Acoustics
What are the two properties required for vibration to occur?
Mass & Elasticity
What are the structures that make up the peripheral auditory system?
Outer, middle, and inner ear
What are the three primary acoustic dimensions of speech?
Intensity/Loudness, Frequency/Pitch, Duration/Timing
What is the ability to recognize that others as independent individuals and are able to have independent thoughts?
Theory of Mind
Which sense is most important for speech reception - smell, taste, touch, hearing, or vision?
Hearing
Frequency & Intensity are physical parameters of sound. What are their corresponding psychological attributes?
Frequency = Pitch
Intensity = Loudness
What are the structures that make up the central auditory system?
Brainstem and auditory cortex
True or False: It is important to speak slowly to children with hearing loss to make sure the message is easy to understand
False
True or False: Children with siblings living in the home show a more advanced theory of mind than children without siblings
True
How many hours a day does a child need to wear their hearing technology for optimal language acquisition?
At least 10
What frequency range is the most important for speech?
250-8000 Hz
A baby with normal hearing will have sufficient structures to allow acoustic brain stimulation at how many weeks gestation?
20 weeks
Who (generally) has the highest pitch out of men, women, and children?
Children
Which of the following is not a word that is related to the theory of mind?
a) Feel b) Think c) Believe d) See
A child’s chronological age minus their age when they acquired their hearing technology = ______
Listening Age
What is the difference between speech audibility & speech intelligibility?
Audibility: the ability to detect the presence of sound
Intelligibility: the ability to discriminate the words themselves
What happens where there is a blockage of the Eustachian Tube?
Air cannot enter the middle ear space
What describes the area on an audiogram that includes important intensity & frequency characteristics of speech?
The Speech Banana
At what age do children start to develop a working theory of mind for tasks such as the false belief task?
4 years old
Name one auditory processing skill
Detection, localization, selective listening, discrimination, identification, comprehension, or memory & retrieval
The softest and loudest sounds in speech are separated by how many decibels?
30 dB
The equilibrium and balance of humans are maintained by what system?
The Vestibular System
Of the three primary dimensions of speech, which serves as the first cue for children with hearing loss to learn to listen and produce speech sound?
Duration/timing
What is a reliable way to predict the performance of children on the theory of mind tasks?
Executive Functions
What is a benefit of using a child’s listening age when talking to their parents?
It helps set reasonable expectations for the child’s progress using hearing technology