Question 1

0 dB HL refers to the absence of sound.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

Hospital-based audiologists may not only conduct universal infant hearing screening programs,they may also provide the following clinical services

Accepted Answer

A) Cerumen management 
B) Intraoperative monitoring 
C) Counseling services to patients with hearing loss and their families 
D) All of the above 
E) A and C only 
A) Cerumen management 
B) Intraoperative monitoring 
C) Counseling services to patients with hearing loss and their families 
D) All of the above 
E) A and C only D

Question 3

Full-term babies and premature babies present with the same degree of risk for developing hearing loss.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

Habilitation services are offered to children and adults who lose their hearing after speech and language have been developed,whereas rehabilitation services are offered to children who develop hearing loss before the development of speech and language.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Interpret this audiogram

Accepted Answer

A) Normal hearing 
B) Slight conductive loss 
C) Severe mixed loss 
D) Moderate sensorineural loss 
A) Normal hearing 
B) Slight conductive loss 
C) Severe mixed loss 
D) Moderate sensorineural loss

Question 6

Four-year old Allison's hearing loss is congenital.Five-year old Mark's hearing loss occurred at age 4 ½ after a bout with rubella.

Accepted Answer

A) Allison is less likely than Mark to experience language delay. 
B) Allison is more likely than Mark to experience language delay. 
C) The risk for language delay is similar for both children. 
D) None of the above 
A) Allison is less likely than Mark to experience language delay. 
B) Allison is more likely than Mark to experience language delay. 
C) The risk for language delay is similar for both children. 
D) None of the above

Question 7

Audiometers emit pure tones used for quantitative measurement of hearing thresholds.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

When working with special populations such as medically fragile patients and patients with mental retardation,special techniques are needed to measure their hearing.These techniques often include

Accepted Answer

A) Speech detection threshold measures 
B) Air conduction pure tone testing 
C) Bone conduction testing 
D) Tympanometry 
A) Speech detection threshold measures 
B) Air conduction pure tone testing 
C) Bone conduction testing 
D) Tympanometry

Question 9

Sound intensity is perceived as loudness.Sound frequency is perceived as pitch.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Scott's test results suggest a

Accepted Answer

A) Conductive hearing loss 
B) Sensorineural hearing loss 
C) Presbycusis 
D) Brainstem tumor 
A) Conductive hearing loss 
B) Sensorineural hearing loss 
C) Presbycusis 
D) Brainstem tumor

Question 11

Tests by air conduction are accomplished by placing earphones over the outer ears.Pure tone sound waves are carried through the outer ear and middle ear,converted to electrochemical energy in the inner ear and transmitted to the brain for processing by the auditory nerve.Four-year old Scott's air conduction test results for the right ear show thresholds of 40 dB HL @ 500 Hz,35 dB @ 1000Hz,and 35 dB @200 Hz.What may have happened along the air conduction pathway to produce these results?

Accepted Answer

A) Prenatal history of maternal rubella 
B) Meniere's disease 
C) A poorly functioning auditory tube 
D) None of the above 
A) Prenatal history of maternal rubella 
B) Meniere's disease 
C) A poorly functioning auditory tube 
D) None of the above

Question 12

In general,the greater the amount of sensorineural loss,the poorer the speech discrimination abilities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Otololaryngologists prescribe and dispense hearing aids.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

John has a sensorineural hearing loss and Paul has a conductive hearing loss.

Accepted Answer

A) John's speech discrimination skills are probably better than Paul's speech discrimination abilities. 
B) Paul's speech discrimination skills are probably better than John's speech discrimination abilities. 
C) John and Paul probably display similar speech discrimination abilities. 
D) John's speech discrimination skills will be better for the left ear and Paul's speech discrimination will probably be better for the right ear. 
A) John's speech discrimination skills are probably better than Paul's speech discrimination abilities. 
B) Paul's speech discrimination skills are probably better than John's speech discrimination abilities. 
C) John and Paul probably display similar speech discrimination abilities. 
D) John's speech discrimination skills will be better for the left ear and Paul's speech discrimination will probably be better for the right ear.

Question 15

Laurie has normal hearing; however,her air conduction test results are,on average,5 dB higher than her bone conduction test results in both ears.What accounts for these results?

Accepted Answer

A) Laurie has an undiagnosed sensorineural hearing loss 
B) At time of testing Laurie was experiencing a mild upper respiratory infection causing slight accumulation of fluid in the middle ear. 
C) In air conduction testing,the sound bypassed the outer and middle ear measuring only the sensitivity of the inner ear 
D) In bone conduction testing,the sound bypassed the outer and middle ear measuring only the sensitivity of the inner ear 
E) B and D 
A) Laurie has an undiagnosed sensorineural hearing loss 
B) At time of testing Laurie was experiencing a mild upper respiratory infection causing slight accumulation of fluid in the middle ear. 
C) In air conduction testing,the sound bypassed the outer and middle ear measuring only the sensitivity of the inner ear 
D) In bone conduction testing,the sound bypassed the outer and middle ear measuring only the sensitivity of the inner ear 
E) B and D

Question 16

Scott's bone conduction and air conduction test results revealed a significant air-bone gap for the right ear.What may be producing this air-bone gap?

Accepted Answer

A) Overgrowth of the mastoid bone 
B) Presence of middle ear disease 
C) Presence of sensorineural loss 
D) Lesion of the auditory nerve 
A) Overgrowth of the mastoid bone 
B) Presence of middle ear disease 
C) Presence of sensorineural loss 
D) Lesion of the auditory nerve

Question 17

Auditory localization is the ability to identify the direction of the sound source.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Many hospitals have a newborn hearing screening program.The screening methods most often used by such programs include

Accepted Answer

A) ABR and OAE 
B) OAE and electrocochleography 
C) Air and bone conduction testing 
D) Tympanometry 
A) ABR and OAE 
B) OAE and electrocochleography 
C) Air and bone conduction testing 
D) Tympanometry

Question 19

Patients with sensorineural hearing loss are considered better candidates than patients with conductive hearing loss for hearing aids.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

One clinical service provided by audiologists is cerumen management.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

0 dB HL refers to the absence of sound.

Hospital-based audiologists may not only conduct universal infant hearing screening programs,they may also provide the following clinical services

Full-term babies and premature babies present with the same degree of risk for developing hearing loss.

Habilitation services are offered to children and adults who lose their hearing after speech and language have been developed,whereas rehabilitation services are offered to children who develop hearing loss before the development of speech and language.

Interpret this audiogram

Four-year old Allison's hearing loss is congenital.Five-year old Mark's hearing loss occurred at age 4 ½ after a bout with rubella.

Audiometers emit pure tones used for quantitative measurement of hearing thresholds.

When working with special populations such as medically fragile patients and patients with mental retardation,special techniques are needed to measure their hearing.These techniques often include

Sound intensity is perceived as loudness.Sound frequency is perceived as pitch.

Scott's test results suggest a

In general,the greater the amount of sensorineural loss,the poorer the speech discrimination abilities.

Otololaryngologists prescribe and dispense hearing aids.

John has a sensorineural hearing loss and Paul has a conductive hearing loss.

Laurie has normal hearing; however,her air conduction test results are,on average,5 dB higher than her bone conduction test results in both ears.What accounts for these results?

Scott's bone conduction and air conduction test results revealed a significant air-bone gap for the right ear.What may be producing this air-bone gap?

Auditory localization is the ability to identify the direction of the sound source.

Many hospitals have a newborn hearing screening program.The screening methods most often used by such programs include

Patients with sensorineural hearing loss are considered better candidates than patients with conductive hearing loss for hearing aids.

One clinical service provided by audiologists is cerumen management.

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The Biology and Physics of Speech

Multicultural and Multilingual Considerations

Genetics: Basis for Development and Disorders

Articulatory and Phonological Disorders

Stuttering and Other Disorders of Fluency

Voice Disorders

Cleft Lip and Palate and Other Craniofacial Disorders

Neurogenic Disorders of Speech in Children and Adults

Developmental Language Impairment During the Preschool Years

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Exam 17: Hearing and Hearing Disorders

0 dB HL refers to the absence of sound.

Hospital-based audiologists may not only conduct universal infant hearing screening programs,they may also provide the following clinical services

Full-term babies and premature babies present with the same degree of risk for developing hearing loss.

Habilitation services are offered to children and adults who lose their hearing after speech and language have been developed,whereas rehabilitation services are offered to children who develop hearing loss before the development of speech and language.

Interpret this audiogram

Four-year old Allison's hearing loss is congenital.Five-year old Mark's hearing loss occurred at age 4 ½ after a bout with rubella.

Audiometers emit pure tones used for quantitative measurement of hearing thresholds.

When working with special populations such as medically fragile patients and patients with mental retardation,special techniques are needed to measure their hearing.These techniques often include

Sound intensity is perceived as loudness.Sound frequency is perceived as pitch.

Scott's test results suggest a

In general,the greater the amount of sensorineural loss,the poorer the speech discrimination abilities.

Otololaryngologists prescribe and dispense hearing aids.

John has a sensorineural hearing loss and Paul has a conductive hearing loss.

Laurie has normal hearing; however,her air conduction test results are,on average,5 dB higher than her bone conduction test results in both ears.What accounts for these results?

Scott's bone conduction and air conduction test results revealed a significant air-bone gap for the right ear.What may be producing this air-bone gap?

Auditory localization is the ability to identify the direction of the sound source.

Many hospitals have a newborn hearing screening program.The screening methods most often used by such programs include

Patients with sensorineural hearing loss are considered better candidates than patients with conductive hearing loss for hearing aids.

One clinical service provided by audiologists is cerumen management.

Introduction: Human Communication Disorders: a Philosophy and Practice of Science in Service

Development of Communication, language, and Speech

The Biology and Physics of Speech

Multicultural and Multilingual Considerations

Genetics: Basis for Development and Disorders

Articulatory and Phonological Disorders

Stuttering and Other Disorders of Fluency

Voice Disorders

Cleft Lip and Palate and Other Craniofacial Disorders

Neurogenic Disorders of Speech in Children and Adults

Developmental Language Impairment During the Preschool Years

Language Disabilities in School-Age Children and Youth

From Emergent Literacy to Literacy: Development and Disorders

Aphasia and Related Acquired Language Disorders

Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Swallowing: Process and Disorders

Audiologic Rehabilitation

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