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What are hearing aids?
This is the most common treatment for hearing loss.
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What is air conduction testing?
This determines the degree of hearing loss.
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What is threshold?
This represents the lowest sound that can be detected.
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What is detection?
This is the most basic level of perception while building auditory skills?
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What are suprasegmentals?
These include stress, intonation and during of speech.
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What is Cochlear, Nuclear, Med-El, Advanced Bionics?
This is one manufacturer of cochlear implants.
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What is mild hearing loss?
26-40 dB represents this degree of hearing loss.
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What is congenital?
This term refers to "present at birth."
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What is comprehension?
This is the most advanced level in auditory training.
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What is bone conduction testing?
This determines the typed of hearing loss.
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What is an FM system?
This amplification system is typically used in a classroom and amplifies for everyone in the class.
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What is word discrimination/recognition?
This test is done during a diagnostic hearing eval and is one of the most important tests performed.
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What is objective?
Electrophysiological tests are considered this.
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What are auditory skills?
These skills are developed prior to speech and language skills.
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What is presbycusis?
This refers to loss of hearing due to age.
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What is a middle ear implant?
This device is put in surgically and attached to the ossicular chain.
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What is conductive loss?
Otitis media is the most common cause of this type of hearing loss.
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What is tinnitus?
This refers to ringing in the ears.
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What is DASL, SKI-HI, SPICE?
This is one specific and standardized test of auditory training.
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What is pragmatics?
This refers to the appropriateness of language?
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What is the RIC, receiver in the canal?
Because of its design, this type of hearing aid is very effective at minimizing feedback?
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What is an ABR?
This is an electrophysiological test that searches for thresholds by monitoring brain waves along the auditory pathway.
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What is multi-talker babble or speech babble?
This is a recording of several people talking at one time.
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What is analytic?
This method of auditory training attempts to break speech into smaller components.
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What is level of predictability?
This refers to the familiarity and repeatability of speech and language?
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