| A | B |
|---|
| another name for the ear drum | tympanic membrane |
| tympanometry results that look like a flat line on the graph and mean there is no movement of ear drum or you have PE tubes | type b |
| means volume or loudness and is measured in decibels (dB) | intensity |
| means pitch and is measured in hertz (HZ) | frequency |
| normal tympanometry results | type a |
| tympanometry results that show negative middle ear pressure | type c |
| the tube that travels from the middle ear down the throat to drain fluids | eustacian tube |
| a graph that shows all of the sounds that a person can hear | audiogram |
| another name for the malleus, incus, and stapes | ossicles |
| carries sounds from the cochlea to the brain | auditory nerve |
| the snail-shaped organ where electrodes for a cochlear implant are placed | cochlea |
| connects the ossicles to the cochlea | semicircular canals |
| collects sound | pinna |
| moves sound from pinna to ear drum | ear canal |
| vibrates the sound | tympanic membrane |
| three tiny bones that move the sound through the middle ear | ossicles |
| help with your balance | semicircular canals |
| organizes sound to send to the brain | cochlea |
| pinna, ear canal, ear drum | outer ear |
| ossicles and eustacian tube | middle ear |
| cochlea and auditory nerve | inner ear |
| on an audiogram, this is measured on the vertical line | loudness |
| on an audiogram, this is measured on the horizontal line | frequency |
| represents results for the right ear on an audiogram | O |
| represents results for the left ear on an audiogram | X |
| looks like a tall mountain peak | type a |
| looks like a flat line | type b |
| looks like a crooked mountain | type c |
| measures movement of your ear drum and middle ear pressure | tympanogram |
| malleus, incus, stapes | ossicles |
