Types of Hearing Loss
Causes of Hearing Loss
Parts of the Ear
Terminology
Audiogram Knowledge
100

If my auditory(hearing) nerve was damaged or missing, what type of hearing loss would I have?

Sensorineural

100

What might cause your bones to move slowly?

Fluid in the ear

100

Name the three bones (+50 points if you give the "fancy" or medical terms)

hammer, anvil, stirrup

+50-  malleus, incus, stapes

100

What does DHH mean?

Deaf and Hard of Hearing

100

What does an audiogram measure?

A person's hearing

200

If my hammer is stuck to my anvil, what type of hearing loss do I have?

Conductive

200

What is the most common cause of sensorineural hearing loss?

Unknown reason for the loss

200

Which part of your ear sends the message to the brain?

Hearing Nerve

200

What is self advocacy?

(+25 Give two examples)

Supporting "my" learning needs

(+25- asking for repetition, clarification, CC/accommodations, WIN, etc.)

200

What do the X's and O's on an audiogram mean?

(+50 if you give SPECIFIC information)

Left and Right Ear

300

If some of my nerve endings don't work and I have fluid in my middle ear, what type of hearing loss do I have?

Mixed

300

What is a cause of sensorineural hearing loss?

Misshaped cochlea, no auditory(hearing) nerve, broken or unformed nerve endings

300

Name the three parts of the inner ear.

cochlea, nerve endings, auditory(hearing) nerve.

300

What does the "neural" mean in sensorineural?

Nerve

300

What is in the speech banana on the audiogram?

+25  WHY is that information important?

The sounds we make when we talk

So we know what sounds are hard for us to hear

400

True or False~. Doctors can always fix a broken ear drum and then hearing will be back to normal.

False.  Sometimes, scar tissue slows down the ear drum and it doesn't vibrate hard enough or the patch doesn't work.

400

What two things might cause your eardrum NOT to vibrate correctly?

Hole, ear wax, scar tissue

400

What is the part of the ear that is damaged for most people who have a sensorineural hearing loss 

Nerve endings

400

What is a DM and what does it do?

A dynamic microphone take the teachers voice and sends it directly to the hearing aid or ear peice.

400

What two things are measured when your hearing is checked?  (+50 for HOW/units they are measured)

Loudness (+25-in decibels/dB)

Pitch/Frequency (+25 in Hertz/Hz)

500

Which type of hearing loss is the most common for young (birth - 5 years old) children?

Conductive hearing loss due to fluid in the ear

500

What is the cause of your hearing loss?

.... 

500

What body part that connects to ear parts, often allows fluid into the ear when you have a cold?

Eustacian Tube

500

What does the term HAT stand for and what does that mean?

(+50-  Give two examples)

Hearing Assistive Technology- amplifies (makes louder) sound~. bridges the gap between you and the sound source by reducing the effects of distance, background noise, and reverberation.

DM microphone, hearing aid, classroom amplification system/speaker, Loop system, cochlear implant, etc.

500

What level of hearing loss do you have and what sounds might you miss(w/o hearing aid or in "bad ear"?

Individual answers... mild, moderate, moderate severe, etc.

Missed sounds vary:  High pitch-th, sh, s, t,  Low pitch- vowels, 

fan noise, telephone, etc.