Chapter 9 vocab pt1

Question 1

Acquired

Answer 1

A disability or condition that develops at any time after birth.

Question 2

Audiogram

Answer 2

A form of direct observation often used as part of functional behavior assessment.

Question 3

Audiometer

Answer 3

A device that generates sounds at specific frequencies and intensities; used to examine hearing

Question 4

Audiometric Zero

Answer 4

The smallest sound a person with normal can perceive; also called zero hearing threshold level (HTL)

Question 5

Audition

Answer 5

The act or sense of hearing

Question 6

Auditory canal:

Answer 6

The part of the ear that slightly amplifies and transports sound waves from the external ear to the middle ear.

Question 7

Auditory Training

Answer 7

A program that works on listening skills by teaching individuals with hearing impairments to make as much use as possible of their residual hearing

Question 8

Auricle

Answer 8

The external part of the ear; collects sound waves into the auditory canal.

Question 9

Behavior observation audiometry

Answer 9

A method of hearing assessment in which an infant’s reactions to sounds are observed

Question 10

Bilingual-bicultural (bi-bi) approach

Answer 10

: An approach to teaching students who are deaf in which American sigh language is used as the child’s native language and English is taught as a second language. Teaching deaf culture.

Question 11

Cochlea

Answer 11

Main receptor organ for hearing located in the inner ear.

Question 12

Cochlear implant

Answer 12

: A surgically implanted device that convers sound from the environment into electric impulses that are sent directly to the brain via auditory nerve

Question 13

Conductive hearing impairment

Answer 13

Hearing loss caused by obstructions in the outer or middle ear or malformations that interfere with the conduction of sound waves to the inner ear.

Question 14

Congenital:

Answer 14

Any condition that is present at birth

Question 15

Adventitious:

Answer 15

Any condition that is present after birth

Question 16

Cued speech

Answer 16

A method of supplementing oral communication by adding cues in the form of eight different hand signals in four different locations near the chin

Question 17

Cytomegalovirus:

Answer 17

A common virus that infects most people world wide. Can lie dormant in the body for life, usually harmless but can lead to problems such as visual problems, mental retardation and often hearing problems.

Question 18

Decibels:

Answer 18

The unit of measure for the relative intensity of sound on a logarithmic scale beginning at zero