Course Overview Flashcards
What is an audiology?
Professionals engaged in autonomous practice to promote healthy hearing, communication competency, and quality of life for persons of all ages through prevention, identification, assessment, and rehabilitation of hearing, auditory function, balance, and other related systems
The measurement of the range and sensitivity of a person’s sense of hearing
Audiometry
A graphic representation of audiometric findings
Audiogram
The level at which a stimulus is barely perceptible
Threshold
Objectives of Audiometry
Screening (Identification)
To make a medical diagnosis
To evaluate Communication
To monitor the hearing loss
A method of audiometry where you quickly separate people into two groups: those at risk and those not at risk
Screening
Why is early identification important?
To halt the progression of hearing loss if possible
To identify a plan of treatment that will optimize the ability to communicate
To facilitate development communication skills
What do you determine during a a medical diagnosis?
Is there a disease?
Where is the problem?
Is treatment warranted?
Why is monitoring of a hearing loss necessary?
To track the progression of a loss so you can adjusting intervention to optimize communication
To track recovery of function
Foreign objects and Malformation are disorders of what part of the ear?
Outer Ear Disorders (ear canal problems)
What are three disorders of the middle ear (ear drum and back)?
Otitis Media
Cholesteatoma
Otosclerosis
What are three disorders of the Inner Ear?
Noise induced hearing loss
Presbyacusis (age induced hearing loss)
Meniere’s Disease (induces violent dizziness - can include hearing loss)
What are retrocochlear disorders?
Disorders beyond the cochlea
What are three examples of Retrocochlear disorders?
Auditory Dys-synchrony
Acoustic Neuromas (tumor that grows out of auditory nerve)
(Central) Auditory Processing Disorders
