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Essential Questions
What are the functions of the sensory system?

What are some disorders of the sensory system?

How are sensory system disorders treated?

How do you relate the bodys communication to the sensory system?

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External ear

Pinna External auditory canal

Contains cerumen

Tympanic membrane

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Middle ear

Ossicles Eustachian tube

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Inner ear

Cochlea Semicircular canals

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Pathway of hearing

Trace the pathway of hearing. Discuss the process of hearing. What are decibels?

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What is occurring at each structure?

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Healthy Hearing

How do you protect your hearing? What is the relevance to healthy hearing?
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Sound Activity
What is a sound byte?
Short bit of sound or clip from a longer recording.
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Disorders of the ear

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Disorders of the ear

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Disorders of the ear

External otitis
Discuss what you see in this picture? (Besides a Q-tip!) What causes external otitis? How can it be prevented?

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Disorders of the ear

Otitis media

What is otitis media?

Who is most at risk of having otitis media? Why?

What are the treatment options?
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Disorders of the ear

Otosclerosis

What is it? Oto- sclerosis What causes it?

Why is a stapedectomy useful in treating otosclerosis?
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Disorders of the ear

Menieres disease

What are the symptoms of Menieres disease? What causes these symptoms? How is it treated?
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Disorders of the ear

Tinnitus

What is tinnitus? Explain this statement:

Tinnitus is a symptom, not a disorder.

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Disorders of the ear

Presbycusis

What is presbycusis? Who is most likely to develop presbycusis?

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Testing for hearing loss

Rinne test Weber test

Compare these two tests. How are they diagnostic?
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Essential Questions
What are the functions of the sensory system?

What are some disorders of the sensory system?

How are sensory system disorders treated?

How do you relate the bodys communication to the sensory system?

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