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What is the auditory brain stem response and why is it important?

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ABR is a type of AEP that measures neuro...

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Describe the types of speech audiometry (SRT and WRT).

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Approximately in 1,000 births results in a child with a severe to profound degree of hearing loss.

What are the components of hearing aids?

Define the classifications of impairment, disability, and handicap.

In most cases, amplification consists of .

is one of the fundamental behavioral tests in the standard audiometric assessment; standard practice is to test a range of frequencies from 250 to 8000 Hz.

In a/an _ , the talker speaks into a microphone attached to a transmitter that broadcasts on a designated

In a cochlear implant, the signal is transmitted across the skin via FM waves to the internal receiver-stimulator and finally to the individual electrodes implanted in the cochlea.

What are otoacoustic emissions and why are they important?

Hearing loss that occurs through the aging process is called .

Sound is a series of compressions and _ that move outward from a vibrating source.

Children implanted at an early age and who receive intensive auditory therapy demonstrate only slight gains.

The outer and middle ears comprise the

are inserted into the eardrum in children with chronic otitis media to serve the same purpose as the Eustachian tube.

Approximately of the U.S. population has some degree of hearing loss.

The footplate of the stapes rests against the _ , a membrane that marks the entrance to the inner ear.

A hearing aid will return hearing to normal.

is inflammation of the fluids and layers of tissue covering the brain.

tests are simultaneous presentations of different stimuli to each ear.