Audiology Praxis- Practice Questions 1 | 140 Questions
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Narrow bands of noise available on diagnostic audiometers for the masking
of pure tones are usually 1/3 octave in width because bands of that width... -
✔✔encompass the width of a critical band
It is important to consider the conceptional age of an infant, rather than the
chronological age when interpreting what? - ✔✔ABR Wave V latencies
For a fixed setting of the hearing-level dial of a pure-tone audiometer, which of
the following is true of the actual sound pressure level (SPL) output of the
audiometer earphone? - ✔✔It is lowest at midfrequencies
,In the early stages of Menieres disease, when there is an increase in the amount
of endolymph in the inner ear, there is also a characteristic sensorineural hearing
loss that primarily affects what? - ✔✔250-2000 Hz
In the sound field, an audiologist measures 30 dB SPL at a distance of 10 meters
from the sources. Assuming no change in sound source or field conditions, at 20
meters from the sound, the dB SPL will be... - ✔✔24 dB
Children who experience recurrent otitis media with effusion early in life are
generally considered... - ✔✔at risk for academic difficulties
What earmold modification will not enhance the high-frequency response of a
hearing aid, as measured in the ear canal? - ✔✔A bore with a stepped-
down diameter
,What is the reason investigators have given for limiting a hearing aid's SSPL-90 to
a lower level when it is worn by a child than when it is worn by an adult? - ✔✔The
volume of the external auditory meatus in children is less than that represented by a
2-cc coupler, and consequently the SPL at the eardrum is greater
What evaluation measure is most likely to provide valid and reliable information
about the hearing sensitivity of a 9 month old child at 500 and 4000 Hz? - ✔✔VRA
In the measurement of real-ear sound-pressure levels with a probe tube
microphone system, insufficient probe-tube depth will tend to... -
✔✔decrease the high-frequency response
In counseling of parents of a child with a newly identified hearing loss, the
audiologist should do what? - ✔✔Assume that much information will ned to
be repeated at a later date, since parents generally will recall very little of the
material presented at this time
, A person without a referral seeks an audiologist's advice regarding a unilateral
hearing impairment first noticed two months previously. The audiologist finds the
hearing impairment to be mild-to moderate, flat, sensorineural hearing loss. The
WRS for recorded full-list NU-6 in quiet at 40 dB above SRT is 24 percent in that
ear. What is the audiologist's next step? - ✔✔Refer the person to a physician
The hearing aid input transducer that is sensitive to electromagnetic energy is the
- ✔✔telecoil
Elicitation of an acoustic reflex at a hearing level better than that obtained with
voluntary behavioral responses suggests the presence of - ✔✔functional
or nonorganic hearing loss
Some middle-ear problems cannot be visualized otoscopically, other highly
visible middle ear pathologies do not cause hearing loss per se. Because of this
phenomenon, traditional screening with pure-tone audiometry has also
incorporated what for infants and children? - ✔✔Acoustic Immittance Screening
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