auditory nerve

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Arises in the inner and goes to the pons
two anatomically and functional parts:
-chochlear nerve
-vestibular nerve

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Cranial nerve VIII auditory nerve

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nerves that carry impulses from te periphery toward the brain

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afferent fibers

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arranged anatomically according to best frequency of stimulation

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tonotopic

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nerves that carry impulses from the brain toward the periphery

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efferent fibers

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a channel from the inner ear to the brainstem allowing passage of the auditory and vestibular branches of the VIIIth nerve and the internal auditory artery.

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Internal Auditory meatus/internal auditory canal

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The lower part of the brain above the medulla and the pons and behind the brain stem. It is the seat of posture and integrated movements.

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cerebellum

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Higher frequencies are in _______ part of brain.

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outer

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Low frequencies are in ________ part of brain

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inner (middle)

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The lowest portion of the brain, connecting the pons with the spinal cord.

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Medulla oblangata

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a bridge of fibers and neurons that connect the two sides of the brain at its base.

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Pons

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The are at the base of the brain at the junction of the cerebellum, medulla, and pons (temors tend to grow here)

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cerebellopontine angle

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the area of communication between neurons where a nerve impulse passes from an axon of one neuron to the cell body or dendrite of another

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synapse

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a crossing over, as of nerve fibers connecting both sides of the brain.

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decussation

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Nerve fibers connecting similar structures on both sides of the brain.

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Commisures

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the smaller of two cochlear nuclei on each side of the brain it receives fibers from the cochlea on the ipsilateral side (1st station 1st place it goes)

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Dorsal cochlear nucleus

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The larger of the two cochlear nuclei on each side of the brain; it receives the fibers of the cochlea on the ipsilateral side

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ventral cochlear nucleus

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one of hte auditory relay stations int eh midbrain, largely comprising units fro teh cochlear nuclei

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superior olivary complex

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The portion of the auditory pathway runnig from the cochlear nuclei to the inferior colliculus and medial geniculate body

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Lateral Lemniscus

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One of the central auditory pathways found int eh posterior portion of the midbrain.

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Inferior colliculus

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Discrimination happens here; analysis of sound

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Inferior colliculus

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The final subcortical auditory relay station, found in the thalamus on each side of the brain.

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Medial Geniculate body

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The part of the cerebral hemispheres usually associated with the perception of sound.

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Temporal loves

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The auditory language areas are located in the _______ _______

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temporal lobe

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Located in the brain base, the thalamus send projecting fibers to, and receives fibers from, all parts of the cortex.

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Thalamus

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The convolution of the temporal love believed to be the seat of language comprehension of the auditory system.

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Heschl's Gyrus

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A clot of hemorrhage of one of the arteries within the cerebrum stroke. Causes problems understanding speech

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Cerebrovascular accident

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A benign tumor involving the nerve sheath of the auditory.

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Acoustic neuroma

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Normal outer hair cell function (normal otoacoustic emissions) ABnormal neural function at the level of the VIIIth nerve (abnormal auditory brainstem response)

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Auditory Neuropathy dyssynchony

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impairment of the central auditory nervous system interfering with decoding of acoustic signals, including difficulties in sound localization and speech discrimination in noise.

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Central auditory processing disorder

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Difficulty in the development of language and other communication skills associated with disorders of the auditory centers in the brain.

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Auditory processing disorder

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Auditory processing requires

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ability to discriminate sounds to segment words into sounds to produce rhyming words looks at not just the ability to hear individual sounds but to supply missing sounds to incomplete words

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Criteraia for assessment at UH

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``` be at least seven years or older have normal cognitive functioning have normal hearing have normal middle ear function be a competent English speaker have good articulation ```

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air conduction and bone conduction testing

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pure tone audiometry

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a special flashlight device with a funnel like speculum on the end, designed to observe the tympanic membrane.

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Otoscope

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A device for determining the thresholds of hearing pure tones at various frequencies are generated, and their levels are increased or decreased until thresholds are found

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audiometer

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Outputs may include _______ for ______ conduction testing

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earphones; air

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Outputs may include a _______ conduction oscillator for _______ conduction

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bone; bone

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A pure tone that is frequency modulated. Used often with children and if speakers are being used

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warble tone

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The average of the hearing levels at frequencies 500 1000 and 2000 Hz for each ear as obtained on a pure tone hearing test

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pure tone average

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The response to a sound stimulus evoked when the skull is deformed by a bone conduction oscillator, distorting the cochlea and giving rise to electrochemical activity within the cochlea

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Distortional bone conduction

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stimulation of the cochlea caused by lag of the chain of middle-ear bones, or inner ear fluids. when the skull is deformed, resulting in movement of the stapes in and out of the oval window.

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inertial bone conductions

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The contribution to hearing by bone conduction created when the vibrating skull sets the air in the external ear canal into vibration, causing sound waves to pass down the canal, impinging on the eardrum membrane, and being conducted through the middle ear to the cochlea.

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Osseotymoanic bone conduction

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listening with one ear

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monaural

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listening with both ears to either the same or different stimuli

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biaural

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in speech audiometry, introduction of a speech signal through a microphone. The loudness of the voice is monitored visually by means of a VU

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Monitored live voice

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The lowest level in decibels at which a subject can barely detect the presence of speech and identify is as speech. also called the speech awareness threshold.

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speech detection threshold

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rapidly delivered speech, either prerecorded or by monitored live voice, in which the output is monotonous and the peaks of the words strike zeron on the VU meter. Used in determining the SDT.

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cold running speech

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The lowest hearing level at which speech can barely be understood

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speech recognition threshold

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a two syllable word pronounced with equal stress on both syllables. Used for obtaining the SRT

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spondaic words

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a phrase such as "say the word" that precedes the stimulus word during speech audiometry.

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carrier phrase

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the hearing level designated by the listener as the most confortable listening level for speech

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most comfortable loudness

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the intensity at which speech becomes uncomfortably loud

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uncomfortable loudness level

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the reception of a sound signal during a hearing test at the ear opposite the ear under test

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cross hearing

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the loss of energy of a sound presented by either air conduction or bone conduction as it travels from the test ear to the non-test ear.

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interaural attenuation

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keeping one ear busy while testing the other

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masking

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the shift in the auditory threshold of a tone produced by a noise in the opposite ear

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central masking

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occurs when a masking noise presented to the nontest ear is lough enough to shift the threshold int eh test ear beyond its true values

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overmasking