Basics of Hearing & Anatomy
These two primary functions are performed by the human ear.
What are hearing and balance?
Untreated hearing loss is recognized as the #1 modifiable risk factor for this cognitive condition.
What is dementia?
On average, it takes a person this many years to be ready to treat their hearing loss.
What is 7 years?
Common signs of hearing loss include asking people to repeat themselves and turning up the volume on these two household devices.
What are the TV and radio?
This famous person became both deaf and blind as a result of an illness as a baby, yet went on to become a famous author and lecturer.
Who is Helen Keller?
While vibrating sound waves are turned into nerve impulses by the ears, this organ turns neural impulses into meaningful words and understandable speech.
What is the brain?
Individuals with untreated severe hearing loss are this many times more likely to develop dementia compared to those with normal hearing.
What is 5 times (5x)?
Under Pennsylvania law, buyers purchasing new hearing technology have a return window of this duration.
What is 30 days?
Under the "Campaign for Better Hearing," a baseline hearing test is recommended for everyone upon reaching or passing this age.
What is 60 years old?
This famous classical composer experienced progressive hearing loss that eventually led to profound deafness.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
Hearing loss caused by damage specifically impacting the inner ear is categorized under this name.
What is sensorineural hearing loss?
Due to impaired spatial orientation and increased cognitive burden, hearing loss is linked to an increase in the risk of this.
What are falls?
In Pennsylvania, if a provider charges a restocking fee upon return, it is capped at 10% or this dollar amount per ear, whichever is cheaper.
What is $150?
Difficulty following conversations in crowded restaurants occurs because this type of acoustic disturbance bothers people with hearing loss.
What is background noise?
This US president experienced hearing loss after a pistol shot went off near his ear on a movie set in 1939.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
Outer or middle ear issues such as fluid buildup, earwax blockages, or allergies cause this category of hearing loss.
What is conductive hearing loss?
A 2014 Johns Hopkins study found that brain shrinkage from untreated hearing loss is most prominent in this lobe responsible for sound processing.
What is the temporal lobe?
Hearing aid users should clean and check their devices at home—including replacing wax filters and domes—at this frequency.
What is once a month?
When undergoing a hearing evaluation, bringing this close companion can provide important personal support and assist with care goals.
What is a spouse or family member?
This Academy Award-winning Deaf actress lost most of her hearing as a child.
Who is Marlee Matlin?
This diagnostic test measures how the eardrum moves to determine if there are active ear infections or wax blockages.
What is tympanometry?
Experienced as buzzing, humming, or whistling, this symptom co-exists with some degree of hearing loss in an estimated 90% of sufferers.
What is tinnitus?
To ensure instruments maintain manufacturer specifications and track hearing changes, users are recommended to retest their hearing every this many months.
What is 6 months?
This specific speech test evaluates the threshold at which a patient can recognize speech with masking as needed.
What is Speech Reception Threshold (SRT)
This inventor of the telephone had a deaf mother and wife, which inspired his work in communication.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?