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OAE (audiology exam 3) Exam Questions
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Otoacoustic Emissions (OAES) - Answer✔cochlea produces a sound that can be detected with a
probe microphone
What is it testing for? - Answer✔outer hair function
For OAE to be present/normal - Answer✔- must have a normal conductive hearing mechanism
- can have no more than a mild sensorineural hearing loss to have an OAE
measureable OAEs is an _____ - Answer✔indicator of normal or near normal cochlear
functioning
types of OAES - Answer✔spontaneous
trisient evoked
distortion product
spontaneous (SOAEs) - Answer✔cochlea produces sound in the absence of external stimulation
over half the population of normal hearing person have them
evoked OAES - Answer✔responses that occur after acoustic stimulation
transient - Answer✔brief stimulus: clicks or tone pips
transient: _________ of the cochlea is stimulated and a ________ frequencies - Answer✔wide
area, broad
waveforms are ______ - Answer✔averaged
if they are TEOAEs present the pathway up to the cochlea is - Answer✔unimpaired
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OAE (audiology exam 3) Exam Questions
And Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass.
Otoacoustic Emissions (OAES) - Answer✔cochlea produces a sound that can be detected with a
probe microphone
What is it testing for? - Answer✔outer hair function
For OAE to be present/normal - Answer✔- must have a normal conductive hearing mechanism
- can have no more than a mild sensorineural hearing loss to have an OAE
measureable OAEs is an _____ - Answer✔indicator of normal or near normal cochlear
functioning
types of OAES - Answer✔spontaneous
trisient evoked
distortion product
spontaneous (SOAEs) - Answer✔cochlea produces sound in the absence of external stimulation
over half the population of normal hearing person have them
evoked OAES - Answer✔responses that occur after acoustic stimulation
transient - Answer✔brief stimulus: clicks or tone pips
transient: _________ of the cochlea is stimulated and a ________ frequencies - Answer✔wide
area, broad
waveforms are ______ - Answer✔averaged
if they are TEOAEs present the pathway up to the cochlea is - Answer✔unimpaired
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