PARTS OF EAR
What is the visible part of the outer ear?
Pinna
Permanent hearing loss?
Sensorineural Loss
What is the name for 2 impaired ears?
Bilateral Hearing loss
What is hearing loss graphed on?
Audiogram
What are the 3 bones that vibrate in the middle ear?
ossicles
What part of the ear is damaged with a sensorineural loss?
Inner Ear
What is mixed hearing loss?
sensorineural & conductive loss
What do decibels measure?
The volume of sound
What carries the electro-chemical signal to the brain?
Auditory nerve
What hearing loss is temporary?
Which hearing loss misses 25-40% of the speech signal?
Mild
What is the name of one impaired ear?
Unilateral
What part of the inner ear is snail shaped?
Cochlea
What is a mixed hearing loss?
A combo of Sensorineural & Conductive Loss
A loss of 90+dB
What is a profound hearing loss?
What is the yellow banana on a audiogram?
represents the speech frequencies of human voice.
What is a common sensorineural loss today that could be prevented?
Noise related
What parts of the ear could be included in a conductive loss?
Outer and middle ear
What is a moderate hearing loss?
A loss of 41-55dB
Which degree of hearing loss will you hear no speech?
profound loss affect on speech banana