Quiz on hearing impairment

Can a conductive hearing loss be reversed by medical or surgical intervention?

• It can

• It cannot

Answer explanation

What are the common causes of conductive hearing loss?

• inflammation

• infection of the outer ear

• swelling

Damage to the inner ear, the nerve of hearing or both (nerve deafness), is called ----------------

• Sensorineural

• Degree of deafness

• Mixed

Deafness varies widely in nature and degree and can:

• affect the ability to hear high-frequency sound only

• Is not be permanent, temporary or fluctuating

• is not be congenital (before birth, eg: CMV, DS) or acquired(after birth, eg: Meningitis, Ototoxicity)

a picture of our hearing) graph to show loudness for a person to hear certain frequencies is called ---------

• audiogram

• speech banana

• deafness

• frequency spectrum

what are some difficulties a student with mild degree of hearing loss would face?

What are some difficulties a student with profound hearing loss would face?

how to remove barriers for a student with a high frequency hearing loss?

What does having unilateral hearing loss mean?

identify and explain 2 teaching strategies to support students with hearing impairment.