Personal Amplification
What are the three most common devices of personal amplification?
Hearing aid, cochlear implant, BAHA
Under what category of the ear would the Pinna be in
Outer ear
What symbols represents the left ear
X
What degree is describes a profound hearing loss
81+
What is an acquired hearing loss
Gaining a hearing loss after birth
At what degree of hearing loss will you be eligible for a cochlear implant?
Profound
What is another word for hair cells
Cilia
what symbol represents the right ear
O
What fruit is used on the audiogram
Banana
True or false
is a sensorineural hearing loss temporary
False
What does BAHA stand for?
Bone anchored hearing aids
How many bones are in the ear
3
what is the intensity of sound measured in ?
Decibel
What is a hearing threshold
The softest sound you can hear in each frequency
What is another word for eardrum
Tympanic Membrane
What does a cochlear implant do?
Stimulates the hair cells to send signals to the brain using electrodes
what are the names of the 3 bones in your ear
Hammer, anvil, stirrup/Malleus, Incus, stapes
How many categories of degrees are there?
6
What is a unilateral hearing loss
A hearing in one ear
Name 3 configurations
Ski slope, slope, reverse slope, cookie bite, reverse cookie bite, notch, flat
What year was the hearing aid invented
1898
Name a part in the inner ear that is not the cochlea, semi circular canal, or the auditory nerves
Oval Window
What is residual hearing
The hearing you have without personal amplification
What the different frequencies on a audiogram
125,250,500,1000,2000,4000,8000
Unscramble this word tiotsi deiam
Otitis Media