1 - Intro to Audiology

Question 1

What is Audiology?

Answer 1

the clinical profession that deals with hearing and balance disorders;
the scientific study of normal and abnormal audition and related areas

Question 2

What does “auditory physiology” encompass?

Answer 2

Outer and middle ear biomechanics

Auditory neuroanatomy and neurophysiology

Question 3

Behavioural measures of auditory perception (speech and non-speech) is called____________

Answer 3

Psychoacoustics

Question 4

How are audiologists involved in physics and biomedical engineering?

Answer 4

Through the development and evaluation of biomedical devices

Question 5

“Audiology” involves auditory physiology, psychoacoustics, physics/biomedical engineering, and ____________

Answer 5

Counseling

Question 6

Known as the “grandfather of audiology”, this man worked in the Medical Administrative Corps to help war veterans with hearing loss

Answer 6

Raymond Carhart