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acoustic neuroma

A 
tumor on acoustic nerve: 
normal ability to detect pure tones, 
normal speech recognition in a quiet room, 
unilateral facial tingling 
& ringing, 
slight dizziness, 
mild balance problems
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carharts notch

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reflects specific loss at 2000 Hz
as indicated by bone-conduction testing,
often reflected in otosclerosis audiogram

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3
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conductive hearing loss

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outer or middle ear malfunctions

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4
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CN VIII

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vestibular & auditory-acoustic branches,

carries electrical sound impulses from the cochlea to the brain

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presbycusis

A

hearing impairment in older people,

resulting in a sloping, high-frequency loss

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menieres

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causes sensorineural hearing loss,

accompanied by vertigo & tinnitus

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signal to noise ratio

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separating
signal of interest (speech)
from background noise

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homophenous pairs

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visible labials that look the same & may be confusing

“man-ban”

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tensor palatini

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exerts the pull that allows the eustachian tube to open

during yawning & swallowing

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cleft palate hearing problems

A

frequently eustachian tube dysfunction

bc of oral-facial anomalies

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SRTs

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(speech reception thresholds)
lowest level of hearing
at which a person can understand
50% of words presented

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aural/oral method emphasizes

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making use of residual hearing through amplification,

& helping learn to communicate to be comfortable in mainstream settings with hearing people

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deaf speech characteristics

A 
omission of /s/ in all word positions, 
cons cluster reduction, 
occasional irrelevance of speech 
including non sequiturs, 
improper stress patterns 
including excessive pitch inflections
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outer ear

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auricle/pinna

& external auditory canal

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middle ear

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air-filled cavity,
separated from outer ear by tympanic membrane,
contains ossicular chain,
eustachian tube connects to nasopharynx

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hearing loss

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normal: 15
mild: 16-40
mod: 41-55
mod-severe: 56-70
severe: 71-90
profound: 90+

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communication training

approach emphasis

A 
verbal (total communication & aural/oral approach) 
or nonverbal (sign language)
18
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communication training

A

auditory training,
speech reading,
cued speech,
training in subsystems

19
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reflexive response techniques

A

used to assess infants & children with hearing loss

20
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aural rehab

A

implemented by team

to help people with HL achieve their full potential

21
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HL severity

A

depends on age of onset,
& degree of the loss,
communication disorders may manifest in 1+ subsystems

22
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retrocochlear damage

A

employs electrophysiological audiometry & medical imaging,
damage usually caused by tumors
which can grow slowly
& make diagnosis challenging

23
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acoustic immitance testing

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involving tympanometry or acoustic reflex testing,

used to assess middle ear function

24
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hearing impairment assessment procedures

A

depends on nature of the problem,
pure-tone & speech audiometry
carried out through air- or bone-conduction testing

25
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auditory nervous system impairments

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manifested by central auditory & retrocochlear disorders,
challenging to assess

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oral training

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language stimulation programs teaching successful expression,
functional words, structures & concepts, pragmatic skills,
important to use visual cues

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auditory training

A

teach person to listen to amplified sounds,
recognize their meanings,
& discriminate sounds from each other

28
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hearing aid types

A 
eyeglass variety, 
body aids, 
BTE, 
in the canal, 
completely in the canal, 
in the ear, 
disposable
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severe hearing loss

A

difficulty understanding even loud & amplified speech,

significant difficulty in learning & producing intelligible oral language

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sensorineural hearing loss

A

inner ear malfunction,
damage to hair cells of the cochlea
or acoustic nerve

31
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inner ear

A

most complex,
oval window in temporal bone,
vestibular system contains semicircular canals,
cochlea filled with endolymph,
basilar membrane floor contains organ of corti

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