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Aural Rehab Midterm

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two important services that are closely related but distinct from the audio logic rehabilitation process medical intervention and education of the deaf
efforts to assist children with hearing loss audiologic habilitation
efforts to restore loss or function audiologic rehabilitation
important characteristic of hearing loss as they relate to aud rehab degree and configuration of loss time of onset type of loss auditory speech recognition ability
audiometrically deaf PTA or SRT of 80 to 90 dB HL
postlingual deafness loss that occurs after about age 5
deafened persons lose hearing after their schooling is completed
generally _______ are amenable to medical intervention conductive losses
________ are primarily aided through audiologic rehab sensorineural loss
1st known teacher of persons with severe to profound hearing loss pedro ponce
introduced deaf education to France employed fingerspelling and sign language in addition to speech reading Abbe de LEpee
Heinicke and Braidwood stressed oral speech
ad concham speaking directly in the ear
Raymond Carhart pioneered aud. rehab. first said audiology
issues help audiologists consider relevant factors that should be evaluated before treatment the CORE assessment
CORE assessment Communication status Overall participation variables Related personal factors Environmental factors
management CARE (WHO terminology) Counseling and psychosocial Audibility and amplification Remediate communication activities Environmental/coordination/participation improvement
suggested that rehab candidates can be categorized into four types according to attitude goldstein and stephens
amplification fitting hearing aid evaluation
hearing instrument orientation (HIO basics) clients learning about hearing aids
chief providers of AR audiologists
four groups that deaf may be divided into prelingually deaf perilingually deaf postlingually deaf deafened
prelingually deaf who are born deaf or acquire
preilingually deaf who acquire deafness while acguiring a first language
postlingually deaf acquire hearing loss after age 5 through the school years
deafened acquire hearing loss after their education is copmpleted
the most serious and primary consequence of HL is the effect on verbal (oral) communication referred to as disability
a device that takes acoustic energy or sound pressure and changes or transducers it to electric energy microphone
hearing aid microphones are mere millimeters in size divided in half by a thin metal-coated layer called the diaphragm
a device that changes one form of energy to another transducer
microphones are equally sensitive to sounds coming from all directions omnidirectional
microphones permitting varying sensitivity to sound coming from a given direction usually greater sound from the front directional
where the manipulation and amplification of the signal takes placde the processor
____________ are often integrated into the receiver and are efficient in battery use and produce very low distortion of the signal even at high intensity output levels Class D amplifiers
formulae designed to alter the signal in hearing aids based upon the goal of improving speech perception algorithms
another transducer that takes the amplified electrical signal and converts it back to an acoustic signal receiver
perception caused by bone-conducted sound occlusion effect
feedback can be caused by hearing aid malfunction or due to the hearing aid microphone picking up the receiver's acoustic output of the hearing aid
collectively the earhook, tubing, and earmold are referred to as the __________ of the behind-the-ear hearing aid system plumbing
a calculation that can predict the amount of speech information that is audible with a given audiogram articulation index (AI)
the difference between the hearing aid user's pure tone or speech thresholds and his or her uncomfortable listening level dynamic range
what kind of a microphone can help in some background noise situations directional microphones
the difference in dB between the input signal from the testing equipment and the output signal from the hearing aid. gain
a graphic representation of the gain at each frequency. This is done by sweeping a test tone across the frequencies at a given input level. frequency response curve
the dB SPL produced by the hearing aid with the gain control in the full-on position with an input of 90 dB SPL. This measurement is an indication of what the mazimum power output of the hearing aid is. Output sound pressure level 90
information that is important to ensure the output of the hearing aid will not reach unsafe levels for the patient output sound pressure level 90
a measurement of new frequencies generated by the hearing aid that are harmonics of the original signal. typically reported as a percent of the total output of the hearing aid harmonic distortion
a reading of the overall internal noise of the hearing aid equivalent input noise level
measurements of the time it takes for compression to turn on and off when the signal increases in volume attack and release times
provides the frequency response of the hearing aid in the telecoil position with an electromagnetic input telephone magnetic field response
a period of adjustment to a hearing aid usually four to six weeks in duration after the initial fit the acclimatization process
QuickSIN one example of an adult test used to determine how the patient can perform with hearing aids in a quiet or noisy situation
Auditory steady-state response (ASSR) test for very young children to provide an objective measure of the child's auditory sensitivity with frequency specific information
occurs when sound is presented to one side of the head and has to travel through or around the hear reducing the overall intensity head shadow effect
what type of individuals have been difficult to successfully fir with amplificaiton unilateral hearing loss or extreme differences in hearing threshold levels
CROS or contralateral routing microphone only on the poorer ear, very mild gain to the normal ear
Bi-CROS microphone on both ears with more amplification provided to the better albeit impaired ear
atresia absence of the ear canal
individuals that need bone-conduction hearing aids patients with atresia or chronic middle ear infections because they do not block or use the ear canal
microphone and amplifier housed either in a behind the ear or body aid attached with a metal headband to a bone vibrator on the mastoid bone-conduction hearing aids
surgically implanted titanium vibrator unit into the mastoid bone bone-conducted amplification
how do implantable hearing aids in the middle ear work by vibrating the ossicular chain
HATS or hearing assistive technology systems can improve the ability to listen in background noise by reducing the distance to the microphone of the speaker, wake the client up by shaking the bed or bark loudly when a car comes up the driveway.
wireless frequency modulated sound systems (FM) operate in open space by sending radio waves from a transmitter to a receiver or speaker worn by or near the individual with hearing loss.
these systems use the invisible infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum to transmit the signal from the microphone to headset receivers or any hearing aid equipped with a telecoil. infrared systems
a simple wire that surrounds a seating area to pick up the talkers microphone signal and transmit it to hearing aids audio loop system
a hearing aid in both ears improves listening in background noise and helps in sound localization
simply knowing that a sound is present detection
the ability to distinguish when two separate sounds are different discrimination
________ are produced with greater intensity than _______ and ____ tend to peak louder than _______ vowels consonants males females
voiced consonants generally possess a greater amount of _______ energy low and mid frequencies
unvoiced consonants are made up of _________ frequencies mid and high frequencies
the duration of _______ are generally longer vowels
transitional cues results from the influences of coarticulation of individual speech sounds when combined into words, phrases, and so on.
what kind of perception tends to be disrupted more by hearing loss consonant
constraints that refer to the fact that every language is governed by a set of grammatical rules syntactic constraints
constraints that refer to the fact that words used in a sentence are usually related to each other in a meaningful way semantic constraints
constraints that refer to the fact that language usually takes place within a physical and social context situational constraints
who considered auditory training a process of teaching the child or adult with hearing impairment to take full advantage of available auditory clues Carhart
the hearing abilities that a person with hearing loss has left are often referred to as residual hearing
analytic auditory training employs a "bottoms up" approach that focuses mainly on enhancing perception of small segments of speech
Word Intelligibility by Picture Identification (WIPI), Northwestern University Children's Perception of Speech (NU-CHIPS), Six Sound Test by Ling are formal tests that require the child to respond a prescribed manner to individual words or phonemes presented at a comfortable listening level
a closed-set format test is a test of speech perception involves presenting a test item and having the listener choose the correct response from a limited set of options
an open-set format test is a test of speech perception format when the listener can respond with any word he or she feels is correct
the ability to perceive a target signal that is presented simultaneously with other competing signals figure-ground
Early Speech Perception Test (ESP), Glendonald Auditory Screen Procedure (GASP), and Developmental Approach to Successful Listening (DASL II) are test batteries are designed to assess varied aspects of auditory skills development in children
involves presenting a 25 or 50 word list of monosyllabic words at a comfortable intensity level for the listener. A percent correct score is calculated. word recognition testing
Northwestern University Auditory Test No. 6 monosyllabic word list used to evaluate overall word-recognition abilities
California Consonant Test (CCT) more in-dept assessment of the perception of consonants which can be especially difficult for persons with hearing impairment to perceive accurately
testing in which speech babble is used and the listener has to identify the last word of the sentence Speech Perception in Noise (SPIN)
Speech Babble a recording of several people talking at once
Central Institute for the DEAF (CID) Everyday Speech Sentences used to evaluate a listener's ability to perceive connected discourse
the Minimal Auditory Capabilities (MAC) Batter is used to assess auditory and visual skills of patients with severe-to-profound hearing loss (easier test)
Iowa Vowel and Consonant Confusion Test and the Bandord-Kowal-Bench (BKB) sentences and the HINT are used in the evaluation of cases considered for a cochlear implant
attempts to break speech into smaller components and incorporate these seperately into auditory training exercises analytic auditory training
emphasizes a more global approach to speech perception, stressing the use of clues derived from the syntax and context of a spoken message to derive understanding synthetic auditory training
involves training the listener to control communication variables pragmatic auditory training
comparing the intensity of the signal you wish to hear with all the other auditory signals present in that listening situation signal-to-noise ratio
a flexible and widely used approach to auditory training designed primarily for use with children Erber
includes training that combines most or all of the strategies for auditory training eclectic
Glendonald Auditory Screening Procedure (GASP) evaluating a child's auditory perceptual skills
the GASP takes into account two factors complexity of the speech stimuli response required from the child
erbers levels of perception model detection discrimination identification, comprehension
-teacher eliminates visible cues and speaks as natural as possible natural conversational approach
teach applies a closed-set aud identification task but follows this approach activity with some basic speech development procedures and a related comprehension task. (flexibility) moderately structured approach
teacher selects the set of acoustic speech stimuli and also the child's range of responses, prepares relevant materials, and plans the development of the task all according to the childs specific needs for auditory practice practice on specific tasks
sequential, highly structured auditory-training curriculum developed by stout and windle for preschool and school-aged youngsters with a placement test to start the program DASL II- Developmental Approach to Successful Listening II
Three specific areas on the DASL II sound awareness, phonetic listening, auditory comprehension
comprehensive identification and home intervention treatment curriculum for infants with hearing impairment and their families SKI-HI
provides a guide for clinicians in evaluating and developing auditory skills in children with severe-to-profound hearing loss Speech Perception Instructional Curriculum and Evaluation (SPICE)
connected or running speech natural or conversational speech
Sound and WAY beyond, AUDITRAIN, ADVANCED BIONICS, and Nucleus Hear We Go are examples of at home programs for learning to use cochlear implants
this common form of audiologic rehab emphasizes the role of communication strategies and pragmatics to facilitate successful communication communion training and therapy
things the listener can do to better prepare for communication or ensure that it will be successful anticipatory strategies
techniques used to overcome a breakdown in communication repair strategies
a technique developed by DeFilippo and Scott which can be used in therapy to provide practice in utilizing communication repair strategies in a conversation. speech tracking
HIO BASICS is a handout that focuses on info on care and effective use of hearing aids
CLEAR is a handout that provides suggestions for the person with a hearing loss regarding the communication process
SPEECH is a handout that gives helpful suggestions for the significant other that are designed to facilitate communication
a program involving computer-assisted speech perception testing and training at the sentence level CasperSent
CAST and LACE are both computerized approaches to auditory training
five key components of basic oral communication speaker, message, listener, feedback, environment
auditory training is intended to facilitate auditory perception in the listener with impaired hearing
attempting to perceive speech by using visual cues to supplement whatever auditory information is available speechreading
differences among speakers have a greater effect on _______ than on ________ speechreading than on listening
rate of normal speech 15 phonemes per seconds
ideal conditions for speechreading speakers who use a slightly slower to normal speech rate accompanied by precise not exaggerated articulation
unique characteristics of a given phoneme that distinguish one phoneme from another distinctive features
a group of phonemes in which each looks alike when spoken viseme
words that look alike when spoken even though they sound different homophenes
some talkers are easier to speechread than are other talkers because they produce more distinctively different viseme groups
in conversational speech nearly _______ of the words are indistinguishable visually (they look like other words) 50 percent
there are fourteen total visemes, but under usual conditions there are nine, as compared to about forty phonemes under ideal conditions
under ideal conditions about _____ percent of speech is visible. with usual conditions about __ to ___ percent is visible 33 10 to 25
features like ____ are not visible at all voicing
how many of the english phonemes are not readily visible 60 percent
____ determines the predictability of a spoken message redundancy
Albright, Hipskin, and Schuckers demonstrated that speechreaders actually obtain more total information from ________ than from phoneme and word visibility redundancy and linguistic rules of the spoken language
____ consistently achieve higher speechreading scores females
____ has little effect on speechreading as long as IQ as long as it is not below the normal range
_______ clients tend to speechread more effectively highly motivated
_________ can have a major impact on speechreading success visual acuity
involves an ability to focus on and perceive a target stimulus, or figure, from a background of other stimuli, or ground figure-ground patterning
being able to combine or pull bits of information together in order to figure out what was said is termed closure
in general, those with HL are ___________ than those with normal hearing not better speechreaders
term used to describe information obtained from speech that is seen audiovisual integration
speechreading centers around visually perceiving the details found in speech analytic
speechreading involves grasping the general though of the speaker through intuitive thinking synthetic
procedure developed by DeFilippo and Scott is being used in speechreading assessment and therapy Continuous Discourse Tracking (CDT)
derived by counting the number of words per minute the listener-viewer correctly identifies performance score
auditory abilities are developed to the fullest extent possible auditory-verbal approach
rather than using a single technique for all young clients, it focuses on each individual child's motivation, tolerance, and sense of responsibility for communicating holistic approach
CLEAR, WATCH are methods designed to illustrate the importance of seeing as well as listening during conversation
SPEECH is a program designed to help normally hearing people communicate effectively with individuals who have a hearing loss
the most basic and visually distinct units of sign language cheremes
manual communication is comprised of specific gestural codes (ex. sign language)
first form of manual communication American Sign Language
independent language, visual manual mode, own grammar, own syntax, signs are meaning based American Sign Language
A combination of elements from ASL and the sign systems, ranging from more ASL-like to more English-like. Pidgin Signed English
signed in accordance with English grammar, but signs are meaning based; specially invented sign markers for important affixes in English Signed English
essentially the same as SEE II, but has a method of writing each sign, used in education, usage is diminishing Linguistics of Visual English (LOVE)
signs are word based special signs for all affixes in English, signed in strict accordance with English widely used in education very influential Signing Exact English (SEE II)
signs are based on word roots and extreme form of word-based signs. not popular in US but still common in Iowa and Colorado schools for the deaf Seeing Essential English (SEE 1)
manual representation of the written language, one hand shape for each letter of alphabet, used to borrow English words in ASL, when used with speech and speech reading it is called the Rochester Method Finger-Spelling
Employs 8 hand shapes in 4 positions on the face, used in conjunction with lip movements to enable a deaf person to lipread more easily, based on sound with the syllable as the basic unit Cued Speech
independent language, aural-oral mode, own grammar, own syntax, words are meaning based, contains dialects, regionalisms, slang, puns, can be written, wide range of vocab covering minute differences in meaning,borrow from other languages, verbal/nonverbal English
signs that closely represent the respective actions or things. Iconic signs
The prosodic features of ASL are provided by facial expressions, head tilts, body movement, and eye gazes
having a mild, moderate, or severe hearing loss and some ability to understand speech with the use of hearing aids or other amplification hard of hearing
even with powerful hearing aids, speech generally is not perceived in auditory-only perceptual situations deaf
a cultural identification with a community, this distinction and the unique concerns of the culture Deaf
a psychological reaction to the presence of a hearing aid. the viewer has negative assumptions about the hearing aid user hearing aid effect
words and phrases that describe feelings or emotional reactions affective vocabulary
more than 95 percent of children with hearing loss are born into families with at least one normal-hearing parent
only about __________ of the population who have hearing loss actually obtain and use hearing aids 25 percent
shaping or raising children according to values defined by a culture enculturation process
Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit (APHAB), Self-Assessment of Communication (SAC) self-assessments used to help patients clarify their problems
a loss in structure or function impairment
occurs as a result of the impairment disability/handicap
_________ of hearing loss at birth is genetic half
ALDs assistive listening devices
most hearing aids sold are digital
binaural squelch improved listening in noise
analytic aka bottom-up
synthetic aka top-down
theoretical framework useful conceptual tool for predicting given the particular situation, whether speech will be intelligible to a listener, and what might be done to improve understanding information (or communication) theory
describes the conditions under which successful transmission could ocur Shannon's Theorem
information measured in bits binary digits
bit are used to specify the number of alternatives
anything that reduces capacity of the channel in bits/sec will potentially reduce intelligibility including reducing bandwidth, reducing power of the signal, or increasing the power of the noise reduces capacity of the channel
most people with sensorineural hearing loss hear better in the ________ and poor in the _____ low frequencies high frequencies (falling configuration)
Shannon's theorem is essentially a loss in bandwidth, which reduces channel capacity and reduces intelligibility
hearing aids boost signal level thereby increasing channel capacity
most people with moderate sensorineural loss hear okay in quiet or at least better than they hear in noise
increasing noise reduces channel capacity causing poor intelligibility
the auditory nervous system is highly redudant
increasing redundancy will enhance the intelligibility of the message
block coding aka chunking of the meaningful spondees
___________ increases intelligibility (one of many things) word familiarity and highly probable words: longer words tend to be less familiar
S/N (signal-to-noise ratio, SNR) is the dB level of the speech minus the dB level of the noise
corner audiogram: no useable hearing beyond _____ Hz even with hearing aid 1000
reverberation echoes
transient distortion ringing in a hearing aid, oscillation just prior to feedback
peak clipping aka harmonic distortion reaches the limits so the tops of the peaks get clopped off, get only odd harmonics, makes the sound sound bad, doesn't effect intelligibility that much only higher freq.
Intermod. Distortion includes lower frew., extram freqencies get added into the signal, worse than peak clipping
OHCs provide audibility for soft sounds
IHC loss more of a problem, poor understanding of speech, profound deafness, hearing aids don't work as well
sharply sloping audiograms with thresholds in the 3-6 kHz region at 60-70 dB HL or more probably reflect dead zones
95% of the afferent fibers synapse with IHCs
only 25% of hair cells are IHCs
losing OHC reduces audibility
losing IHCs -creates distortion -poor sounjd quality -poor intelligibility -trouble listening in noise
ANSD (neural asynchrony, dys-synchrony) may be caused by damage to the IHC, the synapse, or the nerve (perhaps a loss in myelin, which slows neural conduction) -hyperbilitubinemia
the main characteristics of ANSD are poor word recognition in the absence of substantial hearing l--loss -present OAEs, absent ABR -absent acoustic reflexes
typical conversational speech has can average of ____ dB 65 only 1% of speech is louder
the lower frequencies convey the melody of the language - suprasegmentals
the higher frequencies convey the meaning, but sound "thin and tinny" by themselves
when 65% to 70% of words in sentences are recognized people feel they can understand speech
speech banana hearing loss in dB on y-axis vs. frequencies in cycles per second on the x-axis
the articulation index (AI) a procedure to determine the audibility and intelligibility of speech
to calculate the articulation index you must know the spectrum of the speech signal delivered to the listener, the amount of hearing loss of the listener, and the spectrum level of the noise present
you can use the articulation index to obtain an estimate of the ___________ audibility of the speech spectrum (the AI)
the result of the AI calculation is a number ranging from 0-0.1 or 0-100% (a good idea of how intelligible speech will be when presented to the average listener
2K contributes to intelligibility by 33% -- the most
the band sensation level is just the number of dB that band is above or below threhold
the AI calculations can also be used to determine how well speech is understood in background noise, predict how amplification will improve intelligibility, estimate the amount of intelligibility loss due to auditory processing disorders
the K-Amp is a circuit designed to counteract problems created by recruitment
recruitment is a common symptom of sensorineural hearing loss
a conventional hearing aid amplifies all sounds by the same amount its called a linear hearing aid
LDL is also called the threshold of discomfort
circuitry that monitors the input level to the hearing aid K-Amp curcuitry
K-Amp circuitry: when the input level is low the gain is increased (then if input level increases the gain is turned down)
the K-Amp processing is called "compression" becayse a wide range of input levels is squeezed into a narrower range of output levels
Gain = output - input
SNR (signal to noise ratio) is just the dB level of signal (speech) minus the dB level of the noise
negative SNRs mean the noise is higher than the speech, and positive SNRs mean the speech is higher than the noise
higher SNRs are associated with better intelligibility
SNRs of +20 dB or more are associated with very good intelligibility
as noise level increase we increase vocal effort, and increases the SPL of our own voice, in an attempt to maintain a constant SNR
type of mic that is equally sensitive to sounds coming from all directions, but when people are talking to one another the listener is facing the speaker omnidirectional (not directional at all)
a ______ mic has only one port, a ______ mic has two ports conventional directional
There are two time delays on a directional mic internal and external. The ratio of the external to internal delay is what creates the directional pattern
There are two time delays on a directional mic internal and external. The external delay depends on the distance between the ports and the direction sound is coming from
the directional microphones in digital hearing aids are usually -two omnidirectional mics -one at the front port and the other at the rear port
type of mic that automatically adjusts to the main speak moving adaptive directionality
with a cardioid mic you can't hear ppl behind your back
supercardioid can't hear from the back angles (hear mostly in the front and a tiny in the back)
hypercardioid can't hear from the back sides (hear mostly in the front and some in the back more than in the back of the supercardioid)
bidirectional cant hear from the sides (hear front and back) (hear from the front and back equally well) CAB DRIVER
the DI (directivity index) is measure as a ratio of the sound coming from the front and the sum of the sound coming from all directions
Killion's D-mic is made from what? overlapping of omni and directional mics
problem with directional mics -add internal noise so need to switch to omnidirectional in quiet
low power ADCs are essential for hearing aids
low bit rate converters sample the analog signal very rapidly
a DSP (digital signal processing) waveform is built up by summing the output
the DSP (digital signal processing) algorithms can do virtually anything to the signal
DSP algorithms a filter that is a series of statements executed as a computer program that creates a simple band-pass filter.
in a DSP algorithm the ________ are enhanced and the ________ are attenuated -mid-frequencies -lows and highs
12 phonemes per second, 5 syllables per second, 2.5 words per second normal speech
how does voice activity detection work the sound is analyzed to determine if it's primarily speech or noise (if its speech it turns it up if not it turns it down) doesn't work well
Lou Ferrigno (hulk) had this implanted into the space above his ear. uses the natural parts of the ear instead of an external component. feedback is reduced esteem implantable
uses 6 omnidirectional mics in different directions producing a very narrow beam and the output is electromagnetically coupled to the T-coil of the user's hearing aid Starkey (or stealth) microphone (10.8 dB improvement)
current moving through a wire generates a magnetic field. fluctuations in the magnetic field mirror the signal waveform electromagnetic induction
flexibility to change programs, multiple channels compensate for recruitment, feedback suppression, and better performance in noise are all benefits of DSP - digital signal processing
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