Test 2

Dynamic range compression is also called:

A resistor of a hearing aid could be:

Limiting the output of a hearing aid by using peak clipping would be what type of amplifier:

A hearing aid with a push/pull circuit would have:

If a hearing aid is classified by polar pattern it is a:

With the hearing aid set at the persons MCL you have:

Prescription formulas are based on which of the following:

Which of the following reasons would you likely fit a bone conduction hearing aid:

Sound field are free field are used to:

When doing sound field and free field the speaker should be:

Showing the difference between REAR and REUR you would have:

If a persons hearing aid showed a Matrix of 107/35/20 it would give their:

Which of the following is a term for closure of the external auditory canal:

The decibel expresses:

Mr. Black comes in to see you and states that he has to turn his hearing aid almost all the way up to hear and when he does, he gets feed back and the aid sounds funny. What might be your solution:

Mrs. Green says that her hearing aid is causing her discomfort. Every time a loud noise occurs, she feels she experiences physical pain. What might be your solution:

Mr. Smith brings in his hearing aid and it is dead. What would you do:

Mrs. Jones says her aid is squealing. Which of the following is NOT likely the cause:

An ear canal occluded with wax:

Client has normal hearing through 1000 Hz with a moderate sensorineural hearing loss at the higher frequencies. What would be the likely choice in earmolds:

With open canal earmold fitting:

Tommy complains that his aid sounds tinny. What might be your initial thoughts:

The microphone:

The receiver:

The input signal of a hearing instrument is:

When fitting binaurally, you can generally expect:

When selecting the desirable SSPL of a hearing instrument, the most important consideration is the user’s:

The dynamic range is:

If the average loss is 60 dB, the user will need the hearing aid:

Venting an earmold allows:

The major components of a hearing aid are:

Hearing habilitation may include:

Transduction is:

The hearing aid is full-on, the input is 60 dB, the curve runs from 200-5000 Hz is the:

Input is 90dB, hearing aid is full-on. you run a curve from 200-5000 Hz. This is the:

Reference test gain is:

Input is 60 dB, volume control is set in the reference test position. This curve represents:

HFA is determined by averaging the values at:

If a hearing aid is dead, it may be due to:

If a hearing instrument has feedback, it will NOT be due to:

a BiCROS hearing aid consists of:

If a person has an SRT of 50 dB, a TD of 110 and a MCL of 70 dB, what is his dynamic range:

If a person has a 70 dB SRT with a sensorineural loss, he will require how much FOG in an ITE aid:

A hearing aid with a 1:1 I/O relationship would have what type of amplifier:

If a person has an MCL of 80 dB HL for speech with a sensorineural loss, he will require how much FOG in an ITE aid:

If a person has a LDL of 100 dB HL for speech, the output should be no greater than:

What is the sound picked up from the environment called:

The selection of the frequency response of the hearing aid is most affected by what audiometric factor:

The MPO/SSPL-90 is chosen by considering the users:

Based on the slope fitting method, in a high frequency hearing loss, where will you typically have the greater amount of gain:

Which hearing loss requires the largest vent:

Which hearing loss can be fitted binaurally:

Which slope of hearing loss would likely use a low frequency tone control:

Insertion gain is found by using:

Lower frequency sounds will be heard first by the opposite ear before high frequency sounds. This is because:

Polyethylene is a:

Requires manufacturer repair:

Parallel and diagonal refer to:

The smaller the inside diameter and longer tubing will give you:

When you place the otoblock past the second bend you should use:

Harmonic distortion can be found by using:

The average natural resonant frequency of the ear canal is:

The average amplitude of the resonant peak in the ear canal is:

To compute the battery life for a hearing aid we divide the battery drain into the battery:

Variable controls such as peak clipping, output compression and input compression can be classified as:

What is the variable resistor that controls the amount of current transmitted which, in effect, controls the output of the hearing aid:

It is typical of the tone controls that the:

The induction pickup for a telecoil is:

Which of the following are types of feedback identified with hearing aids:

What is the point called where the hearing aid departs from linearity and goes into compression:

With a Y-cord of the parallel variety, how much of a drop in output would you accept:

What is the advantage of the canal hearing aid:

Which of the following would be a reason NOT to fit a person with binaural amplification:

One of the first things the dispenser should note upon the patient’s arrival for the follow-up session is what:

If you have pure tones at 500 Hz 10 dB, at 1000 Hz 15 dB and at 2000 Hz 50 dB what is your PTA:

If you have a drop of 0 to 5 dB per octave what slope do you have:

If you have a drop of 20 to 25 dB per octave what slope do you have

One of the reasons for counseling the hearing aid user is that:

The four things that you will need to have sound is:

What you see AS (Auricula Sinister/Auris Sinistr) on a chart it refers to:

When you see AD (Auricula Dexter/Auris Dextra) on a chart it refers to:

When you see AU (Auris Uterque) on a chart it refers to:

The office should deep the records of their patients/clients for:

A hearing loss caused by ototoxic drugs would be:

If a patient/client came to you with a draining ear and medical clearance you would:

The FDA would not require the patient/client to have a medical clearance for:

The FDA would require you to do the following:

The FDA stands for:

If the patient/client has built up resentment and a need for binaural amplification he will:

If you have a hearing loss of 30 dB at 500 Hz, 25 dB at 1000 Hz, and 60 dB at 2000 Hz, your configuration of the audiogram would be closer to:

A tinnitus masker hearing aid would work for a person with:

Understanding another person’s problems without becoming emotionally involved is called:

If the hearing instrument operates normally in the telecoil position, but will not operate otherwise the main problem may be:

The maximum SSPL of the hearing aid can be controlled by:

The saturation output refers to:

Of the following items which would be the most likely to hinder someone from receiving help for their hearing problem:

Parallel venting to modify the low frequency sounds would be considered:

If you had to insert a tube into the ear canal under the headphones this would be for which test:

If you are trying to find the lowest level at which your patient/client can recognize the signal as speech the test would be called:

A 30 day trial period according to the FDA for hearing aids is:

A good type of question to ask your patient/client to help in their hearing assessment would be:

Which of the following criteria would be the least likely used when selecting a physician for medical referral:

If your patient has a fenestrated canal you would have to do which of the following when taking ear impressions:

Some medications causing hearing loss:

If you would have to worry about the style, material, and the acoustical seal of the earmold selected you may have a patient with:

If you do a modification to the in the ear type of hearing aid you could be changing:

If your patient/client is using a device on their hearing aid to exclude room conversation, but is able to hear on the telephone the hearing aid would have an:

If you just sold your patient a reconditioned or used hearing aid this would be indicated on the:

Sudden impact of noise could cause:

The FDA regulates:

The FDA prohibits:

The use of ototoxic drugs would most likely cause:

A man comes into your office and says that his hearing instrument is not working.
During your inspection you find that it is not converting the electrical impulses into sound waves. What part is not working:

In doing speech testing, if I start 15 to 20 dB over the PTA which test would I most likely be doing:

If a patient/client comes into your office and wants to get hearing instruments, but you find that he has vertigo and his hearing loss occurred in the past 90 days what would you do:

A stroke or aphasic attack can cause a hearing loss. Another name for this would be:

One test that is useful in determining the possibility of a acoustic neuroma is:

You can lose 16% of your patients due to in roads by your competition. What is the best way to keep your patient/clients coming back to you:

A patient/client comes into your office saying that she has never worn her hearing instruments since she got them eight months ago. what would be the best thing that you can do for her:

One of the most likely parts of the hearing instrument that your patient/client may damage during cleaning with a wire loop is the:

90% of all hearing instrument failures are due to wax. Mr. Green has the nursing staff call you because his hearing instrument is dead. You find this is the third time that wax is the problem. What would your next course of action be:

45 dB SL means:

One cause of the receiver to quit working is:

If you have a patient with a pure tone air score of 45 dB with a pure tone bone scores of 60 dB at 500 Hz what could have caused it:

What would be the best way to disseminate information to your patient/client:

Tinnitus can be caused buy which of the following:

Input compression would help which of the follwing hearing problems:

PB Max means:

When giving a discrimination test and getting the best score possible no matter the intensity this is called:

If your patient has Meniere’s syndrome, which can be classified in part as a problem with the vestibular portion of the inner ear she would have which symptom:

What test would you use to get the patients ear cavity volume and acoustic reflex:

A hearing loss tending to occur in more members of a family than expected by chance alone and can only be found by doing a case history is what kind of loss:

Which is the most common fitting method used today:

The health and welfare of your patient/client is foremost and because of this you should wash your hands:

One of the best reasons to use aided sound field is to:

Which of the following is not used in determining retro cochlear problems:

When trying to fit a client what is the most important consideration:

In after doing the discrimination word test you find that you have scores of 88% on the right and 82% on the left, what would be the binaural score:

Internal feedback in an ITE aid can be caused by:

If you have a patient who is senile and having trouble with his aid how would you handle that person:

The three-day cancellation provided by the FTC is required for all fittings:

A doctor has referred a new patient to your office and in her report she states that the patient’s impedance was normal. Impedance means:

One of the reasons that you normally will not use pure tones when doing sound field is:

Your patient uses a mercury battery (150 mAH). His aid has a 2.50 ma drain. He wears the aid about 14 hours a day. Approximately how many days will the battery last:

A patient returns after only a week of wearing their new hearing instrument and says that the family does not understand why he does not hear that much better and it seems to whistle all the time. What would you do to solve this problem:

One of the ways that you can check the hearing instrument is working or not is by using feedback noise. what else can feedback noise be used to test:

If a person has recruitment they would have:

One way to test if the bone oscillator is in the right place is:

Lateralization means:

To determine canal configuration you would use:

When fitting only one ear the best rule would be to:

Part of an otoscope is:

You should use any method that disinfects your equipment after:

30 dB above the “A” weighted scale tells me:

Which one of the following will cause a sensorineural hearing loss:

45 dB SPL would be best used in what type of speech exam: