Deaf Ed Vocabulary 3

Question 0

Auditory Discrimination

Answer 0

refers to the brain’s ability to organize and make sense of language sounds.

Question 1

Acquisition

Answer 1

gaining possession, addition.

Question 2

Rapport

Answer 2

relation, connection, harmonious or sympathetic relation.

Question 3

Autism Spectrum

Answer 3

Autism is a group of developmental brain disorders, collectively called autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The term “spectrum” refers to the wide range of symptoms, skills, and levels of impairment, or disability, that children with ASD can have. Some children are mildly impaired by their symptoms, but others are severely disabled.

Question 4

Residual Hearing

Answer 4

amount of hearing a person has left after a hearing loss.

Question 5

Anxiety Disorder

Answer 5

blanket term covering several different forms of a type of common psychiatric disorder characterized by excessive rumination, worrying, uneasiness, apprehension and fear about future uncertainties either based on real or imagined events, which may affect both physical and psychological health.

Question 6

Tympanometry

Answer 6

is an examination used to test the condition of the middle ear and mobility of the eardrum (tympanic membrane) and the conduction bones by creating variations of air pressure in the ear canal. It is not a hearing test but a measure of energy transmission through the middle ear.

Question 7

Tympanic Membrane

Answer 7

or “eardrum” is a thin, cone-shaped membrane that separates the external ear from the middle ear in humans and other tetrapods. Its function is to transmit sound from the air to the ossicles inside the middle ear, and then to the oval window in the fluid-filled cochlea.

Question 8

Reliability

Answer 8

refers to the stability of the test.

Question 9

Eustachian Tube

Answer 9

a tube that links the nasopharynx to the middle ear. It is a part of the middle ear.

Question 10

Acquired

Answer 10

learn or develop (a skill, habit, or quality).

Question 11

Pure Tone Testing

Answer 11

determines the faintest tones a person can hear at selected pitches (frequencies), from low to high. You’ve experienced this all your life.

Question 12

Pure Tone

Answer 12

A single frequency used by audiologists to evaluate hearing sensitivity.

Question 13

Bone Conduction Testing

Answer 13

A hearing test than involves transmitting sound to the inner ear via a small vibrator (bone oscillator or transducer) that is placed on the mastoid bone behind the ear or on the forehead.

Question 14

Americans with disabilities act (ADA):

Answer 14

Public law 101-336 passed in 1990 that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in employment, transportation, public accommodation, state and local government and telecommunications. This is a “civil rights act” for persons with disabilities.

Question 15

Auditory brainstem response testing (ABR)

Answer 15

A test that can be used to assess auditory function in infants and young children using electrodes on the head to record electrical activity from the auditory (hearing) nerve. More technically, a hearing test that measures the neurological responses of the auditory nerve and brainstem to a series of clicking sounds.

Question 16

Aural Rehabilitation

Answer 16

A general term that refers to teaching hard of hearing people how to adjust to, and compensate for, their hearing losses by making productive use of their residual hearing in learning spoken communication skills through speechreading and auditory training. Training in the use of hearing aids is often included in this process.

Question 17

Behind-the-ear hearing aid (BTE)

Answer 17

A hearing aid that rests behind the ear. Sound from the aid is carried through a small clear tube to an earmold that fits into the ear.

Question 18

Central auditory processing disorder (CAPD)

Answer 18

A language disorder that involves the perception and processing of information that has been heard.

Question 19

Discrimination

Answer 19

Hearing clarity—the ability to tell apart (discriminate between) similar-sounding words such as “fun” and “sun.”