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admittance

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ease of acoustic flow

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impedance

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resistance to acoustic flow

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pure tone

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sinusoid and sine wave

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audiometric O

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average threshold for hearing

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resonancy

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Immittance

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Interaural attenuation

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Acquired Congenital Hearing Loss

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Loss present at birth that has progressed over time.

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Acute Suppurative Otitis Media

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Middle Ear infection more severe shorter duration.
Type B Tymp

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Aero Otitis Media - Barotrauma

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Injury resulting from changes in ambient air pressure between outer and middle ear.
Malfunctioning Eustachian Tube

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Alaising

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an effect that causes different signals to become indistinguishable (or aliases of one another) when sampled.

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Aphasia

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Communication problems with both receptive and expressive

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Articulation Curve

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Correct percentage of words a listener can identify as the words are presented-also called the speech audiogram.

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Asymmetrical Hearing Loss

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Loss in both ears but one is worse than the other

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Atresia

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Closed Ear Canal

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Auditory Deprivation

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The longer we go with a hearing impairment, without getting that information to where it belongs the more prone we become to permanently loose our ability to discriminate certain speech cues.

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Causes of tinnitus

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Sudden exposure to loud noise, long time exposure to loud noise, physical trama to head or neck, Hypertension, Acoustic Neroma, thyroid disease, vacular disorder, TMJ disorder, Ear infection, impacted cerumen, Nutricianal dificiency, Aneurysm, MS, prescription drugs

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Central Deafness

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hearing loss or impairment resulting from defects in the central nervous system (as in the auditory cortex) rather than in the ear itself or the auditory nerve—compare conduction deafness, nerve deafness. Damage or disorder within brain stem, tumor or abscess

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Central Masking

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When masking is presented to the non-test ear (NTE) it may cause a shift in the test ear. What is that called?

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Cerumen

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Ear wax

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Cholesteatoma

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Tumor in Middle Ear. May perforate TM into External Ear Canal

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Chronic Otitis Externa

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Chronic Infection with swelling & secretion from Yellow to Green

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Complex Sound

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a sound composed of a number of sounds of different frequencies.

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Conductive Hearing loss

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Obstruction or breakdown in Outer and/0r Middle Ear.

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Congenital Sensorineural Loss
Present at birth, may be inherited, mother may have suffered flu or measles during pregnancy, most probably progress over time.
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Consonants
Weaker Speech Sounds. Spoken from the LIPS not from the larynx. Consonants are higher pitched than vowels (they lie more to the right on the chart). Consonants are spoken more softly than vowels (they lie higher on the chart, in the lower decibel ranges).
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Decibel
a unit used to measure the intensity of a sound or the power level of an electrical signal by comparing it with a given level on a logarithmic scale.
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Diffraction
describes how waves bend, or change direction, as they travel around the edges of obstacles.
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Digital signal processo
The computer of the hearing aid
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Dynamic Range
The difference in volume between the UCL and SRT=DR (dynamic range) (loudest and quietest sounds)
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EEPROM
Electrically erasable programmable Read Only Memory
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Effective Sound Pressure
Physical Measurement of Sound
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Fenestration
Removal of TM and most of Ossicular chain Construction of a new window in the Cochlea
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Fistulas
an abnormal connection between the air-filled middle ear and the fluid filled inner ear.
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Forward Masking
One sound follows another closely
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Fourier Spectral Analysis
Analysis Breakdown of a Complex Sound into individual Frequencies.
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Fundamental Frequency
the lowest frequency of a periodic waveform.
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Hyperracusis
an increased sensitivity to certain frequency and volume ranges of sound (a collapsed tolerance to usual environmental sound).
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How to treat Tinnitus
Wearing traditional hearing instruments, Hearing aid maskers, counseling, stress reduction strategies, medications.
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Interaural Attenuation
the loss of energy of a sound as it travels from the test ear to the non test ear, But it is still audible in the opposite ear/good ear
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Ipsilateral
On the same side
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Labyrinthitis
Infection in inner ear, may involve cochlea
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Lombard Effect
is the involuntary tendency of speakers to increase their vocal effort when speaking in loud noise to enhance the audibility of their voice.
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Longer Canal Lenghts give you?
More lows.
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Longitudinal Waves
Sound waves
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Loudest Sound that the Normal Ear Can Tolerate
1000 dyne/sq/cm
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Malingering
Someone faking
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Masking
Procedure that prevents the non-test ear from hearing a stimulus presented to the test ear.
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Meniere's
a disorder of the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear that is marked by recurrent attacks of dizziness, tinnitus, and hearing loss—called also Ménière's syndrome.
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Mixed Hearing Loss
Has both, Conductive Component and Sesorineural Component
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Monomeric Spots
Healed holes in the Eardrum Generally no loss
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Most Comfortable Listening Level (MCL)
when the voice is "just right" level at which you like to listen to television.
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Myringotomy
Insertion of a ventilation tube, allows fluid to drain from middle ear cavity. Surgically implanted to fall out by itself after a period of time. "tubes in the ears"
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Noise Induced Hearing Loss
a permanent hearing impairment resulting from prolonged exposure to high levels of noise.
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Non- Suppurative Otitus Media
Non-bacterial Less Painful Less Serious ear infection.
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Normal Ear Detects Changes _________ Hz up to _________ HZ.
3-4 HZ and 4000 HZ
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Objective Vertigo
Sensation of external objects spinning around the person
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Occlusion
an audio phenomenon that occurs when one closes the opening into the ear canal and the loudness of low pitched sounds increases
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Otitius Externa / interna
inflammation of the ear, usually distinguished as otitis externa (of the passage of the outer ear), otitis media (of the middle ear), and otitis interna (of the inner ear; labyrinthitis).
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Otoclerosis
a hereditary disorder causing progressive deafness due to overgrowth of bone in the inner ear.
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Otoscopy
visual examination of the ear
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Ottis Media
Middle Ear Infection TM is Red Dainage, Odor Type B Tymp
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Oval window fistula
A fistula is an abnormal connection between the air-filled middle ear and the fluid filled inner ear. The two weakest points are membranes located at the stapes foot plate (the "oval window"), #4 here, and just below, a small niche called the "round window"
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Paget's Disease
a chronic disease of elderly people characterized by deterioration of bone tissue. Thickining of Temperal bone and Ossicular chain, affects patients 40 years old and older
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PB Rollover
Loss of ability to discriminate as words are presented louder (90dB)
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Perforated (or) Rupture in Ear Drum causes how much of a loss?
Causes a 5 to 10dB Hearing Loss
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Phon
a unit of the perceived loudness of sounds.
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Phoneme
Smallest unit of Sound. Differentiates meaning of words, ex. fat, cat, bat
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Poroxysmal Vertigo
Sudden brief episodes of dizziness, nausea, vomiting, nystagmus
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Positional Vertigo
Dizziness occuring from head placed in certain positions
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Presbycusis
is the loss of hearing that gradually occurs in most individuals as they grow older.
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Prolapsed Ear Canal
collapsed ear canal. Breakdown of Cartilage
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Prom
Programmable Read Only Memory(eprom)
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Psychogenic Hearing loss
Hearing loss or impairment caused by a mental or emotional disorder or trauma and having no evidence of an organic cause.
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Pure Tone
Consists of only One Frequency
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Pure Tone Audiometry
is the key hearing test used to identify hearing threshold levels of an individual, enabling determination of the degree, type and configuration of a hearing loss.
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Quality & Timber
Determined by amount of Pure Tones and Relative Strength of each Pure Tone
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Quantinazation
is the process of converting a continuous range of values into a finite range of discreet values. This is a function of analog-to-digital converters, which create a series of digital values to represent the original analog signal.
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Recruitment
Small increase in sound intensity is perceived as a rapid increase in loudness. (Sensorineural loss)
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Reflection
Return of sound waves towrds thier source
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Relative Pitch
the pitch of a tone as determined by its relationship to other tones in a scale.
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Reveberation
Continual movement of soundwaves. Repeated reflection
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Rinne' Negative
In conductive hearing loss, bone conduction is better than air. In a normal ear, air conduction (AC) is better than bone conduction (BC) AC > BC. this is called a positive Rinne.
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Rinne' Positive
In a normal ear, air conduction (AC) is better than bone conduction (BC) AC > BC. this is called a positive Rinne.
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Round Window Fistula
Direct trama to ear
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