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| What 2 types of deafness are there? |
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1) Conductive: sound can't reach middle ear; defect lateral to the cochlea
2)Sensory-neural: any defect medial to the cochlea |
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| By what mechanisms may a child be deaf? |
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| What is the most common form of deafness in childhood? |
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| An abnormality of speech. |
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| What question is it important to ask patients with aphonia? |
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| Can you cough? This indicates if the vocal cords are moving. If they can cough then there is no abnormality in the larynx. |
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| What is it important to ask in children who can't speak properly? |
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| Can they swallow. If they can swallow it indicates that there is not a neurological problem in the larynx or pharynx. |
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| What do decibels measure? |
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| When does a child develop an appreciation of different phonemes? |
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| At what age is the hearing pathway closed? |
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| Fluid in the ear creates a negative pressure sucking the malleus in. |
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| What are the developmental stages of language development? |
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1) Develop phoneme
2) Babble
3) Double mono-syllables (da-da)
4) First words
5) Increase vocabulary
6) 2 words together |
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| At what age does a child say double mono-syllables? |
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| At what age does a child say their first word? |
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| At what age does a child say two words together? |
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