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Ch. 13 Vocab Flashcards

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Number of times a cycle of vibration repeats itself within a second

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Frequency

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Study of sound as a physical event

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Acoustics and its components

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2
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Sensory experience related to changes in frequency

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Pitch

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3
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Sound related to amplitude

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Intensity

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4
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Extent of molecular displacement

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Amplitude

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5
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Sensation related to physical intensity of the sound

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Loudness

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6
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Study of hearing, disorders, and measurement and management

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Audiology

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7
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Special training in the assessment of hearing disorders

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Audiologist

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8
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Includes ear and its structures (outer, middle, inner)

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Peripheral auditory system (p. 198)

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9
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Certain portions of the brain and the brainstorm

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Central auditory system (p. 198)

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10
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Sound travels through the medium of air

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Air conduction

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11
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Sound is transmitted by vibrating bones of the skull

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Bone conduction testing

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12
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Hard of hearing and deaf

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Hearing impairment

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13
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The sound is conducted to the middle or inner ear is diminished

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Conductive hearing loss

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15
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Causes of conductive hearing loss

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Otitis media, and Otosclerosis

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16
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3 varieties of otitis media:

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Serous, acute, a and chronic

17
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The middle ear is inflamed and filled with fluid, and the Eustachian tube is blocked

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Serous

18
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Middle ear infection has a sudden onset and a quick build up of fluid, causing pain

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Acute

19
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Chronic middle ear infections result in ruptured eardrum and possibly permanent hearing loss

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Chronic

21
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Infection of the middle ear

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Otitis media

25
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The hair cells in the cochlea or the acoustic nerve may be damaged, preventing the brain from receiving the neural impulses of sound

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Sensorineural hearing loss

27
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Disease of the bones of the middle ear

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Otosclerosis

28
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Sensorineural hearing loss known causes

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Ototoxic drugs, noise, infections, maternal rubella, heredity, birth defects, anoxia, acoustic neuroma, old age, Ménière’s disease

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