CD 443 Exam 3 – Correctly Answered Questions (Scored A+)

CD 443 Exam 3 – Correctly Answered Questions
(Scored A+)

For an audiologic evaluation, what is outside the booth (3) Right Ans - Case
history
Otoscopy
Tympanometry

For an audiologic evaluation, what is inside the booth (3) Right Ans -
SDT/SRT
Word Recognition
Pure tone air conduction and bone conduction

What are the 2 kinds of Audiology tests Right Ans - Behavioral tests
Objective tests

Require the patient's active cooperation AND behavioral response Right
Ans - Behavioral tests

Examples of behavioral tests Right Ans - Pure tone threshold (AC and BC)
SRT/SDT
Word Recognition

Require some cooperation but no behavioral response Right Ans -
Objective tests

Examples of objective tests Right Ans - Tympanometry
Acoustic reflexes
OAEs
ABRs

Tympanometry is... Right Ans - a test of middle ear function

Tympanometry can be affected by the findings of otoscopy (4) Right Ans -
Ear drum perforation
Wax
Foreign bodies
Malformed ear canal

, Tympanometry is NOT... Right Ans - a hearing test

What can a Tympanometry help? Right Ans - 1. identify middle ear
conditions that can cause hearing loss
2. distinguish between sensorineural and conductive causes

Tympanometry can be a very reliable test for... Right Ans - detecting otitis
media (middle ear fluid)

Normal outer ear and middle ear function Right Ans - Type A

Also known as "flat"

Typically suggests an obstructive condition (ex: wax, fluid, TM perforation,
tubes) Right Ans - Type B

Negative middle ear pressure

Ear feels "stopped up"

Typically suggests Eustachian tube dysfunction Right Ans - Type C

Within normal limits = Right Ans - middle ear fluid

Less than normal = Right Ans - wax

Greater than normal = Right Ans - perforation or tubes

Volume range for children Right Ans - 0.3 - 0.9

Volume range for adults Right Ans - 0.9 - 2.0

Normal outer and middle ear function Right Ans - Type A

Expected audiogram for Type A? Right Ans - Normal hearing or
sensorineural hearing loss

No tympanic membrane movement Right Ans - Type B