Exam 13: Audiologic Habilitationrehabilitation: Technology

What is hearing aid validation?

When output amplified sound is proportional or directly related to the input sound,it is known as _____________ amplification.

A hearing aid consists of

The two terminals on a hearing aid battery or any other battery are referred to as the positive or _______________ and the negative or _________________.

The type of hearing aid technology that permits maximum flexibility in hearing aid fitting is ____________.

Cite several advantages of the open-fit receiver-in-the-canal RIC)type of hearing aid.

Describe the main differences between personal and classroom FM systems.

Identify three advantages of binaural hearing aid fittings over monaural fittings.

Greater amplification for low-intensity inputs than for high-intensity inputs is called _______.

Binaural cochlear implants provide significantly more benefit than monaural implants.

What is the approximate time taken for a person to go from awareness of his/her hearing loss to considering a hearing aid?

Surveys show that completion of the verification and validation process reduces the number of visits a hearing aid patient makes to a clinic.

FM technology can be used with hearing aids,but not with cochlear implants.

Describe what you would immediately suspect if a patient complained that their hearing aid just died.

Battery sizes are _____________________ coded.

Which of the following are criteria for cochlear implantation in adult patients?