chapter 4 -Hearing/Listening Skills Flashcards
Hearing
one’s ability to produce acoustic access to the brain
Listening
focusing and attending to available acoustic events
How to classify hearing loss
-audio graph -hearing thresholds, frequency, and intensity
What happens up to 90 dBHL?
Hard of hearing
What happens over 90 dBHL?
deaf
What happens at 80 dBHL?
damage begins
Hearing Loss Disorders
- Conductive Hearing Loss
- Sensorineural
- Auditory Processing Disorder
Conductive Hearing Loss
problems with transmitting sound in the outer/middle ear –> otitis media
Sensorineural
- damage to cochlea/auditory nerve
- reduced sensitivity and distortion
- irreversible
Auditory Processing Disorder
- problem in brainstem/auditory center of brain
- central nervous system disorder
- hearing is usually normal but difficult to understand speech
Problems -vocabulary(semantics)
- size
- multi-meaning
- figurative language
Problems -grammar (syntax)
- shorter/simpler sentences
- overuse specific sentence patterns
- infrequently use adverbs and conjunctions
- incorrect use of irregular verb tense
- delay in developing grammatical skills
Problems -conversational skills (pragmatics)
- lack of conversational skills
- limited communication repair (don’t understand = don’t ask for help)
Problems - speech production (phonology)
-errors in high frequency sounds (s, sh, ch)
-may be unintelligible/ poor voice quality
problems producing vowel sounds
Problems -literacy
- most are normal readers
