What two actions MUST a hearing healthcare professional perform before testing an existing
patients hearing - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Clean hands in view of patient and clean or replace
speculum from otoscope
How does osteoma present - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Bony growth in external auditory canal
What should a hearing healthcare professional do prior to administering a speech reception
threshold test - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Familiarize patient with the word list
A 36- year old female restaurant worker with history of hearing loss reports she is unable to hear as
well as she did 2 years ago testing reveals moderate conductive loss what is a likely cause of the
patients change in hearing - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Otosclerosis
What portion of the ear contains sebaceous glands - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Outer portion of
external auditory canal
Which factor will affect patients acceptance in hearing instruments? - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔
Cosmetic preferences
Why should otoblock be placed beyond second bend of ear canal - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔
Results in complete impression of the canal
What validation method can be effectively performed in a sound field environment
- .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ NU-6
A hearing health care professional is counseling a patient about expectations of amplification what
information should the hearing healthcare professional include in this therapy
- .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Outside factors that can hinder hearing
, A patient has been using an ITC hearing instrument for approx 16 mos the patient has a new job that
requires use of telephone with a headset - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Add an amplifier to existing
phone
A patient complains that the hearing instrument works intermittently After initial inspection the
hearing healthcare professional squeezes and taps on the case What is the suspected problem
- .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ An amplifier problem
Germicidal wipes are an example of - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Disinfectant
Contact - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Directly infected by the host
Indirect contact - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Touching something contaminated by an infected
person. Surfaces or objects
Droplet - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ transmission via airborne droplets
Vehicle - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Transmitted by contaminated substances such as water, food,
blood or bodily substance
Airborne - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Droplet or neucli or dust transmission
Vectorborne - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Animals or insects carries pathogen
Characteristics of tympanic membrane - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Pinkish- gray in color oval
shaped
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