Causes of Conductive Hearing Loss

Hearing Aids

An individual visits an audiologist complaining of muffled hearing in one ear. The audiologist performs a test using a vibrating tuning fork. When the base of the tuning fork is placed on the bone directly behind the ear, the individual can hear the sound clearly. However, when the tuning fork is held in the air next to the ear canal, the sound is barely audible. Based on these results, what is the most likely explanation for the hearing impairment?

Diagnosing Hearing Impairment

Hearing Aids

Hearing Aids

A patient is diagnosed with profound hearing loss. Medical tests confirm that the sensory hair cells inside their cochlea are irreversibly damaged and can no longer convert sound vibrations into electrical signals for the brain. Standard amplification devices that just make sounds louder have proven ineffective for this patient. Based on this specific type of damage, which intervention is most likely to be recommended?

Hearing Intervention Case Study

Types of Assistive Technology

From Accommodation to Accessibility: Creating a Culture of Inclusivity

Reasonable Accommodations Explained

Assistive Technology in Improving Emotion Recognition for Mentally and Physically Disabled Individuals

Wheelchairs, Mobility Aids, and Other Power-Driven Mobility Devices

Enhancing Services for Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Deafblind Patients in Rural America

Questions and Answers for Health Care Providers

Assistive listening devices

Guidelines for CART captioners (Communication Access Realtime Translation Captioners).

CART Consumer Bill of Rights

Captions On, Off, on TV, Online: Accessibility and Search Engine Optimization in Online Closed Captioning

Hearing Aids

Cochlear Implants

Affordable and Accessible Hearing Aids: [Business/Financial Desk

Determining treatment choices after the cochlear implant evaluation process

FDA takes steps to improve hearing aid accessibility

Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care Activities

ADA guidelines and regulations for the hearing impaired

Defining Disparities in Cochlear Implantation through the Social Determinants of Health

Audio Description: The Visual Made Verbal

Cost-effectiveness of audio description production process: comparative analysis of outsourcing and “in-house” methods

Audio Descriptions

Cost of hearing aids: What to know

Access to adults’ hearing aids: policies and technologies used in eight countries

Telecommunications Relay Service

Netflix to Enhance Access for Customers Who Are Blind

Netflix Audio Described Titles

The Hear and Now: How Do You Watch Peak TV If You're Blind?

Using the YouTube Automated Captioning Tool for Video Lectures

Measuring Accessibility for People with a Disability

Netflix Settlement

Unheard Complaints: Integrating Captioning Into Business and Professional Communication Presentation

Disability and Health Inclusion Strategies

Sports and Intellectual Disabilities

Paralympics

Trisome Games

Reference for Health Equity and Accessibility

Pediatric powered mobility training: powered wheelchair versus simulator-based practice

Pandemic and Disability: Challenges Faced and Role of Technology Reference

Wheelchair Skills Assessment and Training

RESNA position on the application of dynamic seating

Long COVID Guidance