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SHS 451 Midterm exam with completesolutions 2024/2025
Aural Rehabilitation - ANSWER-intervention aimed at minimizing and alleviating
the communication difficulties associated with hearing loss with a primary goal of
enhancing conversational fluency
International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) -
ANSWER-- classification system that provides a biopsychosocial framework for
describing and considering a health condition
- couched the consequences of a health-related condition within the context of a
patient's environment and circumstance
- takes into account the nature and extent of a patient's functioning and how it
may be limited in quality or quantity
Components of Aural Rehabilitation - ANSWER-Perceived quality of life: reflects
self-assessment of the current life experiences and include such things as
enjoyment, meaning, purpose, usefulness, value, freedom of choice, and
independence. It is influenced by function, activity, and participation, but is by no
means completely determined by them
Tinnitus management: assessment of the tinnitus disability and provision of
means to gain relief or control over the sensation of tinnitus
Hearing protection: assessment of sound levels and provision of hearing
protection materials
Auditory training: structured and unstructured listening instruction and practice
Communication strategies: · teaching of strategies that enhance communication
and minimize communication difficulties (facilitative strategies, repair strategies,
environmental management)
,Who performs aural rehabilitation - ANSWER-audiologist, speech language
pathologist, teacher for children who are deaf or hard of hearing
degrees of hearing loss - ANSWER--Normal: -10 to 25 dB HL
-Mild: 26 to 40 dB HL
-Moderate: 41 to 55 dB HL
-Moderately-severe: 56 to 70 dB HL
-Severe: 71 to 90 dB HL
-Profound: > 90 dB HL
bilateral - ANSWER-both ears have reduced sensitivity
unilateral - ANSWER-only one ear is affected
prelingual - ANSWER-hearing loss acquired before acquisition of spoken
language
perilingual - ANSWER-loss of hearing after acquiring some spoken language but
before acquisition was complete
postlingual - ANSWER-loss that occurred after the acquisition of speech and
language
congenital HL - ANSWER-hearing loss present at birth
acquired HL - ANSWER-hearing los incurred after birth
progressive HL - ANSWER-hearing loss that increases over time
sudden HL - ANSWER-hearing los that has an acute and rapid onset
conductive hearing loss - ANSWER-stems from an obstruction in either the outer
or middle ear that prevents sound from reaching the sensorineural structures in
the inner ear
otitis media - ANSWER-inflammation of the middle ear, often accompanied by the
accumulation of fluid in the middle ear cavity
Microtia - ANSWER-congenitally small external ear
, atresia - ANSWER-congenital closure of external auditory canal
cerumen - ANSWER-earwar
mixed hearing loss - ANSWER-hearing loss that has both a conductive and
sensorineural component
sensorineural hearing loss - ANSWER-stems from a disturbance in the inner ear,
eighth nerve, brainstem, midbrain, or auditory cortex, typically permanent
meningitis - ANSWER-common cause of childhood sensorineural hearing loss
caused by bacteria or viral inflammation of the meninges- membranous linings of
the brain and spinal cord
otoxic drugs - ANSWER-harmful to the structures of the inner ear and auditory
nerve
outer ear - ANSWER-includes outside of the ear and ear canal up to the level of
the tympanic membrane (eardrum)
middle ear - ANSWER-includes cavity behind the tympanic membrane that
houses the three tiny bones or ossicles (malleus, incus, stapes) responsible for
mechanically conducting sound waves to the inner ear
inner ear - ANSWER-cavity next to middle ear that houses the cochlea, the snail-
like structure that houses the cells responsible for responding to sound and
transmitting it to the auditory nerve, and the labyrinth, a structure that is integral
to our sense of balance and includes the semicircular canals
cochlea - ANSWER-nail-like structure that houses the cells responsible for
responding to sound and transmitting it to the auditory nerve
semicircular canals - ANSWER-three tiny, fluid filled tubes in your inner ear that
help you keep your balance. When your head moves around the liquid inside the
semicircular canals sloshes around and moves the tiny hairs that line each canal
why are outcome measures important? - ANSWER-Indicates the amount or type
of benefit experienced by either an individual or a group of individuals to a
treatment or series of treatments, and/or indicates a response
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