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Summary Speech and hearing science semester 2, year 1 Notes
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- University Of The Witwatersrand (wits)
Semester 2 notes for speech and hearing science for first years studying speech and language pathology or audiology.
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Pathology of the EarSPPA1003A -2022 Introduction
Use otoscope to look into ears
Takes 30s screening
- check for ear infection
- measure volume
Air and bone conduction - measure compliance (movement of
eardrum)
- pressure of middle ear
- Diagnostic testing
,When would a patient consult an audiologist? (When would a speech therapist need to refer to
audiologist)
• Painful ears
• Hearing loss
• Tinnitus
• Referral by an ENT / Teacher / Audiometrist / Other
Pathology
/pəˈθɒlədʒi/
noun
• The science of the causes and effects of diseases, especially the branch of medicine that
deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic
purposes.
• "Research people skilled in experimental pathology"
o medicine
• pathological features considered collectively, the typical behaviour of a disease.
• "The pathology of Huntington's disease"
o medicine
• a pathological condition.
• "The dominant pathology is multiple sclerosis"
Description of a Pathology
• Cause
• Signs and Symptoms
• Pathophysiology:
- Hearing loss: condition occurs when there is a disruption of sound.
- Disordered physiological processors associated with a disease or injury.
• Audiological characteristics:
- Otoscopic exam
- Type of Tympanogram
- Acoustic reflexes (ipsilateral and contralateral)
- Pure Tone Audiometry (AC and BC)
- Speech audiometry
- Otoacoustic emissions (OAEs)
- Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR)
• Treatment and Management
Common symptoms of an ear pathology:
• Tinnitus: ringing, buzzing or swishing in the ears
- Often associated with hearing loss
• Otalgia: ear pain (can be deferred)
• Otorrhea: drainage from the ear (discharge)
• Vertigo: a sense of rotatory motion experienced by the client
• Hearing loss: loss of sensitivity or clarity of sound
, Tinnitus
• Although tinnitus is often associated with hearing loss, it does not cause the loss, nor does a
hearing loss cause tinnitus.
• Cause: found in the brain
• Unilateral / Bilateral
• Types:
- Objective Tinnitus: rare form, caused by involuntary muscular contraction, vascular
deformities
▪ Can be treated
▪ Can be heard by observer
▪ curable
- Subjective Tinnitus: common, only heard by the affected, exposure to noise
- Neurological: caused by disorder, eg. Menieres disease
- Somatic: related to sensory system, caused by things related to sensory sytem
• Symptoms:
- Pulsatile: vascular or due to a glomus tumour
- Non-Pulsatile
Otalgia
• Ear Pain
• 2 Types:
- Primary: come from a pathology within the ear itself, (external or middle)
- Referred: originates from outside the ear
• Suggestive of Otitis Media
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