Exam 5: Pure Tone Audiometry

The audiogram configuration of noise-induced hearing loss is characterized by a notching decrease in hearing sensitivity in the frequency region of:

Which of the following is an advantage of insert earphones versus supra-aural earphones?

Typical pure tone frequencies included in air conduction hearing testing encompass the range of

An air-bone gap is a typical finding in

What are some important steps that should precede pure tone audiometry?

What are the advantages of forehead and mastoid approaches for bone conduction testing?

Describe how the traditional PTA is calculated.

What three factors do audiologists look for when interpreting audiograms?

A warble tone is used in sound-field testing with loudspeakers to minimize the chance of

Describe briefly what is meant by vibrotactile response.

Describe differences in pure tone hearing testing of young children versus older children and adults.

Audiometers that allow the presentation of two sounds independently and separately to two earphones are called __________ audiometers.

What is a hearing threshold?

Define the term audiometric zero.

The Fletcher pure tone average is best described as an average of

Which of the following audiometer features are often used in pure tone hearing testing?

If there's an air conduction hearing loss in one ear,bone conduction testing usually begins on the

Which of the following changes in stimulus intensity best describes the typical descending-ascending method in pure tone audiometry?

What are the pros and cons of using loudspeakers for hearing testing?

Loudspeakers are the preferred transducer of choice for hearing testing of infants and children who do not tolerate earphones.