Hearing Tech & Adults

What are the basic parts of a hearing aid?

microphone, amplifier, volume control, and reciever

What does a mircophone do?

converts acoustical signals and converts them into an electrical signals

What does an amplifier do?

increases the input signal, filters the frequency and sens it to the digital converter

What is volume control?

a wheel or button on the hearing aid itself

What does the reciever do?

converts electrical signal back into an acoustic signal

What is a transducer?

something that converts one form of energy to another

What part of the hearing aid are transducers?

the microphone and the reciever

What happens to the energy in the mircophone?

acoustic signal is turned into an electrical signal

What happens to the energy in the reciever?

electrical signal is turned back into an acoustic signal

What type of hearing loss are traditional hearing aids used for?

can be mild to severe, any kind of hearing loss, any configuration but must have an open ear canal

What type of hearing loss is present when CROS hearing aids are used?

normal hearing in one ear and profound hearing loss in the other ear

What type of hearing loss is present when bone conduction hearing systems are used?

conductive hearing loss where a traditional hearing aid can’t be used

What type of hearing loss is present when cochlear implants are used?

severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss where hearing aids are no longer helpful

What is the most widley used ALD in the classroom, most often with pediatric patients?

FM systems

What do ALDs do?

A way to help patients with hearing loss adapt to poorer listeing situations

What types of questions are important to ask in a detailed case history?

Do you have a history of loud noise exposure?

Does you have a history hearing loss in your family?

Why is a good case history important?

It can tell you so much about a patient before completeing a test

Why are functional assessment scales important in adutl assessment?

you can isolate specific problems and difficult enviornments, allow for audiologists to properly counsel, allow patient and family to think through and decribe hearing issues, outcomes of a hearig aid fitting can be validated by comparing self-assessment scales prior to intervention and after

What makes up a complete tinnitus assessment?

comprehensive case history, complete audiological assessmet, tinnitus specidic questions, functional assessment tool,

What is hearing aid verification?

objective measures to determine if the hearing instrument meet a particular standard and are performing as expected

What is hearing aid validation?

determines if hearing intsruments are meeting the goals of the patient

What are the characteristics of ‘clear speech’

speaking slightly slower with more percise pronunciation

speaking with a bit more volume

pausing between key phrases

What does tinnitus management look?

decreasing percpetion of the tinnitus and reducing negative impacts for the patient

What can tinnitus treatment include?

tinnitus masking and TRT