Hearing Impairment Terms Crossword

Less than normal hearing resulting from auditory disorder(s).
Hearing is nonfunctional for the ordinary processes of life
Born deaf
Born with normal hearing but has now become nonfunctional through illness or accident
Sense of hearing is defective but functional, either with or without a hearing aid, for the purpose of processing linguistic information
The most visible (external) part of the ear, useful in funneling sound to the ear canal and in localizing the source of sound
The air-filled space behind the eardrum that contains three tiny bones (ossicles) that carry sound to the inner ear
The snail-shaped part of the ear (cochlea) containing the organs of hearing and balance
Interference of sound through the outer and middle ear
Caused by defects of the inner ear
Both conductive and sensorineural loss
Result of damage to the central nervous system
Measure of sound intensity
Frequency of the sound
Practice of delivering sound tones to an individual via air conduction (headphones) and measuring recognition on an audiometer
Allows signals to bypass the middle ear and be transmitted directly to the inner ear by vibrating the bones of the skull