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1
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Peri

A

Around

2
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Membranous labyrinth

A

Floats in the perilymph and is filled with endolymph

3
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End

A

Inside

4
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Labyrinth

A

Passage

5
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Oto

A

Ear

6
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Liths

A

Stones

7
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Hearing loss (deafness)

A

Partial or total inability to hear sound

8
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Pre-lingual deafness

A

Hearing loss that occurs before a child has squired a spoken language

9
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Post-lingual deafness

A

Hearing loss after a child has learnt to speak a language, usually after the age of six

10
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Otitis media

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Inflammation of the middle ear caused by a bacterial or viral infection

11
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Sensorineural hearing loss

A

Hearing loss caused by damage/ loss of sensory/ neural organs etc.

12
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Grommets

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Small ventilation tubes made of either plastic or metal, inserted through an incision in the eardrum after all the mucus has been sucked out

13
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Hearing aids

A

Small electronic device that amplifies incoming sound

14
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DEAFSA

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Formerly known as the South African National Council for the Deaf and “ “ “ “ for the blind
( founded 1929)

15
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Maculae

A
  1. Equilibrium receptors

2. Patches of hair covered with a jelly-like layer in which otoliths (calcium carbonate crystals) are embedded

16
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Ampulla

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Enlarged swelling at one side of duct

17
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Cristae

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Patch of hair cells covered by Capula

18
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Capula

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Jelly-like cap that covers hair cells

19
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Cochlea implants

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Electronic device that restores hearing to people with very sever or profound deafness

20
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Bony labyrinth

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A series of canals and cavities within the temporal bone, filled with perilymph