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1 speech perception, creado process of hearing and understanding language + + - - - - - + - - - - + - - +
2 David Kemp, creado (1945) British physicist and researcher + + - - - - - - - - - - - - - +
3 peripheral auditory system (por crear) structures responsible for capturing sounds and converting them into electrical signals sent to the brain + + - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
4 environmental noise, creado noise pollution - + - - - - - - - - - - + - - +
5 tonotopy, creado Arrangement of sound frequency processing in the brain - + - - - + - + - + - - + - - +
6 (por crear) - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 ear foreign body (por crear) foreign body in the external auditory canal + + - - - - - + - - - - - - - -
8 tone decay test, creado auditory nerve function assessment by measuring the ability to sustain hearing a continuous tone, aiding in detecting retrocochlear disorders + - - - - - - - - - - - + - - +
9 perichondritis of the ear (por crear) infection that affects the outer part of the ear - + - - - + - - - - - - - - - -
10 (por crear) - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 auditory fatigue, creado temporary loss of hearing after exposure to sound - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - +
12 headphone, creado small loudspeakers worn on the head for listening to music or for communications purposes + + + + - + + + + + + - + - + +
13 myringitis (por crear) inflammation of the tympanic membrane, part of the middle ear, usually of infectious origin, often caused by influenza viruses - - - - - + - - - + - - + - - -
14 lagena, creado part of the ear's vestibule - + - - - + - - - - + - - - - +
15 audiology, creado branch of science that studies hearing, balance, and related disorders + + + + - + - + + + + + + + + +
16 ear protection, creado topics referred to by the same term - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - +
17 audiometer, creado electronic device used to conduct an audiometry test to determine an individual’s hearing thresholds + + + + - - - + + + + - + - + +
18 World Hearing Day, creado annual campaign by the World Health Organization Office for the Prevention of Deafness + + + + - - - + - + + - + - + +
19 minimal hearing loss (por crear) mild auditory changes that can impact language, learning, and quality of life, often underdiagnosed - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
20 hearing test, creado evaluation of the sensitivity of a person's sense of hearing - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - +
21 (por crear) - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
22 auditory illusion, creado false perceptions of a real sound or outside stimulus + + + + - + - + - - + - + - + +
23 personal protective equipment, creado protective clothing or equipment designed to help protect an individual from injury, Noise, infection, or other hazards + + + + - + - + - + + + + - + +
24 noise-induced hearing loss, creado condition in which a person loses the ability to hear due to exposure to high intensity sound - + - - - - - + - + - + + - - +
25 oralism, creado controversial method of teaching deaf people that emphasizes use of oral language and lip reading - + - - - + - + - - - + + - - +
26 misophonia, creado a disorder of decreased tolerance to specific sounds or stimuli associated with such sounds; these stimuli are experienced as unpleasant/distressing and tend to evoke strong negative emotional, physiological, and behavioural responses + + + + + + - + - + + + + - + +
27 speech-language pathology, creado the study and treatment of speech and language problems + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + +
28 electrocochleography, creado technique of recording electrical potentials generated in the inner ear and auditory nerve in response to sound stimulation, using an electrode placed in the ear canal or tympanic membrane - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - +
29 place theory, creado theory about mechanism of hearing - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - +
30 tympanosclerosis, creado condition caused by hyalinization and subsequent calcification of subepithelial connective tissue of TM and middle ear - - - - - + - - - + - - - - - +
31 central auditory processing disorder, creado neurodevelopmental disorder that affects how the brain processes sounds + - - - - - - + - - - + + - - +
32 International Noise Awareness Day, creado global campaign which aims to raise awareness of the effects of noise on the welfare and health of people. Celebrated the last Wednesday of April, annually + + - - - - - - - - - - - - + +
33 computational audiology, creado branch of audiology that employs techniques from mathematics and computer science to improve clinical treatments and scientific understanding of the auditory system - + - - - - - - - + - - - - - +
34 falls in older adults, creado involuntary loss of postural stability, resulting in impacts against the ground or other objects, related to aging, audiological changes, and balance disorders - + - - - - - + - - - - + - - +
35 individual sound amplification device (por crear) device designed to improve hearing by making a sound audible to a person with hearing loss - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
36 superior canal dehiscence, creado thinning or erosion of the bony layer covering the superior semicircular canal, causing abnormal exposure of the vestibular membranous labyrinth to the middle cranial fossa - + - - - - - + - - - - + - - +
37 Eustachian tube dysfunction, creado dysfunction that prevents drainage and equalization of pressure between the middle ear and nasopharynx + + + + - - - - - - - - - - - +
38 hair cell, creado auditory nerve cells + + + + - + - + - + + + + - - +
39 cocktail party effect, creado ability to pay attention to one conversation among many + + + + - - - + - - + + + - - +
40 psychoacoustic assessment of tinnitus (por crear) evaluation to characterize the parameters of tinnitus perception - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 sound-image (por crear) concept proposed by Francois Bayle to designate the auditory representation of a sound for its form and the perception that one can have of it (therefore involving the point of hearing), whether it is a tangible or metaphorical representation - + - - - - - + - - - - - - - -
42 vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (por crear) electrical responses from muscles following stimulation of the ear vestibule - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
43 hearing protection, creado protection device for auditory organs - + - - - + - + - + + + + - - +
44 occupational exposure limit, creado upper limit on the acceptable concentration of a hazardous substance + + - - - - - - - - - - + - + +
45 tympanometer (por crear) device used to assess middle ear function by measuring the movement of the tympanic membrane in response to changes in air pressure - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - -
46 (por crear) - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 peripheral hearing loss (por crear) reduction in hearing ability caused by alterations in the outer, middle, or inner ear, before the auditory nerve - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
48 (por crear) - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 absolute threshold of hearing, creado minimum sound level that an average individual can hear + + + + - - - + - + + + + - + +
50 (por crear) - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
51 otolith, creado small calcium carbonate inner-ear vertebrates structure in the inner ear that aids in sensing gravity and motion + + + + - + - + - + + + + - + +
52 saccule, creado membranous labyrinth in the vestibule of ear + + + + - + - - - - - - - - + +
53 hearing loss in children (por crear) partial or total reduction in hearing ability in children, impacting communicative and social development - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
54 noise control, creado strategies to reduce noise pollution or its impact + + - - - - - + - - - + + - - +
55 middle ear, creado part of the ear that lies between the eardrum and the oval window + + + + + + - + + - + + + - + +
56 conductive hearing loss, creado medical condition - + - - - - - - - + + + - - - +
57 threshold of pain, creado point at which pain begins to be felt + + - - - + - - - + + - + - + +
58 attenuation, creado gradual loss of flux intensity through a medium + + + + - + - + + - - + + - + +
59 aural rehabilitation, creado procedures for correcting hearing disorders - + - - - - - - - - - - + - - +
60 (por crear) - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
61 (por crear) - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
62 audiologist (por crear) health professional in hearing and other auditory problems such as tinnitus and balance - + - - - - - + - + - + + - - -
63 Eustachian catarrh (por crear) inflammation of the auditory tube, typically associated with upper respiratory tract infections such as colds, and may be worsened by enlarged tonsils - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - -
64 lip reading, creado technique of understanding speech when sound is not available + + + + + - - + - + + - + - - +
65 hidden hearing loss (por crear) typically undetected hearing loss in conventional tests, affecting the ability to hear sounds in noisy environments or with multiple speakers - - - - - - - + - - - - - - - -
66 conditioned play audiometry, creado pediatric hearing test where conditioned responses to auditory stimuli are used to assess a child's hearing ability, often through games or activities - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - +
67 hearing loss in music professionals (por crear) hearing risks related to exposure to high sound pressure levels - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
68 chronic purulent otitis media (por crear) suppurative otitis media which is persistent and long-lasting - - - - - + - - - - - - + - - -
69 frequency modulation system (por crear) systems that modulate frequencies, often as an assistive technology - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
70 otomycosis, creado human disease + + - - - - - + + - + - - - + +
71 hearing health (por crear) interventions required to prevent, identify, and treat hearing loss and related ear diseases - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
72 selective auditory attention, creado process of the auditory system where an individual selects or focuses on certain stimuli for auditory information processing while other stimuli are disregarded - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - +
73 stapedius reflex, creado involuntary contraction of the stapedius muscle in response to high-intensity sounds - + - - - + - + - + - + + - - +
74 autophony, creado medical condition - + - - - + - + - - - - + - + +
75 auditory event, creado subjective perception, when listening to a certain sound situation - + - - - - - + - - - - + - + +
76 hearing in autism spectrum disorder (por crear) hearing alterations associated with autism spectrum disorder - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
77 auditory neuropathy, creado hearing disorder characterized by impaired transmission of signals through the auditory nerve, resulting in mild to severe hearing loss and poor speech perception - + - - - - - + - - - - - - - +
78 otitis media, creado otitis which involves inflammation of the middle ear + + + + - + + - + + + + + - + +
79 neurosyphilis, creado infection of the central nervous system in a patient with syphilis + + + + - + - + - - + - + - + +
80 chronic otitis media (por crear) hronic form of otitis media - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - -
81 acoustic wave, creado longitudinal wave that propagates by means of adiabatic compression and decompression;travels with the speed of sound which depends on the medium they're passing through + + + + - + - - - + - - - - + +
82 eustachian tube disease (por crear) human disease - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - -
83 Eustachian tube, creado tube found in the middle ear which equalises pressure and drains mucus, connecting the middle ear to the throat + + + + + + - + - + + + + - + +
84 sound, creado vibration that propagates as an acoustic wave + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
85 otosclerosis, creado otitis interna characterized by an abnormal bone growth in the middle ear + + - - + + - + - + + + + - + +
86 (por crear) - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
87 vertigo, creado type of dizziness + + + + + + - + + + + + + - + +
88 perforated eardrum, creado an injury leading to a hole in the eardrum + + + + - + - + - - - - + - - +
89 sensorineural hearing loss, creado type of Hearing Loss + + + + - + - + + + + - + - - +
90 ear fullness (por crear) auditory sensation associated with a feeling of stuffiness in the ear, pressure in the ear, or a feeling of "stuffed ear" - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
91 hearing perception (por crear) perception involves processing of signals that go through the nervous system, which result from physical stimulation of the ear - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
92 vestibular system, creado sensory system + + + + - + - + - + + + + - + +
93 unilateral hearing loss, creado hearing impairment - + - - - - - - - - - + - - - +
94 electronystagmography, creado electrography of eye muscle movements - + - - - - - + - - - - + - + +
95 cholesteatoma, creado keratosis characterized by keratinizing squamous epithelium located in middle ear and/or mastoid, subepithelial connective tissue and by the progressive accumulation of keratin debris with or without surrounding inflammatory reaction + + + + - + - + - + + - + - + +
96 facial paralysis, creado common problem that involves the paralysis of any structures innervated by the facial nerve + - + + - + - + - - - + + - + +
97 earplug, creado device meant to be inserted in the ear canal to protect the user's ears from loud noises or the intrusion of water, foreign bodies, dust or excessive wind + - + + - - - + - - + + + - + +
98 ototoxicity, creado property of being toxic to the ear + + - - - + - + - + + + + - + +
99 immittance, creado combined measure of impedance and admittance - + + + - - - - - - - - - - + +
100 speech banana, creado audiogram feature - + - - - - - - - + - - - - - +
101 head shadow, creado region of reduced amplitude of a sound - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - +
102 safe listening, creado practices to avoid hearing damage from intentionally heard sounds + + + + - + - + - + + + - - + +
103 outer ear, creado the outer portion of the ear which includes the auricle and the ear canal and leads to the eardrum + + + + - + - + - - + - + - + +
104 otalgia, creado pain in the ear - + - - - + - + - - + - + - + +
105 balance, creado ability to maintain the line of gravity of a body within the base of support with minimal postural sway - + + + - + - + - - - - + - + +
106 impedance audiometry (por crear) tests of middle ear function based on the difficulty (impedance) or ease (admittance) of sound flow through the middle ear - + - - - - - + - - - - - - - -
107 organ of Corti, creado type of mechanoreceptor + + + + - + - + - + + - + - + +
108 P300, creado event-related potential + + - - - + - + - + - - - - - +
109 patulous eustachian tube, creado eustachian tube disorder + - - - + + - + - + - + + - - +
110 auditory masking, creado effect that occurs when the perception of one sound is affected by the presence of another sound + + + + - - - - - - - - + - + +
111 presbycusis, creado cumulative effect of aging on hearing + + - - - + - + - + - + + - + +
112 hearing loss, creado form of hearing disorder + + + + + - - - + + - + + - - +
113 microtia, creado congenital deformity where the pinna (external ear) is underdeveloped + + - - - + - - - - + - + - - +
114 semicircular canal, creado tube located inside the ear + + + + - + - + - - + + + - + +
115 neuroplasticity, creado ability of the brain to continuously change over the course of one's lifetime + + + + - + - + - + + + + - + +
116 otitis externa, creado inflammation of the outer ear and ear canal. + + + + - + - + - + + + + - + +
117 otitis, creado general term for inflammation or infection of the ear + + + + + + - + - - + - - - + +
118 Meniere's disease, creado disorder of the inner ear, characterized by potentially severe and incapacitating episodes of vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss, and a feeling of fullness in the ear + + + + - + - + + + + + + - + +
119 otoacoustic emission, creado mechanical energy produced by the rapid contraction of the outer hair cells of the cochlea - + - - - - - + - + + + + - - +
120 hyperacusis, creado very rare and extremely debilitating hearing disorder characterized by unusual intolerance to ordinary environmental sounds + + + + - + - + - + + + + - + +
121 earwax, creado waxy substance secreted by the ear + + + + - + + + + + + + + - + +
122 deafness, creado partial or total inability to hear + + + + + + + + + + + + + - + +
123 hearing threshold (por crear) minimum sound level of a pure tone that an average human ear with normal hearing can hear with no other sound present - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
124 olivocochlear system, creado component of the auditory system - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - +
125 Weber test, creado sensory neural hearing loss examination + + - - - + - - - - - - + - + +
126 Rinne test, creado screening test for hearing named after Heinrich Adolf Rinne + + - - - + - + - - + - + - + +
127 auditory ossicle, creado three short and irregular bones that form a chain located in the tympanic cavity of the middle ear + - + + - + - + - + + + + - + +
128 electrophysiology, creado study of the electrical properties of biological cells and tissues. + + + + - + - + - + + + + - + +
129 bone anchored hearing aid, creado type of hearing aid based on bone conduction - + - - - + - + - + - + - - - +
130 Make Listening Safe Workstream (por crear) World Hearing Forum initiative to change listening practices and behaviours - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
131 hearing aid, creado small sound amplifiers worn in the ear (ITE) to compensate for hearing loss + + + + - + - + - + + + + - + +
132 noise, creado variety of sound, usually meaning any unwanted sound + + + + + + - + + + + + + - + +
133 universal neonatal hearing screening, creado policy of routinely testing the hearing of babies soon after birth + + + + - - - + - - - + + - - +
134 central auditory processing (por crear) brain function responsible for detecting, analyzing, and interpreting sound stimuli, involving structures of the peripheral and central auditory system - + - - - - - - - - - - + - - -
135 hearing device (por crear) in a wider sense, including cochlear implants, BAHA aids - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
136 external ear canal, creado tube running from the outer ear to the middle ear + + + + - + - + - - + - + - + +
137 International Ototoxicity Management Group (por crear) global consortium addressing healthcare gaps in ototoxicity management worldwide - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
138 bone conduction, creado conduction of sound to the inner ear through bones other than the ossicles of the middle ear + - + + - + - + - + + - + - - +
139 diplacusis, creado hearing disorder whereby a single auditory stimulus is perceived as different pitches between ears + + - - - - - - - - - - - - - +
140 acoustic trauma, creado injury to the eardrum as a result of a very loud noise - + - - - - - - - + + - + - + +
141 otology, creado branch of medicine dealing with the ear - + - - - - - + + - + + + - - +
142 hearing, creado sensory perception of sound by living organisms + + + + + - + + + + + + + - + +
143 psychoacoustics, creado scientific study of sound perception and audiology + + + + + + - + - + + + + - + +
144 auditory system, creado sensory system used for hearing + + + + + + - + + - + - - - + +
145 eardrum, creado membrane separating the external ear from the middle ear + + + + + + - + - + + - + - + +
146 otorrhagia (por crear) bleeding from ear - - - - - + - + - - - - - - - -
147 nystagmus, creado condition of involuntary eye movement + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + +
148 health effects from noise, creado health consequences of exposure to elevated sound levels + + - - - - - + - - - - - - + +
149 National Policy for Hearing Health Care (por crear) Brazilian public policy that ensures access to hearing health care at different levels of care within the Unified Health System - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
150 noise pollution, creado excessive, displeasing human, animal, or machine-created environmental noise + + + + + + - + + + + + + - + +
151 hearing disorder (por crear) human disease condition that impairs the ability to detect, process, or interpret sounds - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - -
152 occupational hearing loss, creado hearing loss caused by occupational hazards + + + + - + - - - - - - - - - +
153 cochlear implant, creado prosthesis + + + + + + - + - + + + + - + +
154 brainstem auditory evoked potential, creado electrophysiological assessment of auditory system synchrony - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - +
155 dichotic listening test, creado auditory test to assess selective attention + + + + - + - + - + + - - - - +
156 mastoid process (por crear) + + - - - + - + - + - + + - + -
157 audiogram, creado type of graph showing audiometer results + + - - + + - + - + - + + - + +
158 Hearing aid service delivery approaches for low- and middle-income settings (por crear) WHO implementation guidelines for community-level programs for the delivery of hearing aid services - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
159 tinnitus, creado perception of sound within the human ear ("ringing of the ears") when no external sound is present + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + +
160 tympanometry, creado examination used to test the condition of the middle ear + + - - - + - + - + + - + - - +
161 acute otitis media (por crear) - - - - - - - + - - - - + - - -
162 hair cell, creado auditory nerve cells + + + + - + - + - + + + + - - +
163 inner ear, creado innermost part of the vertebrate ear + + + + + + - + + - + + + - + +
164 speech audiometry (por crear) measurement of the ability to hear speech under various conditions of intensity and noise interference using sound-field as well as earphones and bone oscillators - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
165 cochlea, creado organ of the inner ear + + + + - + - - - - + + + - + +
166 Ling sounds (por crear) behavioral assessment procedure that evaluates the auditory detection ability in children and infants - + - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
167 audiometry, creado hearing test that assesses a person's hearing ability + + - - - + - + - - + + + - + +
168 ear, creado organ that detects sound; organ of hearing and balance + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
169 vestibulocochlear nerve, creado eighth cranial nerve + + + + - + - + - + + + + - + +
170 labyrinthitis, creado inflammation of the labyrinth, fluid-filled channels in the inner ear + + + + - + - + - + + - - + + +
171 saccade, creado short, quick, simultaneous movement of both eyes between two or more phases of fixation in the same direction; random eye movement + - - - + + - + - + + + - - + +
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