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| Disorders of the Innner Ear |
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Meniere's Disease- Triad of Symptoms Tinnitus- Extreme ringing of the Ear Vertigo-Balance Hearing loss *main way to help is medication *Disease of adults, only one can be managed *All diseases of the inner ear are incorrectable. |
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| Malaria medicine "quanine" can cause damage. Viral diseases such as (measels, mumps, chicken pox) and the last damge cause can be haeavy doses of aspirin |
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| Hearing loss associated with old age or aging process. Usually with higher frequencies. |
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| Noise induced hearing loss |
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| First starts at 400 hz. Normal speech is 300-3,000 hz. Person losing hearing does not know because it is above normal hearing range. Hair cells die due to large exposure. |
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| This happens when anything prevents sound conduction to middle ear. |
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| NO surgery, just prevention. |
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Physical Attribute of sound-Hertz hz Human frequency range -20-20,000 Speech Range-300-3,000 hz |
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Graphic organization of hearing level as compared w/intensity and frequency. Audiologist will probally start at 100X70..hearing cannot be rythmical |
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| You can bypass hearing by bone conduction. remove earphones attach osiclater. Normal hearing by bone conduction. |
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Speech Test Speech Recognition Threshold Reception |
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Spondaic- Hamiliar words, easily understood Words get softer and softer Discrimination(Speech) Phonetically Balanced Words reprasentative of frequency sounds...25 or 50 words |
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| Impact of hearing loss: dependent On-- |
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1. Degree of the loss(how much is loss) mild 26-54 dB Moderate 55-69 dB Severe 70-89 dB Profound 90+ (little or no input of hearing) 2. When did Hearing loss occur 3. Other Factors--benifit of amplification |
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Managing a child with Hearing Impairment |
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1. Preferential seating 2. Rephrase Information 3. Face the child 4. use audio visulas 5. Buddy system for note taking 6. Know hearing aid(turn off,on,up) Batteries 7. Know specialist who work w/child outside school |
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Wilson-Barton greensboro Morgantown-Lenoir- Rhyne |
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| Deaf Education- major program |
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SLP/Audiologists Enter School Aprx. Age 5(Lives There) offer total communication- wht is attempted causes difficulty b/c at sign language less oral more sign College-Galladet in DC |
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