Hearing Impairment

Question 1

HI that is so severe that the child is impaired in processing linguistic information through
hearing, w/ or w/o amplification

Answer 1

Deafness

Question 2

learners with the use of hearing aid, has residual hearing sufficient to enable successful processing of linguistic information through
audition.

Answer 2

Hard-of-hearing

Question 3

an impairment in hearing, whether permanent of fluctuating, that adversely affects a child’s performance .

Answer 3

Hearing Impairment

Question 4

Types of Hearing Loss

Answer 4

• Conductive HI
• Sensorineural HI
• Mixed HI

Question 5

disruption in the transmission of sound in the
middle ear or outer ear

Answer 5

Conductive HI

Question 6

issues w/in the inner ear or with the connection to the brain

Answer 6

Sensorineural HI

Question 7

when both types of HIs are present simultaneously

Answer 7

Mixed HI

Question 8

Classification of Hearing Loss

Answer 8

Unilateral or Bilateral
Congenital or Acquired
Pre-lingual or Post-lingual

Question 9

Causes of Congenital Hearing Loss

Answer 9

• Autosomal Recessive Hearing Loss
• Autosomal Active Hearing Loss
• Maternal Rubella Prematurity (others)

Question 10

at least one parent manifests hearing loss

Answer 10

Autosomal Active Hearing Loss

Question 11

both parents recessive genes

Answer 11

Autosomal Recessive Hearing Loss

Question 12

Educational Approaches HI
Technology and support

Answer 12

• Hearing Aid
• Cochlear Implants
• Assistive Listening Devices
• Augmentative & Alternative Communication
• Alerting Devices
• Speech-to-Text Translation
• Audio/Video Transcriptions

Question 13

Oral or Aural Approach

Answer 13

• Auditory Training
• Speechreading
• Cued Speech

Question 14

Educational Approaches HI
Teaching approaches

Answer 14

1. Oral or Aural Approach
   • Auditory Training
   •Speechreading
   • Cued Speech
2. Total Communication/ Simultaneous
   Communication
3. Bicultural-Bilingual Approach

Question 15

determines the type and severity of hearing loss by identifying which frequencies have difficulty hearing

Answer 15

Pure Tone Audiometry

Question 16

general term used to describe a collection of
audiometric tests using speech as the stimulus

Answer 16

Speech Audiometry

Question 17

Alternatives (assessment in HI)

Answer 17

Play Audiometry
Operant Conditioning
Audiometry
Behavior Observation
Audiometry

Question 18

Ways of Identification in HI

Answer 18

• Manual (Conventional)
• Automatic (Bekesy)
• Computerized