Freebies for AUD

How many people receive cochlear implants?

100,000

What type of hearing loss would still allow a person to have clarity?

Conductive and MIXED w/ small SNHL

How far is the electrode placed into the cochlea?

30 mm into the cochlea

What type of hearing loss would a person have with a problem in the cochlea?

SNHL and Mixed SNHL

With a CROS or BICROS where does the BTE go?

on the NONDEAD ear

Patients must have ___________ loss and do poorly with hearing aids to be eligible to receive a cochlear implant?

normal to profound

• remember that the degree of loss is not the criteria, clarity and understanding is.

What is the unit we use in audiograms?

HL - hearing level

Why do we mask?

To rule out the participation of the nontesting ear

Configuration of loss is determined by the ___ of the audiogram

Shape

What device helps telephones in connecting to hearing aids

T-coils also known as telecoils

What are the main components of a hearing aid

mic, receiver, transmitter, power supply, amplifier

What does BAHA stand for?

Bone Anchored Hearing Aid

The Academy of blah recommends to use the ___ test to blah…?

minimum test battery

After surgical placement of the internal electrode, the patient must wait ___ to start working on the exterior

3-6 weeks

What is the unit we use to measure sound in Audiology

Decibels Db

What is they typical speech range?

20 - 20,000 Hz

Most candidates for hearing aids are people with what kind of loss?

SNHL

T/F BTE can fit any loss except slight to mild hearing loss?

FALSE

T/F FM systems will cause a decrease in noise-to-sound ratio?

FALSE

T/F Disability (w/ captital D) is represented by a disability and not a culture?

FALSE Cap D in Disability is a culture

T/F Some deaf individuals are not candidates for cochlear implants? Why or why not?

TRUE - some may not have cochleas or nerves, or maybe people who have been deaf their whole lives

(reworded) It’s important to not ___ ___ when working with clients during counseling.

passing judgement

What are Caharts ideas on AUD Training?

(1) relatively intense background noise 

(2) the presence of a competing speech signal 

(3) listening on the telephone

What year was the first cochlea fitted?

1972

How many cochlear implants…?

60,000

Why are tymp B’s flat?

because of middle ear fluid like otitis media - refer to medical attention, to get it drained, but doesn’t need a hearing aid.

Requirements to be eligible for a cochlear implant?

When the poor ear does not benefit from traditinal amplification

T/F? Cochlear implants can be used on 9 - 24 months for kids? ????

What kind of hearing loss is 70 -90 db loss?

severe loss

Grief cycle

·       shock

• denial

Depression Helplessness

coping

·       Resignation – bot the same as Acceptance

T/F? 1972 the first implant was implanted in an adult at the House Ear Institute – placed in the basal(higher) end of the cochlea

True

Is AR about medical intervention??

False - we don’t do medical - ENT does

Remember:

Aural Rehab (Program) the CI 4- 6 weeks after surgery

Hook Up (Mapping) 2-3 weeks (takes 1.5 to 2 hours to do so)???/

:)

What is T level, C level?

T min - C max

Content/informational counseling?? details

·       Providing information and it tends to be a one-way direction of communication. (vital for aud rehab)

My side note:

- Hearing aids may not help in every communication settings

Note he made:

· Professionals must refrain from passing judgment

·       The goal for clinicians is not merely tolerating parental denial but accepting it while still offering  to the best of their abilities, the services the child needs

What are the speech frequencies

frequencies 500, 1000, 2000

what % of kids are born to deaf parents?

90%