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Terminology and Definitions in Audiology: Hearing Loss, Testing, and Communication, Quizzes of Speech-Language Pathology

Definitions for various terms related to hearing loss, testing, and communication methods for individuals with hearing impairments. Topics include different types and degrees of hearing loss, testing methods, and communication strategies such as sign language and cued speech. This resource is useful for students and professionals in the fields of audiology, speech-language pathology, and special education.

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TERM 1
Congenital Hearing Loss
DEFINITION 1
Hearing loss that is present at birth, but not necessarily
inherited.
TERM 2
Adventitious Hearing Loss
DEFINITION 2
An acquired hearing loss.
TERM 3
Prelingual Deafness
DEFINITION 3
Onset of hearing loss prior to learning language; usually up
to age 5
TERM 4
Postlingual
DEFINITION 4
Onset of hearing loss during school years.
TERM 5
Deafened
DEFINITION 5
Onset of hearing loss after schooling has been completed
(usher's, prebecusis)
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Congenital Hearing Loss

Hearing loss that is present at birth, but not necessarily inherited. TERM 2

Adventitious Hearing Loss

DEFINITION 2 An acquired hearing loss. TERM 3

Prelingual Deafness

DEFINITION 3 Onset of hearing loss prior to learning language; usually up to age 5 TERM 4

Postlingual

DEFINITION 4 Onset of hearing loss during school years. TERM 5

Deafened

DEFINITION 5 Onset of hearing loss after schooling has been completed (usher's, prebecusis)

Progressive Hearing Loss

hearing loss that gradually gets worse TERM 7

Static Hearing Loss

DEFINITION 7 No change in hearing loss over time TERM 8

Conductive Hearing Loss

DEFINITION 8 Air-Bone gap present, not a problem in the inner ear. Ex: ruptured ear drum. TERM 9

Sensorineural Hearing Loss

DEFINITION 9 No air-bone gap present on the audiogram. result of an issue in the inner ear. permanent. TERM 10

Kids: 21-40 Adults 26-

DEFINITION 10 Slight-to-Mild Hearing Loss

Sloping

Audiogram shows that patient doesn't hear low frequency sounds (snhl). TERM 17

Precipitous

DEFINITION 17 Audiogram presents a loss that seems ok, then all of a sudden it drops dramatically (rock off a cliff) TERM 18

Corner

DEFINITION 18 Audiogram shows that patient is deaf. TERM 19

Concomitant Disabilities

DEFINITION 19 Mental Illness, poor vision, immobility and cognition TERM 20

Risk Factors After Infancy

DEFINITION 20 Adventitious deafness can result from: disease, syndrome, or aging.

Common Risk Factors in Infants

In-utero infections, cranial-facial anomalies, low birth weight, hyperbilirubinemia requiring transfusion (jaundice), otoxic medication, meningitis, low APGAR score, mechanical ventilation five days or more, and findings associated with a syndrome TERM 22

The Grief Cycle

DEFINITION 22 Shock and Denial, Anger, Depression and Detachment, Dialogue and Bargaining, Acceptance TERM 23

Language Delay

DEFINITION 23 Language is simply developed at a slower rate TERM 24

Language Abnormality

DEFINITION 24 There is something odd about how language is developing TERM 25

Immitance (or Impedience) Audiometry

DEFINITION 25 Two types of results: 1) evaluates middle ear pressure (only significant if there is a conductive hearing loss)2) evaluates acoustic nerve reflex. The acoustic nerve carries the message from the ear to the brain. This testing determines whether the child's nerve has a reflex and it determines the threshold for the reflex

Figure-Ground Patterning

Separate meaningful visual and auditory events from ambient stimuli. TERM 32

Closure

DEFINITION 32 Intuitively synthesize a meaningful whole when significant parts are missing. Must have at least enough pieces to make an educated guess and prior experience (or familiarity) with the whole. TERM 33

Pidgin Sign English (PSE)

DEFINITION 33 Simultaneous use of ASL and Spoken English. Also known as Total Communication (TC), Simultaneous Communication (SC) and Conceptually Accurate Spoken English (CASE) TERM 34

Finger Spelling

DEFINITION 34 Manual ASL alphabet. Helpful when borrowing words from English. Also known as the "Rochester Method" which is a method of teaching deaf children based entirely on finger spelling. Great for learning English spelling and grammar. TERM 35

Signed English (SE)

DEFINITION 35 Uses English grammar and ASL signs. Invented signs that mark English grammar.

Signing Exact English (SEE

Invented sign system that includes signs for all of the affixes of English. It borrows signs from ASL that are not always used meaningfully. TERM 37

Linguistics of Visual English (LOVE)

DEFINITION 37 Invented sign system that is similar to SEE 2. Includes a method for writing signs. TERM 38

Seeing Essential English (SEE 1)

DEFINITION 38 Invented sign system that is the extreme form of word-based signing. These signs are based on word-root morphemes and borrows from ASL, but not always meaningfully. TERM 39

Cued Speech

DEFINITION 39 Invented sign system that uses unique hand-shapes and is intended to assist with speechreading.