VII. Complete the sentences with the words from the table.
presbyacusis, tinnitus, footplate, dumb, dizzy,
deaf, stapes, cerumen, hearing aid
Although temporary at first, ____________ can become a permanent, incurable condition.
Dad’s partially deaf and needs a _________________.
You’ll need to speak quite loudly because my father's going _____________.
Excess or impacted ________________ can press against the eardrum and/or occlude the external auditory canal and impair hearing.
She’s deaf and ______________ and communicates using sign language.
Otosclerosis is a hardening of the ______________ in the middle ear and causes conductive hearing loss.
I felt myself growing ______________and I seemed to be seeing everything as through a fog.
______________, or age-related hearing loss, is the cumulative effect of aging on hearing.
If the stapes _____________is fixed in position, rather than being normally mobile, then a conductive hearing loss results.
VIII. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Conductive hearing loss may be caused by infection of the middle ear (otitis media).
Chronic suppurative otitis media involves a perforation in the tympanic membrane and active bacterial infection within the inner ear space for several weeks or more.
Conductive hearing loss results from injury or disease involving the organ of Corti.
Ménière’s disease is a disorder of the inner ear that can affect hearing and balance.
A progressive hearing loss that occurs with age is known as presbyacusis.
All patients with Ménière’s disease experience the same symptoms.
A stapedectomy consists of removing a portion of the sclerotic stapes footplate and replacing it with an implant that is secured to the incus.
There are three main types of otitis media: chronic, acute and serous otitis media.
Otosclerosis is a normal growth of bone near the middle ear.