Middle ear

Down-Syndrome Do you ever see other people and wonder why they act and look so differently? Their is a genetic disorder by the name of Down-Syndrome. Down-Syndrome is a condition in which a person has 47 chromosomes while others have 46 it is also the most common chromosome condition. People with this disorder may have the facial features of flat face, small nose, upward slant eyes, enlarged tongue and may appear shorter than others. Kids with Down-Syndrome tend to grow at a slower rate. You…

I concluded that tympanoplasty was the perfect intimidating name for such an intimidating procedure. Essentially, the ear is cut halfway off of the body in order to access the inner ear. From there, whatever remains of the eardrum is cut away, the inner ear is filled with gelatin packing, a new eardrum is grafted on, the outer ear is filled with cotton packing, and finally the ear is stitched back on. The next morning, I woke up feeling weak and exhausted. It was 6:00 am on July 11, 2016; I was…

were so many differently treated people it is hard to tell which one treatment will help everyone. Out of all thirty-four patients tested, twenty-four of them showed a hearing improvement with the implanted hearing device. The BAHA implant is a middle ear implant that 96% of patients with them had no complications after they were implanted. The BAHA implant has brought a number of reconstruction surgeries down and last longer for…

is a common health condition that affects more than 50 million Americans in the United States. Despite the fact that some of us have ears and have the ability to hear, many do not have a true understanding of the ear and how they work. To truly understand hearing and hearing loss, it helps to know the basics. Having a basic understanding about the function of the ears can help you better collaborate with your physician, and can lead to better hearing solutions. There are common, basic questions…

every aspect of life, and the function of the ears allows one to process these noises and send them to the brain. The human ear has three main parts that work together in order to perform the necessary job: the outer ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. The outer ear, the section that is visible to the human eye, allows sounds to enter through the ear canal. The eardrum separates the outer ear from the middle ear. When sound reached the middle ear, the ossicles, which are the tiniest and most…

anatomical components of the ear. As a pre-professional student interested in the field of audiology, it is important to comprehend the circumstances that individuals with a hearing loss come across day to day basis. This experience allowed me to have a deeper perspective into how a hearing impairment can affect how we communicate and ultimately how we live life. My experience began as I placed the ear plugs in my external auditory canal. The sensation of having the ear plugs in the…

Problem Set 7.1 a) Null Hypothesis: Within the 95% confidence interval there is no significant difference between the two-point threshold test disdances among the different areas. Alternate Hypothesis: Within the 95% confidence interval there is a significant difference between the two-point threshold test disdances among the different areas. b) The null hypothesis should be rejected because the p-value is 0 which is lower than 0.05, also because the conifence intervals for the back of the hand…

Tinnitus is a common symptom of perceiving sound without external stimuli outside the ear. Tinnitus is often referred to as ear ringing or buzzing sensation, where a sound is constantly repeated inside the person's ear with or without external sound present. Tinnitus originates in the middle ear. Sounds can occur at any time and sounds can vary in loudness and pitch. Prolonged exposure to loud noise can contribute to tinnitus and thereby causing permanent hearing loss. There are many factors…

different our musical tastes, I bet there are at least /some/ sounds we can agree on. Namely, the worst, most skin-crawling, ear-covering, cringe-inducing ones ... like oh, fingernails on a chalkboard. [pic:Aldeasycampamentos ] Gah. Just saying it gives me the willies. And it turns out that there’s a good scientific reason why certain sounds set most people’s teeth on edge: human ears are extra sensitive to a particular range of pitches. [pic: PD] … although where that sensitivity comes…

basic types are conductive hearing, sensorineural hearing, and mixed hearing loss. Each of these losses has different causes. Conductive hearing loss happens when sound does is not conducted properly through the outer ear passages to the eardrum and through the ossicles in the middle ear. The resulting effect is a reduced sound level or inability to record faint sounds. Medical or surgical…