Human Hearing and Impairment

What parts of the ear are in section three?

• Vestibular System, Pinna, Cochlea, Eustachian Tube

• Ear Canal, Vestibular System, Nerve, Cochlea

• Vestibular System, Nerve, Cochlea, Eustachian Tube

• Vestibular System, Cochlea, Pinna, Ear Drums

Is the cochlea on the inside or outside of the ear?

• Inside

• Outside

What are sound waves turning into before heading to the brain?

• Electrical Currents

• Digital Waves

• Mechanical Currents

What is a sensorineural loss?

• Something is blocking the sound from reaching the inner ear

• Missing a part of your ear

• There is a dysfunction of the inner ear

• Hearing aid broke

In the 19th Century, why did people want to educate the deaf?

• They thought everyone had to right learn

• They wanted to 'train' them to hear

• They wanted to 'save the souls of deaf people'

What parts are in a Cochlear Implant?

• Sound Processor

• Pinna

• Transmitter System

• Electromagnets

Finish this step, "The electrical stimulation form the electrodes in the cochlear takes the job..."

• of the brain

• of the damaged nerves in the ear

• of the ear drum

• of the person sitting next to you

What are two cons of cochlear implants?

• can't hear loud sounds

• may lose residual hearing

• could not understand speech without lip reading

• sound could be heard irregularly

What is step three of a cochlear implant?

• A coil will send the digitized information across the skin into the internal receiver

• Sound is picked up by the microphone, it is then sent to the speech processor

• The digitized version is sent back to the cord and is held in the magnet part

• The speech processors, filter the incoming signals into different frequency bands, this gets converted into digital form