COMD 3700 Study Set Exam
SRT - Answer speech recognition threshold
WRS - Answer word recognition
LDL - Answer loudness discomfort level
MCL - Answer most comfortable loudness level
MLV - Answer (monitored live voice) testing using own voice. The audiologist speaks
into the microphone and monitors the live recording on the VU meter and delivers
stimulus to client (voice peaks on average close to 0)
VU Meter - Answer Volume unit meter -- indicates volume or intensity of the inout prior to
the time it reaches attenuator
1000 - Answer Recordings come with a band of pure tone at ______ Hz.
Control for the inconsistency between examiner's voices - Answer Prerecorded
materials for speech testing are advantageous because they:
Picture-pointing, Body-part identification - Answer Two response modes used in
measuring SRT in young children are _____ and _____.
spondaic - Answer Which type of "two stressed syllable" words are used most
commonly in SRT testing?
SDT uses the same speech stimuli as is used with word recognition measures - Answer
Concerning SDT, which of the following is NOT true?
Cold running speech - Answer _____________ is an informative but non-emotional series
of sentences, recorded at a constant level, used to help determine MCL.
Most uncomfortable signal (MUS) - Answer A patient's LDL is also known as all of the
following, EXCEPT:
most comfortable level - Answer MCL stands for:
Retrocochlear disorder - Answer When a patient has a very poor WRS score that is
inconsistent with the hearing loss present, it may be a sign of a possible ________.
PB max - Answer The best word-recognition score obtainable regardless of intensity is
known as the:
pure tone audiometry - Answer speech audiometery is performed after ________.
test equipment
test environment
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