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How is bone-conduction different from air-conduction in audiometry?
Bone conduction assesses the health of the inner ear (cochlea) directly by bypassing the outer and middle ear. Air-conduction assesses the entire auditory pathway through head phones.
Hearing loss is an acute condition that can be easily cured.
What is the term for rate of vibration (i.e. cycles per second)?
Frequency
Which of the following is a hallmark symptom of Central Auditory Processing Disorder?
Normal peripheral hearing
What is the external auditory meatus known as?
Ear canal
What are the two types of counseling?
Informational and Personal Adjustment Adjustment
What is one similarity and one difference between an SLP and AUD?
Both treat people with a communication disorder; audiology treats hearing loss.
What is the function of the stapes footplate?
To transfer vibration of energy to to the inner ear thought the oval window
Which type of hearing loss is caused by permanent damage to the hair cells in the inner ear?
Sensorineural hearing loss
When/how did the profession of Audiology start?
After WWII when veterans were returning with massive hearing losses.
What is the role of an educational audiologist?
Qualified to understand the impact of hearing loss on classroom learning and have the knowledge and skills to recommend specific strategies and technology to meet the individual communication and academic needs of students with hearing loss.
What is the most commonly used repair strategy?
Repeat the entire message.
What disease is characterized by the following four symptoms: aural fullness, tinnitus, vertigo, fluctuating hearing loss?
Meniere's Disease
Slow-growing tumor from the VIIIth cranial nerve
Which device would be most appropriate for a newborn born with profound bilateral hearing loss?
Cochlear implant
Device used in a classroom to amplify the speaker's voice and transmit it directly to the child's ear
FM system
What two communication modalities are on each end of the communication continuum?
Oral ---- Manual
Why is it important to test both bone and air conduction when doing pure-tone audiometry?
Because bone conduction audiometry will allow us to determine type of hearing loss.
What objective test measure assesses how well sound is transmitted through the eardrum?
Tympanometry
Behavioral