Anatomy and Physiology
These 3 bones make up the ossicular chain.
What are the malleus, the incus, and the stapes?
Occluding cerumen results in this type of tympanogram.
What is a Type B with small volume?
Test results indicate: mild sloping to moderate mixed hearing loss (BC notch at 2kHz), WRS are WNL, Type As tymp
What is otosclerosis?
The term 'audiology' was first used in the year _____.
What was 1946?
Tympanometry measures the ________ of the outer and middle ear.
What is admittance?
The inner ear is organized in this manner....
What is tonotopically?
These two-syllable words are used to find a patient's SRT.
What are spondees?
High frequency sensorineural hearing loss that progresses slowly with age.
What is presbycusis?
This animal 'hears' by sensing pressure changes through ridges on their body.
What is a fish?
Tinnitus affects ____ million people in the United States.
What is 50 million?
Scarring/thickening of the TM is referred to as:
What is tympanosclerosis?
The difference between the softest sound you can hear and the point at which it becomes uncomfortably loud is referred to as....
What is dynamic range?
Results: Abnormal/absent ABR, normal OAE
What is auditory neuropathy?
The crowd at this football stadium is notoriously loud (measured at 137.6 dB in 2014).
What is CenturyLink Field (in Seattle)?
For example: admission to NICU >5 days, prematurity, maternal infections during pregnancy
What are high risk factors for hearing loss in infants?
This term is used to describe abnormal growth of bone in the ear canal.
What is exostosis?
This type of evoked OAE is elicited using a click stimulus.
What is a TEOAE?
Patient history/Test results: unilateral tinnitus (low-frequency), unilateral pressure, dizziness, low frequency hearing loss -- all are episodic in nature
What is Meniere's disease?
This person is referred to as the "Mother of Pediatric Audiology".
Who is Marion Downs?
37% of children with ________ hearing loss will fail at least 1 grade.
What is 'minimal' hearing loss?
This is the primary function of the middle ear.
What is to efficiently transfer acoustic energy from air (which has lower impedance) to fluid (which has a higher impedance)?
This tuning fork test is used to assess for lateralization of sound.
What is the Weber test?
Test Result: asymmetrical SNHL, low (per Dubno) WRS score in worse ear, absent/elevated acoustic reflex thresholds when stimulus is presented to worse ear.
What is an acoustic neuroma?
This animal is capable of hearing up to 250 kHz.
What are bats?
This is the year that the entry-level degree for audiology changed to the clinical doctorate.
What is 2007?