Physiology
There are 3 of these in the ear
What is the number of bones?
The X's show hearing loss in this ear.
What is the left ear?
An RM system helps when these two things are making it hard to hear
What is noise and distance?
The part that fits in your ear
What is an ear mold?
Deaf people use this to communicate
What is sign language?
It has little hairs that wave in fluid and send electrical signals.
What is the cochlea?
This is the unit we use to measure the loudness of sound.
What are decibels?
This is the thing that picks up sound and makes it louder
What is a microphone?
This is the job of a hearing aid
What is 'makes sounds louder'?
The number we dial in an emergency
What is 9-1-1?
It catches sound.
What is the pinna?
This 'fruit' shows where speech sounds are on an audiogram
What is a speech 'banana'?
This is what the teacher wears
What is a transmitter?
The CI electrode stimulates these
What are the little hairs (nerves) in the cochlea?
We use this to help us understand what someone is saying when it is noisy
What is speechreading (lipreading)?
It is the most important part of the body for hearing.
What is the brain?
This is the person who tests your hearing
What is an audiologist?
This is what you use when in a small group or during classroom discussion
What is a pass-around mic?
We need to clean this out of the ear mold
What is ear wax?
This is what you can do if you did not hear what someone was saying
What is ask them to repeat?
It vibrates when sound hits it.
What is the eardrum?
These are words that describe the four degrees of hearing loss
What are mild, moderate severe & profound?
This is the official name for what the RM transmits to
What is a receiver?
Four times you are allowed to remove your hearing devices
What is when you are bathing, swimming, checking/cleaning or sleeping?
A feeling you might have related to your hearing loss
What is (name a feeling word)?