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1.

The study of the nerves within the ear and problems of balance such as dizziness.

2.

A professional (Masters or Doctorate degree) trained in the evaluation of hearing.

4.

A small electrode placed within the inner ear to help the severely hard of hearing.

5.

Early Hearing Aid: Speaker talks directly into one end of this and the listener holds the small tip at the other end in his ear.

6.

Adjective, for a sound so loud and shrill as to hurt the ears.

8.

A collapsed tollerance to normal environmental sounds. All sounds are too loud.

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3.

A physician's tool for checking your ears.

7.

A spiral tube of the inner ear resembling a snail shell and having nerve endings necessary for hearing.

9.

A physician with special training in ear care and hearing disorders. Derives from the Greek base words: oto - ear, rhino - nose, and laryn - throat.

10.

Partially or totally incapable of hearing.

11.

The perception of sound in the absence of sound. Experienced as a ringing, buzzing or roaring in the ear or head.

12.

Leading cause of hearing loss in adults.

13.

The sense by which sound is detected and perceived.

14.

The "Anvil" bone in the middle ear.

15.

Another Pre-modern type hearing aid.