Parts of the Ear
This part of the ear helps to collect sound vibrations near the opening of the ear.
What is the pinna?
This is vibrations that move through the air in the form of waves.
What is sound?
Damage to the cochlea or auditory nerve results in this type of hearing loss.
What is sensorineural hearing loss?
A Rinne test tests for this type of hearing loss.
What is conductive hearing loss?
This is the person who diagnosis and provides treatment for patients with hearing loss.
Who is an audiologist?
This is known as the organ of hearing.
What is the cochlea?
This is the number of waves per second. Measured in hertz.
What is frequency?
This type of hearing loss is caused by damage to the wave carrying portion of the ear.
What is conductive hearing loss?
In an audiogram, this color line represents the left ear.
What is blue?
This medical intervention uses hands to visually convey meaning.
What is sign language?
This part of the ear perceives a sense of balance and perception in space.
What are the semicircular canals.
This is the intensity of the wave. Measured in decibels.
What is amplitude?
Damage to the ossicles would result in this type of hearing loss.
What is conductive?
During a Rinne test, this should be heard longer than bone conduction.
What is air conduction?
This medical intervention helps increase the decibel level of sound and is usually used in cases of mild and moderate hearing loss.
What is a hearing aid?
The function of this part of the ear is to equalize air pressure and allow for drainage of ear secretions.
What is the eustachian tube?
This is the name for the way we "hear" frequency.
What is pitch?
This disease is a genetic disorder that causes sponge-like growth in the middle ear.
What is otosclerosis?
This test uses an audiometer (sound generating device) to measure a patient’s hearing sensitivity to generate an audiogram.
What is a pure-tone test?
This medical intervention is a small electronic device that electrically stimulates the cochlear nerve and is used in severe or profound cases of hearing loss.
What is a cochlear implant?
This part of the ear is attributed to mechanical energy.
What is the middle ear?
Normal hearing is usually between these decibels.
What is 0-20 dB?
This disease results in vertigo, nausea, and hearing loss.
What is Meniere's Disease?
This tests for sensorineural hearing loss by presenting speech in the presence of background noise
What is a speech-in-noise test?
This type of medical intervention uses radio waves to send speech and other signals to hearing aids.
What is a personalized FM system?