Vocab
The definition of Audition
What is the sense or act of hearing?
Number of decibels associated with normal conversation
What is 60 decibels
Nerve that carries the neural messages to your auditory Cortex
Auditory Nerve
The definition of pitch
What is a tone’s experienced highness or lowness; depends on frequency.
Short sound waves are perceived as
What is High Pitch and High frequency
the three sections of the ear
What are the Outer Middle and Inner?
Definition of Place Theory
In hearing, the theory that links the pitch we hear with the place where the cochlea’s membrane is stimulated.
Prolonged exposure to ____ decibels causes hearing loss.
What is 85
Three bones that make up the middle ear
What are the Hammer, anvil, stirrup
Definition of Cochlea
What is a coiled, bony, fluid-filled tube in the inner ear; sound waves traveling through the cochlear fluid trigger nerve impulses.
Hearing loss affects _ in _ teens
What is 1 in 5
Difference between Sensorineural hearing loss and Conduction hearing loss
What is Conduction happens outside of the inner ear and Sensorineural occurs inside of the Inner ear
Definition of a Cochlear Implant
a device for converting sounds into electrical signals and stimulating the auditory nerve through electrodes threaded into the cochlea.
A Cochlear Implant treats _____ hearing loss
Sensorineural
Frequency Theory uses the _____ Principle
Volley