April 3rd, 2019 MAUS by: Art Spiegelman

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Directions: ANSWER USING COMPLETE SENTENCES! Use the information you have been given to answer questions about: Disorders of the sense organs: Common Ear Problems

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Level#1

One of the most common ear problems is an ear infection. Ear infections are caused by bacteria or viruses. Most ear infections are not serious. They can be treated with medicine. other hearing problems are harder to cure. People can lose some or all of their hearing after listen to music that is too loud or working with loud machinery. Sometimes, babies are born with damaged ear parts. This damage can cause loss of hearing or even total deafness.

1. What are two ways that people can lose some or all of their hearing?





2. What are babies sometimes born with?






3. Sometimes babies are born with damaged ear parts, what can this damage cause?







Level#2

One of the most common ear problems is an ear infection. Ear infections are caused by bacteria or viruses. Most ear infections are not serious. They can be treated with medicine. other hearing problems are harder to cure. People can lose some or all of their hearing after listen to music that is too loud or working with loud machinery. Sometimes, babies are born with damaged ear parts. This damage can cause loss of hearing or even total deafness. Operations can help, and so can hearing aids. One kind of hearing aid sends sounds directly to the inner ear. Another kind sends the sound waves through the skull bones just behind the ear. Then, the inner ear picks up the sound.

1. What what can be done to help a baby that is born with damaged ear parts?





2. How does one kind of hearing aid work to help a person hear?





3. How does the other kind of hearing aid work to allow a person to hear?








Level#3


One of the most common ear problems is an ear infection. Ear infections are caused by bacteria or viruses. Most ear infections are not serious. They can be treated with medicine. other hearing problems are harder to cure. People can lose some or all of their hearing after listen to music that is too loud or working with loud machinery. Sometimes, babies are born with damaged ear parts. This damage can cause loss of hearing or even total deafness. Operations can help, and so can hearing aids. One kind of hearing aid sends sounds directly to the inner ear. Another kind sends the sound waves through the skull bones just behind the ear. Then, the inner ear picks up the sound. Some problems with the ear can disrupt a person's balance. For example, vertigo is the feeling of dizziness. It can occur when a person rises too quickly from a sitting position, which affects the fluid in the inner ear.

1. Explain how the two types of hearing aids described in the text work to allow a person to hear.







2. Explain what some problems with the ear can cause, and give an example of one such problem.







3. Explain when vertigo can occur and what it affects.








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