The Simple Stuff
What is Presbycusis?
What is age-related hearing loss
A person with presbycusis will typically lose the ability to hear which type of consonants?
What are fricatives
At age 65, this many people have a hearing loss
What is 1 in 3, or 33%
Involving the outer ear, preventing build up of this could help with a presbycusis-related hearing loss
What is earwax/cerumen
What are ear plugs or ear phones
The frequencies that are most affected by presbycusis
what are high frequencies
Someone with presbycusis will have an easier time hearing which gender?
Who are males/men
For people 75 years or older, __ have a hearing loss
What is half or 50%
A hearing device worn behind or in the ear
What is a hearing aid
Reducing __ exposure could help prevent further hearing loss.
What is noise
True or false: presbycusis usually occurs in your better ear.
What is false
What is tinnitus
The rate at which a presbycusis onset will occur
What is gradually
Treatment for presbycusis should focus on this person's opinion
Who is the patient
True or false: with good management, you can prevent presbycusis from happening.
What is false
Presbycusis is due to loss of hair cells in the outer, middle, or inner ear?
What is the inner ear
Ture or false: with presbycusis, some sounds may be too loud for a person
What is yes
The trend of a presbycusis audiogram
What is downward sloping
A type of therapy where a person is taught to use visual cues to determine what is being said.
What is speech-reading
Avoiding loud situations like concerts can __ your risk of developing presbycusis.
What is lower/decrease
The specialist that will diagnose the condition
Who is an audiologist
Because your ears may have trouble filtering out environmental sounds, you should avoid __ noise.
What is background
Besides noise exposure, name something that can increase the likelihood of developing presbycusis.
What is high blood pressure, family history of hearing loss, or diabetes
A assistive device that will help make your telephone louder
What is a telephone amplifier
Research studies with this type of animal have shown possible prevention of presbycusis
What are mice