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Hearing
Midterm #2 Michael Woloszyn TRU
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
03/09/2015

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Term
Presbycusis
Definition
Is the loss of hearing that gradually occurs in most of us as we grow older. It is one of the most common conditions affecting older and elderly adults "old man hearing"
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Pinna
Definition
Funnel part helps collect sounds allows us to hear in "3D" depth.
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Walter Beatteau
Definition
Made a 3D model of his pinna and recorded sound. It came across 3D but only for him.
Your pinna is like you finger print, exclusive to you.
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Pure tone
Definition
Single frequency component
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Ear Canal
Definition
tube like structure couple cm long used to protect you eardrum.
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Ear wax
Definition
Used to keep ears moist, insect repellent
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Malleus
Definition
Is a hammer-shaped small bone or ossicle of the middle ear which connects with the incus and is attached to the inner surface of the eardrum.
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Middle Ear
Definition
Air fill - Can change pressure due to altitude the "pop" you hear is your ear is your ear equalization the pressure
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Cochlea
Definition
Hollow tube/bone that role up fluid filled, filled with a watery type fluid
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Hair cell
Definition
gets mashed into tectorial plate damage hair cell and losing hearing
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Tentinities
Definition
Permanent hearing raining that never goes away.
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Phase law
Definition
A law that a neon will always fire a the same place in a wave
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