate when sound waves hit them from the middle ear
What are the hammer (malleus), anvil (incus), and stirrup (stapes)?
A small electronic device that is worn in or behind the ear that amplifies sound
What is a hearing aid?
What are more strategies for hearing?
Distance, noise, and reverberation (persistence of sound after it is produced)
What are negative effects to hearing eliminated by HATs?
8 spoken languages and 3 sign languages
What are the number of languages that Commissioner Sotonwa speaks/signs?
The collective name of these 3 bones
Ossicles
A small copper coil that is an option on most hearing aids and cochlear implant processors
What is a telecoil (t-coil)?
What is effective communication?
FM (radio frequency), infrared (beam of invisible light), and induction loop (electromagnetic signal)
What are the 3 types of assistive listening devices?
Massachusetts, Missouri, Kentucky, and Washington DC
Where has Commissioner Sotonwa lived in the US?
The snail-shaped structure in the inner ear
What is the cochlear?
A graphical representation of a hearing loss that shows the degree, type, and symmetry of a person's hearing ability
What is an audiogram?
An approach to help you adjust to your hearing loss and make the best use of your hearing devices and abilities to allow you to hear
What is aural rehab?
An induction system
What is the type of system that works with a t-coil in a hearing aid or CI?
St. Louis in 2015, Washington DC in 2016 and Utah in 2017
Which HLAA conventions has Commissioner Sotonwa attended?