The Hearing Glossary
Welcome to The Hearing Glossary from The Hearing Company, a comprehensive glossary of all the hearing and hearing aid related terms used throughout this site.
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A
- Acoustic tube (see also tube),
- Acrylic,
- Air conduction,
- Amplification (see also gain),
- Amplitude,
- Analogue,
- Audiogram,
- Audiometer,
- Audiometric test,
- Audiometry,
- Auditory cortex,
- Auditory nerve,
- Auditory processing disorder (APD),
- Automatic environment detection
B
- Band,
- Basilar membrane,
- Behind the ear,
- Bilateral,
- Binaural,
- Binaural wireless synchronisation,
- Bluetooth compatibility,
- Body aid,
- Bone conduction,
- BTE,
- BW
C
- Canal aid,
- Channel,
- CIC,
- Cochlea,
- Cochlear implant,
- Completely in the canal,
- Compression,
- Concha,
- Conductive hearing loss
D
E
F
G
H
I
- Impact noise,
- Impression,
- Incus,
- Indicator tone / voice,
- Induction loop,
- Induction coil,
- Infrasonic,
- Inner ear,
- Instant fit,
- Intensity
L
M
- Malleus,
- Masking,
- Maximum power output,
- Memory,
- Meniere's disorder,
- Microphone,
- Middle ear,
- MPO,
- Music enhancement
N
O
- On the ear,
- Organ of Corti,
- Ossicles,
- OTE,
- Otosclerosis,
- Ototoxic,
- Outer ear,
- Output compression,
- Oval window
P
R
S
- Sampling,
- Scala media,
- Scala tympani,
- Scala vestibuli,
- Sensory integration,
- Signal to noise ratio,
- Silicone,
- SNR,
- Sound,
- Sound generator,
- Sound intensity,
- Sound waves,
- Spectacle aid,
- Speech enhancement,
- Stapes,
- Subsonic
T
- T switch,
- Telecoil,
- Telephone enhancement,
- Temporal lobe,
- Threshold,
- Tinnitus,
- Tinnitus masker,
- Transduction,
- Tube,
- TV enhancement,
- Tympanic canal,
- Tympanic membrane,
- Tympanometer,
- Tympanometry
