Anatomy of the ear
What the three main parts of the human ear?
Outer, middle, inner
What test does an audiologist use to determine the presence of middle ear fluid?
Tympanometry
What is the unit that we use to refer to intensity of sound?
Decibels
What is on the x axis of audiogram?
Frequency
What is the term used to refer to hearing loss that is present at birth?
Congenital
What is the snail-shaped, spiral, fluid-filled canal within the temporal bone?
Cochlea
What is the name of the headphone type that is used to test bone conduction?
Bone conduction oscillator
What is the type of hearing loss that occurs when there is damage to the cochlea?
Sensorineural
What is the term used to describe a word used for testing that has equal stress on each syllable?
Spondaic or spondee
What is the term used to describe a method used to distinguish between two disorders that have many of the same symptoms?
Differential diagnosis
What Roman numeral is use to describe the auditory nerve?
VIII
What is one type of test that can be used for screening?
Pure tone or OAE or automated ABR
What term is used to describe the Physical property of pitch?
Frequency
What term is used to describe testing when speakers are used instead of earphones?
Soundfield
What is the term used to refer to adults and children who share the use of American Sign Language?
Deaf
What is the name of the structure that marks the beginning of the inner ear?
oval window
What is the term used to describe when speech material is used for testing?
Speech audiometry
What is the term used to refer to the contraction of the middle ear muscles in response to high-intensity sounds?
Acoustic reflex
What term to use to describe an audiogram when there is a difference between the two ears?
Asymmetric
What fluid circulates throughout the scala media?
Endolymph
What is the name of the part of cochlea where analysis of frequency and intensity begins?
Basilar membrane
What type of testing is used that involves the use of animated toys and lights?
Visual Reinforcement Audiometry
What are the basic attributes of sound?
period, frequency, amplitude and phase
What type of hearing loss exists when there is an air-bone gap?
Conductive
What is the term that is used to refer to a person with hearing loss who benefits from hearing aids and uses an aural / oral approach?
Hard of hearing