{"id":10745,"date":"2016-11-28T10:44:31","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T15:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.229.122.34\/en\/?page_id=10745"},"modified":"2016-11-28T10:44:31","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T15:44:31","slug":"glossary-of-terms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/clinical-services\/deptpgrmcs\/departments\/audiology\/glossary-of-terms\/","title":{"rendered":"Glossary of Terms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Assistive Listening Devices (A.L.D.s)<\/strong><br \/>\nDevices that a hard of hearing person may use alone or with a hearing aid to improve hearing and speech understanding, or hear signals like the doorbell ringing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Auditory Brainstem Testing<\/strong><br \/>\nA test that measures hearing nerve function.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aural Rehabilitation<\/strong><br \/>\nProvides tools to the hearing-impaired person to improve the effectiveness of their overall communication ability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Impedance Testing<\/strong><br \/>\nA test that measures middle ear function to help physicians in diagnosing conditions such as middle ear infection.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meniere\u2019s Disease<\/strong><br \/>\nAn inner ear disorder that typically involves hearing loss, tinnitus and vertigo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Otoacoustic Emissions Testing (O.A.E.\u2019S)<\/strong><br \/>\nA test that measures sounds produced by the cochlea (inner ear).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Otosclerosis<\/strong><br \/>\nA condition affecting the middle ear and resulting in a gradual loss of hearing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speechreading<\/strong><br \/>\nA communication strategy that uses visual cues to enhance understanding of speech. Comprehension of speech is accomplished through visual interpretation of lip and facial movements and general body gestures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tinnitus<\/strong><br \/>\nTinnitus can present as ringing, whistling, clicking or buzzing noises in the ear or head. Causes vary and include exposure to noise, hearing loss and ototoxic medication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assistive Listening Devices (A.L.D.s) Devices that a hard of hearing person may use alone or with a hearing aid to improve hearing and speech understanding, or hear signals like the doorbell ringing. Auditory Brainstem Testing A test that measures hearing nerve function. Aural Rehabilitation Provides tools to the hearing-impaired person to improve the effectiveness of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"parent":10695,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10745","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10745\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}