Exam 12: We Hearing With Our Brain: Retrocochlear and Central Nervous System Dysfunction and Disorders

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What factors help to determine the diagnosis and location of tumors in the central nervous system?

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Tumors in the central auditory nervous system typically produce patient complaints such as progressive unilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, tingling sensations, weakness, and gait issues. The presence of such tumors can be confirmed with imaging techniques such as MRI.

What are some major features of ANSD?

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Hearing thresholds that vary from normal to profound, low frequency hearing loss, very poor word recognition scores even in quiet, extremely poor word recognition in background noise, normal OAEs, absent ABR, present cochlear microphonic, absent acoustic reflexes.

Which of the following is NOT a possible site of dysfunction in auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder:

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Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder is usually identified by normal ___________and the absence of an __________.

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What is a major distinction between acoustic tumors and neurofibromatosis II?

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Why is neuroplasticity an important concept in audiology?

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How is APD different from typical hearing loss?

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Change in the brain brought about by experience is known as brain _____________.

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The term APD stands for _________________________.

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Three auditory symptoms of an acoustic neuroma are _____,______,and ______.

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Children with APD usually have abnormal pure tone hearing thresholds..

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Which of the following are tumors that can be found in the central nervous system?

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One risk factor for auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder in infants is graduation from the ____________________.

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Define an auditory processing disorder APD).

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Why is early identification and accurate diagnosis important for management of auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder?

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The term benign means a tumor will not pose any health concerns to a patient.All abnormalities affecting the central nervous system and causing auditory problems are tumors.

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List three disorders that often coexist with auditory processing disorders in adults.

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Alzheimer's disease is associated with hearing loss and central auditory dysfunction.

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The 1990s was known as the _______________of the ____________________.

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