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CSD 2230HUMAN COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
Audiology The Profession Acoustics Anatomy Hearing Loss and Pathologies Assessment and Treatment
The Profession of Audiology
The discipline involved in:
The prevention, identification, and evaluation of hearing disorders
The selection and evaluation of amplification systems
The habilitation/rehabilitation of individuals with hearing loss
What Kinds of Audiologists are There?
Rehabilitative Audiologists
Educational Audiologists
Medical Audiologists
Industrial Audiologists
Audiologists in Private Practice
University-Based Audiologists
Why Are Audiologists Important??
Hearing loss interferes with communication…
AdultsConsequences
ChildrenConsequences
Video
The Hearing System
The Hearing System
Basic schematic diagram of the entire auditory system
The Outer Ear
Major Landmarks:
1. Pinna2. External Auditory
Meatus3. Tympanic Membrane
Function of the Outer Ear
1. Collect and funnel sound to the eardrum
2. Protection3. Resonance
The Middle EarMajor Landmarks:
1. Middle Ear Space
2. Eustachian Tube
3. Oval and Round Windows
4. Ossicles
Function of the Middle Ear
1. Amplifier and Transformer
2. Protection
The Inner Ear
Major Landmarks:
1. Bony Labyrinth2. Cochlea3. Auditory and
Vestibular Portions
4. Organ of Corti5. Hair Cells
Central Auditory Pathways
Types of Hearing Impairment
A loss of
sensitivity
Auditory nervous
system
pathology
Important Terms
Time of onset Congenital
Acquired Adventitious
Important Terms
Time Course• Acute Chronic Sudden Gradual Temporary Permanent Progressive Fluctuating
Important Terms
Number of Ears Involved
Unilateral Bilateral
Hearing Sensitivity Loss
§ “The ear is not as sensitive as normal in detecting sound”
Types:
Conductive Sensorineural Mixed
Conductive Hearing Loss
“Caused by an abnormal reduction or attenuation of sound as it travels from the outer ear to the cochlea”
Sensorineural Hearing Loss
“Caused by a failure in the cochlea to transduce the sound from the middle ear to neural impulses in the VIII Nerve.”
Sensorineural Hearing Loss
n Implications include:
A reduction in the sensitivity of the receptor cells in the cochlea
A reduction in the frequency resolving power of the cochlea
A reduction in the dynamic range of the system
Mixed Hearing Loss
“A loss with both a conductive and sensorineural component.”
Auditory Nervous System Impairment
Causes:
Disease Disordered auditory nervous system
development
Auditory Nervous System Impairment
Kinds:
Retrocochlear disorders Central auditory processing disorders
Auditory Nervous System Impairment
§ Auditory Characteristics:
Reduced ability to understand speech in a noise background
Problems understanding speech with reduced redundancy
Problems with localization and lateralization Problems processing normal or altered
temporal cues
Auditory Pathologies
Outer and middle ear disorders Conductive pathologies
Cochlear disorders Sensorineural pathologies
Central auditory disorders Central auditory pathologies
Outer and Middle Ear Disorders
Structural defects due to embryologic malformations
Structural changes secondary to infection or trauma
Microtia
“an abnormal smallness of the auricle”
Atresia
“the absence of an opening of the external canal”
Outer Ear Disorders
Perforation of the tympanic membrane
Middle Ear Disorders
Otitis MediaMost common cause
of transient conductive hearing loss in children
Inflamation of the middle ear
Caused by eustachian tube failure
Otitis Media Facts
76-95% of all kids will have one episode of OM by age 6Prevalence is highest during the first two years of life50% of all kids with one episode before their first birthday
will have 6 or more bouts within two yearsMost episodes occur in winter and springRisk factors
Cleft palateDown syndromeNative AmericansUrban poorDay careSecondhand smoke
Otosclerosis
n “a bone disorder that affects the stapes and the bony labyrinth of the inner ear. The disease process is characterized by resorption of bone and new spongy formation around the stapes and oval window”
Otosclerosis
Facts:
Hereditary Women are more
likely to develop the disorder
Usually bilateral
Progressive
Cochlear Disorders
Syndromes and inherited disorders
Syndromic disorders
Nonsyndromal disorders
Types of Nonsyndromic Disorders
DominantDominant
progressiveDominant
progressive with adult onset
Recessive hereditary SNHL
X-linked
Noise Induced Hearing Loss
n The degree of SNHL depends on
The intensity of the
noise
The spectral
composition of the noise
The duration of
exposure
Individual susceptibility
Infections
Congenital Cytomegalovirus HIV Rubella Syphilis Toxoplasmosis
Infections
Acquired
Herpes Zooster Oticus (Chicken Pox)
Mumps Syphilis
Presbycusis
Loss of hearing that gradually occurs in most individuals as they grow old.
It is estimated that 40-50 percent of people 75 and older have some degree of hearing loss.
It involves a progressive loss of hearing, beginning with high-frequency sounds such as speech.
Presbycusis most often occurs in both ears, affecting them equally
Central Auditory Disorders
VIII Nerve tumorsOther diseases of the
VIII NerveNeural disorders
Cochlear neuritisDiabetes mellitus
Brain Stem disordersInfarctsGliomasMultiple sclerosis
Temporal Lobe disorders
Hearing Assessment
Main questions
1. Is hearing normal?2. What is the degree
of hearing loss?3. What type of
hearing loss is it?
Hearing Assessment ProceduresBehavioral MeasuresMeasures of hearing behavior dependent
on the perceptions and cooperation of the listener
Nonbehavioral MeasuresAcoustic or physiological responses
recorded in association with an acoustic event
Pure Tone Audiometry
Major behavioral auditory measure Measurement of pure tone thresholds between 250-
8000 Hz Air conduction Bone conduction
Pure Tone Audiometry
The results of PTA tell us
1. Air conduction thresholds across frequency tells us if hearing is normal or not
2. If hearing by air conduction is NOT normal, the thresholds tell us the degree of hearing loss
Pure Tone Audiometry
The results of PTA tell us
1. If hearing is normal or not2. the degree of hearing loss3. Differences between hearing by air
conduction and hearing by bone conduction tell us the type of hearing loss
Air Conduction vs Bone Conduction Testing
Air conduction tests the entire auditory system. Bone conduction bypasses the conductive mechanism, so it tests only the inner ear.
The Audiogram
What the Audiogram Says About the Impairment
Within normal limits Mild
Moderate
Severe
Profound/deaf
Determining a Conductive Hearing Loss
Determining a Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Determining a Mixed Hearing Loss
Speech Audiometry
Another behavioral measure of auditory ability
Speech thresholdsSpeech Reception
thresholdSpeech Awareness
threshold
Word recognition testing
Identifying Hearing Loss Through the First Year
Communication checklists Parents’ reports Case history Informal observation Formal testing
Visual Reinforcement Audiometry Behavioral Observation Audiometry
Typical Response Levels to Sounds from Birth-2 years
Nonbehavioral Measures of Hearing
Auditory brainstem evoked response (ABER)
Nonbehavioral Measures of Hearing
Otoacoustic Emissions
Treatment
MedicalMost conductive hearing
losses, caused by pathologies in the outer and/or middle ear, can be treated successfully by medication and/or surgery
Treatment
AmplificationHearing aids are the most
common treatment of sensorineural hearing loss
Hearing aids amplify speech and other sounds
They work best for people with mild through severe degrees of hearing loss
Treatment
Cochlear ImplantsUsed for children and
adults who are deafThese devices stimulate
the auditory nerve directly
They are best for people who get very little benefit from conventional hearing aids
Treatment
Habilitation/RehabilitationAuditory Training
Children and adults
Communication StrategiesSpeechreading, noise management, assertiveness
training
Communication MethodsSign language, cued speech
Counseling
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