Ear and Hearing Anatomy
The function of this structure that connects the middle ear to the nasopharynx is to equalize the middle ear pressure and allow fluid to drain
What is the Eustachian Tube
The hemisphere of the brain which typically contains the centers for language.
What is the left hemisphere?
This is a disorder that is often caused by stroke or TBI and results in difficulty with language expression and or comprehension
What is aphasia
Aging, noise exposure and ototoxic medications can all cause this type of hearing loss:
What is sensorineural hearing loss?
Children typically begin to say their first word around this age.
What is 1 year?
This is the bone located behind the pinna which contains air cells to protect delicate inner ear structures.
What is the mastoid bone
This is the anatomical term for the voice box.
The technical term for impaired swallowing
What is dysphagia
Give an example of a pathology that would cause a conductive hearing loss
otitis media, wax impaction, otosclerosis, atresia, ossicular chain disarticulation
This is a plan or program developed with educators, specialists and parents to ensure that a child with a disability who is attending a school receives specialized instruction and related services.
What is an IEP
These are the structures in the inner ear which are referred to as the vestibular system (hint there are 3 of them)
What are the semicircular canals?
This is the technical term for the soft palate
What is the velum?
Another term for "fluency" disorder
What is stuttering?
This is the term that describe hearing loss due to aging.
What is presbycusis?
This is the type of program that Dr E's sister works for, which provides services to children from birth to age 3.
What is Early On?
The anatomical name for each of the 3 bones in the middle ear.
What are the malleus, incus and stapes
The term for the anatomical structure that moves to close off the trachea when we swallow, to prevent choking.
What is the epiglottis
This is a motor speech disorder resulting from muscle weakness
What is dysarthria?
This is a tumor that grows on the 8th cranial nerve
What is acoustic neuroma/vestibular schwannoma?
A type of infant speech which sounds very similar to adult speak in its rhythm and prosody, but does not use any real words. It is sometimes referred to as "gibberish."
What is jargon?
This is the membrane in the cochlea which is tonotopically organized and upon which the hair cells sit.
What is the basilar membrane?
List 3 speech articulators:
What are: teeth, alveolar ridge, tongue, lips, hard palate, soft palate, jaw,
This is a structural cause of articulation and voice disorders and often results in hypernasal speech along with swallowing and feeding issues, and sometimes middle ear infections.
What is cleft palate?
This is a syndrome that includes progressive hearing and vision loss.
What is Usher's syndrome?
A developmental motor speech disorder that causes unusual articulation errors and is often associated with children "groping" to produce the sounds.
What is childhood apraxia of speech?