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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 percieved. |
| 14. |
The "Anvil" bone in the middle ear. |
| 15. |
Another Pre-modern type hearing aid. |
