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Audiology SLP314

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Definition
Vestibular system   Semicircular canals  
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Otolith organs   Utricle. Saccule. (info on linear acceleration, e.g. riding in car or elevator).  
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Internal Auditory Meatus (4)   Canal passageway thru temporal bone, from inner ear to base of brain. Contains: 1. cochlear branch of VIII 2. vestibular branch of VIII 3. Facial nerve VII 4. internal aud. artery (blood supply to cochlea).  
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Cochlear Branch of VIII nerve   Tonotopic organization:  Basal fibers (high freq)- outside layer. Apical fibers (low freq)- inside layer.  
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Auditory Nerve   The electrical potentials generated by auditory nerve fibers are called "all-or-none" action potentials because they do not vary in amplitude when activated.  
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Auditory Central Nervous System   Once the action potentials have been generated in the cochlear branch of the auditory nerve, the electrical activity progresses up toward the cortex.  
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Cerebellarpontine angle (CPA)   Point at which VIII nerve-enters brainstem (meeting of cerebellum, pons, medulla). At this level, Cochlear and Vestibular branches separate: -Vestibular branch to cerebellum (helps with balance) -Cochlear branch up through brainstem.  
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Cochlear nucleus (CN)   Auditory nerve (AN) ends here. Tonotopic org. Ipsilateral input from AN. Contralateral output (crossover) to SOC.  
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Auditory Pathways   Ipsilateral pathway (uncrossed).  Contralateral pathway (crossed)-  Strongest paths- 80% of fibers cross over eventually and reach opposite cortex  
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Consequence of cross-over    above CN - each nucleus receives both ipsi- and contralateral input (sound)  
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Superior Olivary Complex (SOC)   1.First level for binaural input (1st crossover) 2. Involved in localization in horizontal plane. 3.Binaural process: two ears working together  (unilateral loss - can’t localize)  
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SOC localizations   Uses timing and loudness cues: Compares time and intensity between ears. Remember how the Pinna helps to localize:  involved in locating height and front vs. back.  
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SOC and reflexes   Acoustic (stapedial) reflex & auropalpebral reflex (babies' eye blink response to loud sounds).  
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Acoustic Reflex   Cochlea - VIII - CN - SOC - motor nucleus of VII - stapedius branch of VII -stapedius muscle.  Both stapedius muscles contract when we stimulate one. 10% of population has none. Must use in coordination with other info.  
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Clinical uses of Acoustic Reflex   hearing loss (with other info., i.e. OAE).  Detect malingering (incooperation/denial of HL). Assess facial nerve function.  
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Auditory Pathway (7)   Auditory Nerve (AN), Cochlear Nucleus (CN), Superior Olivary Complex (SOC), Lateral Lemniscus (LL),  Inferior Colliculus (IC),  Medial Geniculate Body (MGB), Cortex (Heschl's gyrus)  
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Lateral Lemniscus (LL)   Nerve fiber tract-runs between SOC and IC  
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 Inferior Colliculus (IC)   The last brainstem nucleus (midbrain level at top of BS).  Last stage of decussation.  
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 Medial Geniculate Body (MGB)   Last subcortical nucleus  In the thalamus, major sensory-relay station.  
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Auditory cortex   Heschel's gyrus. Tonotopic org. maintained all the way through cortex.  
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Acoustic neuroma   Benign tumor. 2 sites: internal auditory meatus (common) or cerebellar-pontine angle. 1/1,000 (most over 30). Unilateral (except von Recklinghausen's disease. - bilateral.  
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von Recklinghausen's disease   Bilateral acoustic neuroma.  
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Acoustic neuroma symptoms   Unilateral SNHL. High freqs first (tumor pushes on outer nerve fibers first). Difficulty understanding speech (more than predicted by perception threshold).  Sudden worsening of HL (pressure on internal auditory artery)  Tinnitus  Dizziness (pressure  
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