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D) It can be established based only on a comprehensive diagnostic assessment - correct answer
✔✔Which of the following is true regarding a diagnosis of hearing impairment?
A) It can be established based on a screening.
B) It can be established based on screening only when the screening used has acceptable sensitivity and
specificity.
C) It can be established if a second screening provides the same result.
D) It can be established based only on a comprehensive diagnostic assessment.
true - correct answer ✔✔True or False: The speech-language pathologist may be expected, within his or
her scope of practice, to perform screening versions of otoacoustic emissions, pure tone audiometry,
tympanometry, and otoscopy.
true - correct answer ✔✔True or False: According to the scope of practice for the speech-language
pathologist in the care of those with auditory problems (ASHA, 2007), professional roles and activities
may also include prevention, advocacy, education, administration, and research.
B) Any task not requiring active participation - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following is an example
of a nonbehavioral procedure?
A) Testing of traditional pure tone audiometry
B) Any task not requiring active participation
C) Any task requiring the client to raise his or her hand
D) Any test employed with children
C) Response to intervention - correct answer ✔✔The methodology that utilizes frequent measurements
of progress and a spectrum of intensive research-based instructional intervention for those children
demonstrating academic difficulty is known as:
A) Best practice
, B) Evidence-based practice
C) Response to intervention
D) Code of ethics
False (A screening is a means to distinguish those individuals for whom there is a greater probability of
having the condition. A diagnosis can be established based only on a comprehensive diagnostic
assessment) - correct answer ✔✔True or False: A screening can be defined as a means to establish who
out of a population has an auditory problem.
A) Best practice - correct answer ✔✔7: The term ________________ describes the development of a
process that can be used as a benchmark across a profession.
A) Best practice
B) Evidence-based practice
C) Response to intervention
D) Code of ethics
B) Hard of hearing - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following is the preferred term for an individual
who has a significant hearing loss and successfully utilizes a hearing aid?
A) Hearing impaired
B) Hard of hearing
C) Deaf
D) Deaf and dumb
true - correct answer ✔✔True or False: A person who refers to him- or herself as deaf is one who has a
hearing loss of such a degree that minimal or no benefit may be derived from a hearing aid.
A) No Child Left Behind Act - correct answer ✔✔Response to intervention (RTI) has its roots in what law?
A) No Child Left Behind Act
B) Americans with Disabilities Act
C) Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA)
D) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
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