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508 Exam 1 Already Rated A+ Childhood HL rates 3:1000 children have hearing loss in the US, 10:1000 school-aged children have hearing loss, and 190:1000 teens have hearing loss. The increase in rate is because hearing loss can be acquired at any age and because methods of screening/detection are not perfect and miss children, especially those with lower degrees of loss. Parameters of hearing loss degree of loss and age inform the child's needs and how we interact with them. ...

George von Bekesy correct answers-traveling wave theory -cochlea functions "passively" (1940's) wave travels from basal end to apex and peaks of waves appear at different points depending on frequency Thomas Gold correct answers-active processes (1948) -1. A feedback system exists in the cochlea -2. Observed on a live cochlea, the frequency response curve should rise and cut off more steeply. David Kemp correct answersDr. Kemp found existing evidence that support active processes o...