Hearing Impairments
Measuring hearing: the audiogram -air versus bone conduction
Deficits of up to 15 dB are ignored
1. Conductive deafness -otosclerosis -otitis media -cholestatoma
1. Conductive deafness -otosclerosis -otitis media -cholestatoma (Meniere’s disease)
2. Nerve deafness (sensorineural hearing loss) -Presbycusis (auditory example)
2. Nerve deafness (sensorineural hearing loss) -Presbycusis -Tinnitus (auditory example)
2. Nerve deafness (sensorineural hearing loss) -Presbycusis -Tinnitus -loudness recruitment -pathological adaptation
Completely-in-canal (CIC)
In-the-canal (ITC)
In-the-ear (ITE)
Behind-the-ear (BTE)
Body Aids
Bone-Conducting Aid
Bone Anchored hearing aid
Cochlear Implant