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vocabulary associated with deafness
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| prelingual | occurring before language development has occurred |
| postlingual | occurring after language development has occurred |
| presbycusis | onset of deafness in older life |
| sensorineural loss | hearing loss due to failure of the auditory nerve |
| conductive loss | hearing loss caused by problems with the bones of the middle ear |
| decibel | unit used to express the intensity of a sound wave |
| audiogram | graphic record of hearing ability |
| cochlear implant | surgically implanteddevice that delivers electrical stimuli directly to the auditory nerve |
| deaf | partially or completely lacking in the sense of hearing |
| hard of hearing | relating to or having a defective but functional sense of hearing |