Equipment
The Ear
Professionals
Hearing Loss
Responsibilites
100
What is the name of a device that is worn over the ear that makes sound louder?
What is a hearing aid?
100
In what part of the ear are you most likely to experience an infection and fluid build up?
What is the middle ear?
100
Who is the person who measures and tests your hearing?
Who is an audiologist?
100
What is the most common reason for hearing loss in the Outer Ear?
What is too much wax and the occaisional bean thrown in?
100
What should I always carry with me, in case mine go dead?
What are extra batteries?
200
What is the name of the equipment used by a teacher, that makes it easier for a hard of hearing student to hear the teacher's voice?
What is a personal FM system? What is an FM sound field system?
200
In what part of the ear do you find the ear canal?
What is the Outer Ear?
200
Who is the person who helps you with your speech and language skills?
Who is a speech therapist (speech-language therapist, SLP)?
200
What is the most common reason for hearing loss from the middle ear?
What would be ear infections?
200
Where is the best place for me to sit in the classroom?
What is 4 to 5 feet away from the teacher? (Up close to the teacher or speaker) What is to sit away from distracting noises?
300
What helps hold a hearing aid in place in the ear?
What is an earmold?
300
In what part of the ear is the the cochlea located?
What is the Inner Ear?
300
What is the name of a doctor who specializes in the ear, nose and throat?
Who is an ENT doctor? (Ear Nose and Throat Doctor)
300
What is the most common reason for hearing loss in the Inner Ear?
What is damage to the cochlear hair cells?
300
Whose responsibility is it to make sure that I wear my hearing aids every day?
What is my responsibility?
400
What is the name of a surgically implanted device that makes it easier for deaf children/persons to hear?
What is a cochlear implant?
400
Sound travels through the ear canal and causes the eardrum (tympanic membrane) to do what?
What is to vibrate?
400
Who is the very important professional who helps you to learn in school?
Who is the teacher?
400
What are the words used to describe a permanent hearing loss that is caused by damage to the nerve endings in the cochlea?
What is a sensorineural hearing loss?
400
Whose responsibility is it to let the teacher know when I am having trouble hearing in the classroom?
What is my responsibility?
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