Across
- 2. – Making a lot of sound; the opposite of quiet.
- 4. – A place where people go to see a doctor or a specialist.
- 5. – A person who receives care from a doctor or health professional.
- 10. – A health professional who tests hearing and helps people with hearing problems.
- 14. – A fast, small movement backwards and forwards; sound travels this way.
- 18. – An illness caused by bacteria or a virus, for example in the ear.
- 19. – The ability to stand or walk without falling; the inner ear helps with this.
- 20. – Not able to hear, or not able to hear well.
- 21. – A thin part of the body that carries messages to the brain.
- 23. – A short, high sound, often used in a hearing test.
- 24. – How loud or soft a sound is; you can turn it up or down.
- 26. – Making very little sound.
- 27. – Feeling that everything is turning around you.
- 29. – A ringing or buzzing sound in the ears that other people cannot hear.
- 30. – The number of sound waves per second; it is measured in hertz.
Down
- 1. – A small part of the inner ear with the shape of a snail shell.
- 3. – Small soft things you put in your ears to block noise.
- 6. – A sound that comes back to you, for example in a big empty room.
- 7. – To pay attention to a sound or to what someone is saying.
- 8. – To speak very softly so only people near you can hear.
- 9. – The sound you make when you speak or sing.
- 11. – When there is no sound at all.
- 12. – A small device that a doctor puts inside the body, for example to help a person hear.
- 13. – A small object that gives power to a hearing aid.
- 15. – A sound that is loud or unpleasant.
- 16. – How high or low a sound is.
- 17. – You wear these over your ears to listen to music.
- 22. – A yellow or brown substance that the ear makes to protect itself.
- 25. – A thin piece of skin inside the ear that moves when sound hits it.
- 28. – A device that picks up sound; there is one in a hearing aid.
