Parts of Hearing
Sending/Receiving Info
Psychological Affects of Disabilities
Compensating for Disabilities
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100
The section of the ear including the pinna and the ear canal
What is the external ear?
100
The __________ transmits impulses from the ear to the upper temporal lobe of the cerebral cortex.
What is the auditory nerve?
100
This a cause of conductive hearing loss.
What is ear infections or swimmers' ear?
100
This is an extremely helpful website for those with hearing impairments.
What is hearingloss.org?
100
This is found inside the cochlea along with small hairs.
What is the endolymph and perilymph fluids?
200
Another name for the hammer, anvil, and stirrup
What is the ossicles bones?
200
This is the transformation of sound vibrations into neural messages.
What is transduction?
200
The primary location of sensorineural hearing loss
What is the inner ear?
200
A form of communication, specific to the United States, that uses a variety of hand signals and motions to display meaning
What is American Sign Language or ASL?
200
The ______ principle states that frequencies above 100 Hz cause hair cells to take turns firing.
What is the volley principle?
300
This part of the inner ear houses tiny hairs that send nerve impulses to the brain to be interpreted.
What is the cochlea?
300
The stronger the vibrations, the brain interprets the sound as _______.
What is louder?
300
This is a combination of sensorineural and conductive hearing loss.
What is mixed hearing loss?
300
Over 200,000 people worldwide use this form of a hearing aid to send sound directly to the auditory nerve.
What is a cochlear implant?
300
This may develop between someone with a hearing disability and the people around them.
What is a strained relationship?
400
This is the structure within the ear that causes the ossicles bones to vibrate.
What is the eardrum?
400
The brain interprets high frequencies as high _________.
What is high pitch?
400
This is the most common type of hearing loss.
What is conductive hearing loss?
400
Captioned televisions, low-tone or lighted smoke detectors, and flashing lights for the phone or doorbell are all examples of this.
What is Hearing Assistive Technology (HAT)?
400
A form of understanding speech by visually interpreting movements of the lips, face, and tongue.
What is lip reading?
500
The section of the brain responsible for interpreting the information transmitted from the ears
What is the auditory cortex?
500
Another name for hair cells
What are auditory neurons?
500
These are common psychological symptoms of a hearing disability.
What are depression and anxiety?
500
This legislation requires most public places to have accommodations for those with hearing impairments.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act?
500
This device is placed inside or behind the ear to amplify sound.
What is a hearing aid?
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