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Aural Rehab
Exam I
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Science
Undergraduate 4
02/15/2010

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Term
Aural Rehabilitation
Definition
Intervention and alleviation of the difficulties associated with a hearing loss.
Term

-10 - 15

dB

Definition
Normal hearing dB level
Term

16 - 25

dB

Definition
Slight to minimal hearing loss
Term

26-40 

dB

Definition
Mild Hearing Loss
Term

41 - 55 

dB

Definition
Mild to Moderate Hearing Loss
Term

56 - 70

dB

Definition
Moderate
Term

71 - 90

dB

Definition
Severe Hearing Loss
Term

91 plus

dB

Definition
Profound Hearing Loss
Term
Prelingual, postlingual, deafened
Definition
The three categories of severe hearing loss (deafness)
Term
Prelingual deafness
Definition
Impairment present at birth or prior to the development of speech and language. The longer during the crucial language development years that a person has normal hearing, the less chance there is that language development will be profoundly affected.
Term
Postlingual deafness
Definition
loss occurs after age 5; its overall effects are therefore usually less serious. Speech and education will be affected substantially.
Term
Deafened
Definition
Those who lose hearing after their schooling is completed (ie sometime in their late teen years of thereafter. Normal speech, language and education can be acquired by these individuals, but difficulty in verbal communication and other social, emotional, and vocational problems may occur.
Term
Conductive hearing loss
Definition
Damage in the outer or middle ear.
Term
Sensorineural hearing loss
Definition
impairment in the inner ear or nerve of hearing
Term
Mixed Hearing Loss
Definition
A combination of conductive and sensorineural hearing loss.
Term
Conductive Hearing Loss
Definition
May be amendable to medical intervention
Term
Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Definition
Primarily aided through audiologic rehabilitation.
Term
Cochlear Implant
Definition
Those with severe and profound sensorineural loss may obtain a _______.
Term
Postlingually Deaf
Definition
With successful cochlear implantation, speech may be quite understandable. What type of hearing impairment does this describe?
Term
Deafened
Definition
They face problems of adjustment because of the late onset of their hearing loss. What kind of hearing loss does this describe?
Term
Hard of Hearing
Definition
Voice may be too soft or too loud; they understand others by speechreading, by using a hearing aid, or by asking the speaker to raise his or her voice and to enunciate more distinctly.
Term
Conductive
Definition
Outer ear damage; requires medical intervention
Term
Speech Recognition Ability
Definition
The ability to recognize speech; note that the degree and the onset of a hearing impairment do not solely define a person's speech/recognition abilities.
Term
3
Definition
___ in 1,000 are identified with a hearing loss as newborns.
Term
Right ear air conduction
Definition

This symbol O is used on an audiogram for recording what?

Term
Left ear bone conduction
Definition
This symbol > is used on an audiogram for recording what?
Term
Right ear bone conduction
Definition
The symbol < is used on an audiogram for recording what?
Term
Left ear air conduction
Definition

The symbol X is used on an audiogram for recording what?

Term
Conductive and mixed
Definition
Medical treatment or surgery to restore all or part of hearing is usually possible in the following type(s) of loss:
Term
Sensorineural and mixed with large sensorineural component; conductive and mixed
Definition
There is usually a problem with clarity of hearing in the following types of losses:
Term
Sensorineural and mixed
Definition
There may be a problem in the cochlea in the following type(s) of loss:
Term
Conductive and mixed
Definition
There is a problem in the outer or middle ear in the following type(s) of loss(es):
Term
The shape of the audiogram
Definition
The configuration of a hearing loss is determined by what?
Term
500, 1000, 2000 Hz
Definition
What are the traditional speech frequencies?
Term
Profound
Definition
The degree of loss corresponding to a 91 to 110 dB loss is...?
Term
Those who were born without hearing and those who lost their hearing before the age of five years.
Definition
The prelingually deaf refer to the group of people that...
Term
The middle ear
Definition
Which part of the ear contains the ossicular chain?
Term
outer ear -> middle ear -> inner ear -> auditory nerve
Definition
How do we define the air conduction pathway of hearing?
Term
inner ear -> auditory nerve
Definition
How do we define the bone conduction pathway of hearing?
Term
Sensorineural hearing loss
Definition
When air conduction is impaired and bone conduction is impaired to the same degree, what type of hearing loss is this?
Term
conductive hearing loss
Definition
When air conduction is impaired and bone conduction is normal what type of hearing loss is this?
Term
Mixed hearing loss
Definition
When air conduction is impaired and bone conduction is impaired but to a lesser degree, what type of hearing loss is this?
Term
bilateral
Definition
When describing something that has to do with both ears which of the following words would you use?
Term
Inner ear
Definition
Converts mechanical to hydraulic to electrochemical energy
Term
Auditory nerve
Definition
Transmit electrochemical (nerve) impulses to brain
Term
1. Arousal 2. Space perception 3. Comprehension 4. Voice control 5. Compression and Acquisition of Speech and Language
Definition
Name the 5 Functions of hearing.
Term
Speech Banana
Definition
Frequency and intensity range of conversational level of speech at 3 ft away.
Term
20 wks
Definition
The cochlea and inner ear develop at _____ prenatally.
Term
Postnatal
Definition

-Newborn is aware of sound

-Not paying much attention to little sounds because they have nothing to associate with it-it has no meaning yet

-Learning to put meaning with those sounds so it's becoming more meaningful to them (ie: mother's voice, footsteps, etc)

Term
End of three months
Definition

Time in which child...

-Recognizes mom's voice

-Stops crying to listen

-Enjoys noise making toys

-Listens to her own sounds

-Most importantly--learned that sound is used for communication

Term
3-6 months
Definition

Child is able to..

-Localize by turning head to sound

-Enjoys hearing his own voice ->vocalizing, cooing, babbling, etc

-More vowels occur in babbling in earlier stages->later becomes more consonants

Term
Discrimination
Definition
All of the skills learned as a child develops lead to ____, which begins with a conscious awareness of the presence or absence of sound. Then it becomes more sophisticated.
Term
End of 6 months
Definition

-baby is becoming "human"

-increased motor control

-more involvement with the world

-likes recriprocal vocal play 

-enjoys being sung to

-can bounce to rhythm of music

-uses auditory cues to orient unseen space

Term
Localization
Definition
The ability to locate the sound source. This is an important step in the process of developing listening or auditory skills. 
Term
Localizing
Definition
Early on in the process of developing listening skills, by ________ a sound we begin to associate a sound with WHAT made the sound.
Term
6 months
Definition
Audiologists don't rely (fully) on the localization ability until about ___ of age when testing the hearing of babies.
Term
1. Detection or Awareness 2. Discrimination 3. Identification/Recognition 4. Comprehension
Definition
The 4 Levels of Erber's Approach to auditory training 
Term
T
Definition

T/F? 

The 4 stages of Erber's approach are going on sequentially as well as simultaneously.

Term
5%
Definition
____% of children 18 years and under have a hearing loss.
Term
6
Definition
___ in every 1000 infants born in the US have some degree of hearing loss.
Term
1
Definition
___ in every 1,000 born in the US have a severe or profound hearing loss.
Term
37%
Definition
____% of children with only minimal hearing loss fail at least one grade in school.
Term
30%
Definition
____ % of children who are hard of hearing have a disability in addition to their hearing loss.
Term
Hearing aids
Definition
To amplify or make sounds louder.
Term
amplifier
Definition
Increases the strength of the electrical signal in a hearing aid.
Term
receiver
Definition
On a hearing aide, a small loud speaker called a _________ functions to convert the amplified signals back to sound waves.
Term
Telecoil
Definition
A special circuit designed to enhance the use of the HA with the telephone. Electromagnetic signals are picked up from the receiver of the telephone (leakage), amplified and trandsuced to acoustic energy before entering the ear.
Term
Volume Control
Definition
Rotating wheel that allows the user to select a preferred listening level for a specific listening environment. Discuss affect of changing volume to make squealing go away. Not all HAs have one.
Term
The Body Aid
Definition
Have larger microphones, amplifiers, and power supplies. Case is such that it has to be carried in a pocket or attached to clothing. This style is not as popular as other styles because of it's size and mike placement.
Term
Eyeglass Aid
Definition
Microphone, amplifier and receiver are built into the template of the eyeglasses. Rarely selected today.
Term
Behind the Ear 
Definition
Used mostly with children. Very powerful, the most powerful of all the hearing aids. Virtually has replaced the body aid. Has to be coupled with an ear-mold in order to get sound into the ear.
Term
In-The-Ear Hearing Aid
Definition
HA and earmold are all one piece. It fills the concha bowl of the ear. Can use on most hearing losses up to severe.
Term
In-the-Canal
Definition
Cosmetically appealing; usually goes far enough in the canal that is not visible to others. It has a "fishing line" handle for insertion and removal.
Term
CROS -> contralateral writing of sound
Definition
Put on "able" ear and it will cross over
Term
B/Cros
Definition
One ear is unaidable and the other ear has some degree of hearing
Term
Bone Conduction HA
Definition
Used when the outer ear cannot support a hearing aid (malformation) or when there is severe drainage which precludes the use of a hearing aid in the ear canal. 
Term
BTE (eyeglass and body)
Definition
The earmold couples the hearing aid to the user's ear via a tube
Term

1. Face to face communication

2. Broadcast and other electronic media

3. Phone conversation

4. Sensitivity to learning and environmental signals

Definition
Name the 4 necessities for communication when using an assistive listening device.
Term

1. Noise

2. Distance

3. Reverberation

Definition
Name the three main obstacles to hearing.
Term
Signal to noise ratio
Definition
You want the signal of what you're trying to hear to be greater than the ambient/background noise.
Term
C-Print
Definition
A speech-to-text system; printed texxt of spoken English displayed in real time, which is a proven and appropriate means of acquiring info for some individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Term
C-Pirint Captionist
Definition
Skilled in text-condensing strategies and in typing using an abbreviation system, which reduces keystrokes. 
Term

CART:

Communication Access Realtime Translation

Definition
A method of speech-to-text translation that uses stenographic machines and computer software to translate the spoken word into the written word nearly as fast as people can talk. Text is displayed on a laptop computer, monitor, or large screen, depending on the situation. 
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