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List 2 consequences of hearing loss
loss of initimacy, loss of job
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What is Dr. Tripp's definition of Aural Rehabilitation?
services provided to decrease the consequences of hearing loss.
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List 3 components of an AR plan:
information/educational counseling, auditory training, ALDs, psychosocial support
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Hearing loss is sometimes referred to as the _______ condition.
invisible
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56-70 dB
Moderate-Severe HL
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What are the goals of Aural Rehab?
alleviate the difficulties related to hearing loss and minimize its consequences
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What various aspects of a person's lifestyle can be affected by hearing loss?
exclusion from conversation, activities, frustration, embarrassment, depression, isolation, loss in initmacy in relationships
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List and describe some components of a typical AR program.
- -in-service training- teachers and other specialized training
- -psychosocial support- psychological/social aspect of hearing loss
- -information/educational counseling-instruction about hearing and listening devices
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Congential
present at birth
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Ototoxic drugs
harmful to the structures of the inner ear and the auditory nerve
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How is hearing loss an "invisible" condition?
because you cannot see hearing loss
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How is hearing loss an "isolating" condition?
it can cause an individual to be able to understand and communicate with individuals so therefore it isolates them from conversation and activities.
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How does lifestyle have a major effect on participation restrictions incurred with hearing loss?
activities, conversation
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What is aural rehab (book definition)?
the intervention aimed at minimizing and alleviating the communication difficulties associated with hearing loss.
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UCL
is the level at which sound becomes uncomfortably loud for a listener.
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MCL
level at which sound is most comfortable for a listener
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SRT
the lowest presentation level for spondee words at which 50% can be identified correctly
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air/bone gap
the difference between air- and bone-conduction thresholds; a difference may indicate a conductive component in the hearing loss.
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spondees
two syllable words spoken with equal stress on each syllable.
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soundfield testing
determines hearing senstivity or speech recognition ability by presenting signals in a sound field through a loudspeaker.
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presbycusis
age related hearing loss
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Word Rec/Speech Rec Score
the best predictor of hearing aid success
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dynamic range
is the difference in decibels between a person's threshold for just being able to detect speech and the person's threshold for uncomfortable listening
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air conduction
refers to when sounds travels through the air into the external auditory canal and stimulation progresses through the middle ear, inner ear, and to the brain
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bone conduction
refers to the transmission of sound through the bones in the body, particularly the skull.
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conductive
- outer, middle ear
- causes: cerumen, foreign object, perf/tub, fluid
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sensory neural
- inner ear
- causes: stroke, noise exposure, presbycusis, ototoxic drugs
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mixed
- outer, inner ear
- causes: otototoxic, noise exposure, foreign object, fluid
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What types of activities can be harmful to our hearing?
concerts, shooting, riding motorcycles
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At what intensity does sound become harmful?
anything above 85 dB
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What are some warning signs that a child is not hearing well?
- constant ringing in your ear
- yelling to hear a conversation
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What are HPD's? Which kind is the best? What are some pros and cons of each?
- Foam (32 dB)
- pros: comfortable, cheap, highest NRR
- cons: incovient freq insertion/removal, wear out
- Contoured/Flanged (25 dB)
- pros: easy insertion, durable
- cons: inconvient insertion/removal, less comfortable
- Custom molds (25dB)
- pros: comfortable
- cons: expensive
- Earmuffs (10-25 dB)
- pros: affordable, convient
- cons: big, bulky
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Who should wear HPD's?
noisy workplace
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On the audiogram, what is a sure sign of Noise Induced Hearing Loss?
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What is the NRR?
noise reduction rating
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What are the components of a hearing conservation program?
environmental sound survey, routine hearing, education about hearing, provision of HPDs
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