Anatomy
What are the three sections of the ear?
Outer, middle, and inner ear.
What is the function of the pinna?
It funnels sound into the ear canal.
What would you prescribe to someone with a severe sensorineural hearing loss?
Cochlear Implant
What are the two types of causes for hearing loss?
Congenital and acquired
What are the three types of strategies one can use to advocate for themselves?
Passive, aggressive, and assertive.
What is the proper term for the eardrum? (Or, what is another term for the eardrum?)
Tympanic membrane
True or false: The semicircular canals and the cochlea have the same function.
False.
True or false: The first officially recognized hearing aid was an ear trumpet.
True. The first electric hearing aid was patented in 1898, but the ear trumpets were created in 1634.
Can a high fever cause hearing loss?
Yes, it can.
Why is it important to advocate for your needs?
So you can learn in the way that's right for you, understanding your limits, etc.
Which section of the ear does the Eustachian tube belong to?
Middle ear
What is the function of the cilia? (Or, what is the function of the hair cells?)
It interprets fluid movement in the cochlea into electrical signals to send to the brain via the auditory nerve.
Name three types of personal amplifications.
Cochlear implant, hearing aid, BAHA
True or False: Some medications can cause hearing loss.
True. Some medications are ototoxic, which means that it can damage the cochlea.
Why is using a passive approach never beneficial?
If you use a passive approach, nothing gets resolved and no action happens, therefore you don’t benefit and neither does the teacher.
Name all the parts of the inner ear.
The cochlea, the semicircular canals, oval window, the auditory nerve
What does the oval window do?
It keeps fluid from the inner ear from leaking into the middle ear.
How does a BAHA work?
It transmits sound through the skull bone to the inner ear, meaning it completely bypasses the outer and middle ear.
What is a mixed hearing loss?
An existing hearing loss coupled with an acquired hearing loss that makes it worse.
True or false: If an assertive approach to advocating for your needs doesn’t work, you should take an aggressive approach.
If false, tell us why it is so.
False.
You should continue using an assertive approach because an aggressive approach will escalate the situation and has little to no chance of benefiting you.
This part is attached to the cochlea, but it has nothing to do with how the cochlea works. Rather, it has a different function completely unrelated to hearing.
What is it called and what is its function?
Semicircular canals, and they help regulate your balance.
What is the function of the Eustachian tube?
Balance pressure in the middle ear and drain fluid from the middle ear.
If someone is wearing a hearing aid yet has a sensorineural hearing loss, what is the range of the degree of their hearing loss?
They may have mild to moderate hearing loss.
Which of the three conditions does NOT cause hearing loss?
Down Syndrome, fibromyalgia, or cytomegalovirus?
Fibromyalgia does NOT cause hearing loss. Fibromyalgia is a pain syndrome.
Fun fact: Hearing loss is common in children with Down Syndrome! Another thing to mention is that my own hearing loss is caused by cytomegalovirus!
Scenario: The day of the test has come and you need to do the test in an alternate setting. However, your teacher is not allowing you to. What approach should you take and why?
An assertive approach would be best for this scenario.