Exam 1 Flashcards
Intervention for persons who have not developed listening speech and language skills
Aural Habilitation
Intervention aimed at minimizing and alleviating the communication difficulties associated with hearing loss
Aural Rehabilitation
occurs when inner ear cochlea hairs or nerves are damaged and do not properly transmit auditory signals to brain
SNHL
most common type of HL
SNHL
If bone conduction is normal
CHL
sound does not properly conduct through outer ear to middle ear
Conductive HL
If bone conduction is normal, usually it is
CHL
Effusion
Fluid in middle ear cavity
a combo of SNHL and CHL
Mixed HL
Test for middle ear function
Tympanometry
Tymp A
normal middle ear function
Tymp As
shallow or stiff; CHL
Tymp Ad
Deep/Disarticulated; CHL
Tymp C
Negative ME pressure; CHL
Tymp B
Flat; Otitis media profile; CHL
When we test a person with new devices, all responses will be above the
String Bean
watching speakers face/using vision to help them hea
Speech Reading
compound words are presented, goal is to find the softest sound level @ which one can hear and repeat approx.. 1/2 of the compound words correctly
Speech Recognition Threshold (SRT)
compound words presented, goal is to determine the softest level one can detect the presence of words
Speech Awareness Threshold (SAT)
Pure tone average is average of ___ at ___
hearing thresholds
500, 1000, 2000