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Important Terms
Time of onset
Congenital: present at birth Acquired: obtained after
birth Adventitious: acquired after
birth
Important Terms
Time Course
Acute: sudden onset/short duration
Chronic: long duration Sudden: rapid onset Gradual: changes slowly over
time
Important Terms
Time Course
Temporary: limited duration Permanent: irreversible Progressive: advancing Fluctuating: changes in degree
over time
Hearing Sensitivity Loss
“The ear is not as sensitive as normal in detecting sound”
Types:
Conductive Sensorineural Mixed
Conductive Hearing Loss
“Caused by an abnormal reduction or attenuation of sound as it travels from the outer ear to the cochlea”
Sensorineural Hearing Loss
“Caused by a failure in the cochlea to transduce the sound from the middle ear to neural impulses in the VIII Nerve.”
Sensorineural Hearing Loss
n Implications include:
A reduction in the sensitivity of the receptor cells in the cochlea
A reduction in the frequency resolving power of the cochlea
A reduction in the dynamic range of the system
Auditory Nervous System Impairment
Kinds:
Retrocochlear disorders Central auditory processing
disorders
Auditory Nervous System Impairment
§ Auditory Characteristics:
Reduced ability to understand speech in a noise background
Problems understanding speech with reduced redundancy
Problems with localization and lateralization
Problems processing normal or altered temporal cues