Parts of the Ear
The outer portion of your ear.... located on the side of the head.
What is the pinna/outer ear?
This type of hearing loss affects the inner ear, usually damage to the cochlea.
What is Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL)?
number of bones in the middle ear
Where speech sounds are on an audiogram
What is the speech banana?
thin piece of skin that is at the end of the ear canal
What is the tympanic membrane (ear drum)?
The area of the ear leading from the outer ear to the eardrum. You may find wax here ....
What is the ear canal?
True or False
Having hearing loss in one ear is called UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS
True
Red X
What is used to plot the responses of the right ear on the audiogram?
Graph used to plot hearing test responses
What is an audiogram?
True or False
When sleeping you can't hear. Your ears sleep, too!
False
You can still hear while sleeping.
Contains fluid and hair cells and is shaped similar to a snail
What is the cochlea?
Term for hearing loss in both ears
What is BILATERAL hearing loss?
What to do if you do not understand the directions/instructions?
What is ask to repeat directions/instructions?
Blue X
Preferential Seating
What is sitting in the most beneficial place for learning in the classroom?
The three tiny bones in the middle ear
What are the malleus, incus, and stapes—the Latin names for hammer, anvil, and stirrup?
Type of hearing loss due to damage to the outer and middle ear
What is conductive hearing loss?
Text appears on the television or computer screen to reveal what is being said
What is closed caption (subtitles)?
Audiologist
Who is the person who test for hearing loss?
Something that can happen when you stick something in your ear.
What is pierce your ear drum and/or force wax farther back into your ear?
Sends signals to the brain
What is the auditory nerve?
Hearing loss affecting all parts of the ear
What is MIXED hearing loss?
Term relating to frequency (pitch) of sound
What is Hertz?
The term relating to the loudness of sound
What is Decibel?
Technology that helps individuals hear sound
What is a hearing aid/cochlear implant?