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Who are best qualified to fit hearing aids? |
audiologist |
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When are hearing aids not recommended? |
Over 91 |
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What test can you not perform on a patient with cochlear implants? |
MRI |
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Spiral Ganglian cells are in what part of the ear? |
The middle of the Cochlea |
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For common hearing aid problems, you can check for tight fitting mold/check ear mold insertion for what type of problem? |
Acoustic Feedback |
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In the results of the Rinne test, if a patient has conductive hearing loss, the bone conduction sound is _______ than or equal to the air conduction sound |
longer |
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Is a sound wave longitudinal or transverse? |
longitudinal |
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What inner ear structure contains hair cells? |
The origin of corti |
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What allows an audiologist to be recognized and able to practice within state laws; a license, or certification? |
License |
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What muscle of the middle ear connects to the malleus? |
Tensor Tympani |
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What does ABR stand for? |
Auditory Brainstem Response |
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At what age should intervention start by in Pediatric Audiology? |
6 months |
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The auricle is |
covered in skin, protects the side of the head, and helps with acoustics |
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A transducer |
converts acoustic energy into mechanical energy and converts mechanical energy into hydraulic energy |
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Objective tinnitus is |
actually caused by something |
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Which is not one of the three chambers of the cochlea? |
Scala Otitis |
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Who is known as the father of audiology? |
Raymond Carhart |
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Where is a possible placement for bone conduction? |
Mastoid Bone |
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Which is not one of the four configurations of hearing loss? |
Flat patterns |
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Which is a muscle of the middle ear? |
Tensor Tympani |
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What are the three types of hearing loss? |
conductive, sensorineural, and mixed |
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What degree can you practice audiology with? |
PhD and AuD |
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What are the main symptoms of Menieres? |
vertigo, sensorineural hearing loss, tinnitus, fullness in ear, nausea/vomitting |
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In what type of hearing loss do hearing aids not work? |
profound |
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If there is an obstruction in the outer or middle ear, this would result in what type of hearing loss? |
conductive |
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Which muscle in the middle ear innervates the stapes bone to activate the acoustic reflex? |
stapedius muscle |
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The term for an abnormally small pinna/auricle is? |
microtia |
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In order to practice audiology, one absolutely needs a ? A _____ is merely an additional professional recommendation. |
license, certification |
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The scala media and scala tympani communicate together at the? |
helicotrema |
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What are the three different types of ossicles? |
malleus, incus, and stapes |
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What are the two types of muscles in the middle ear? |
Tensor Tympani and Stapedius muscle |
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What are the three names of the semicircular canals? |
superior, inferior, horizontal |
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What is an infection of the middle ear called ? |
Otitis Media |
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Which frequencies does the BAHA work best for? |
Mid-low frequencies. 2,000 to 4,000 hz |
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What differentiates auditory processing disorder from central deafness? |
Patients with auditory processing disorder do not show signs of peripheral hearing loss |
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What is the function of the stapedius muscle? |
It reacts to loud noises, protecting the cochlea |
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What is decussation? |
The crossing over of hearing from one ear to the other |
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What is type B tympanometry indicative of? |
fluid accumulation in the middle ear, a perforated tympanic membrane, and otitis media |
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_______ are soft sounds generated by the movement of the outer hair cells in the cochlea? |
OAE |
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A hearing loss range from 41 to 55 dB is what type of hearing loss? |
Moderate hearing loss |
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What is the most common cause of transient conductive hearing loss in children? |
Otitis Media |
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What is an apparent hearing loss with no known disorder or insufficent evidence to explain it? |
nonorganic |
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What complications can arise after a BAHA surgery? |
bone overgrowth and skin loss |
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What are the main functions of the muscles in the middle ear? |
Maintain the position of ossicles and protect the inner ear from excessively loud noises |
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What is the function of the stria vascularis? |
Filters blood and produces endolymph for the scala media |
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The opening between two outer scale is called? |
Helicotrema |
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What is transduction and where does it take place? |
The conversion of acoustical-mechanical energy into electro-chemical energy in the cochlea |
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At what decible range does the acoustic reflex take place? |
70-80dB |
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Conductive hearing loss is |
impaired air conduction with normal bone conduction |
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Sensorineural hearing loss is |
hearing loss in the sensorineural mechanism (cochlea or neural structures beyond) |
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The pathway for sound is? |
Pinna> external auditory canal> Tympanic membrane> ossicles> oval window on the cochlea> cochlea> vestibulocochlear nerve |
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The central auditory pathway is? |
Eighth nerve> cochlear nucleus> Olivary complex > Latanal Lemniscos > inferior colliculus |
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What range describes a severe hearing loss? |
76-90dB |
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Exposure to drugs can cause temporary deafness? true/false |
true |
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What bone inserts into the oval window? |
Stapes |
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Children with auditory processing disorder have trouble reading? true/false |
false |
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What is the best approach when you discover a patient is faking a hearing loss? |
Let them know that you know and shift the blame on your shoulders |
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There is no sound at 0 dB. true/ false? |
false |
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AC>BC is |
conductive hearing loss |
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ABR means |
latency, amplitude, and threshold |
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Why must a digital signal be turned back into an analog signal? |
Because we cannot hear digital signals |
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Which severity of hearing loss is a cochlear implant appropriate for? |
severe hearing loss |
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Bone conduction hearing aids are usually reserved for patients who have? |
Conductive hearing losses with chronic ear drainage |
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binaural amplification will? |
improve localization abilities, decrease the effects of sensory deprivation, and improve hearing in noise. |
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Which of the following statements is correct? |
Allesandro Volta use direct current; Brenner uses alternating current |
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For a person with a cochlear implant, a CT scan and MRI is safe to take. True/false? |
False |
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of an individual with Auditory Processing Disorder? |
No response to pure tone testing |
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Who stimulated their own auditory nerve with direct current? |
Volta |
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What type of hearing loss is associated with conversation neurosis? |
Unilateral |
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What common hearing aid problem should be remedied by returning the hearing aid for servicing? |
internal feedback |
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Which patient would be the best candidate for a BAHA? |
Liz, age 20, microtia |
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Which is not part of the cochlea? |
Tympanic Membrane |
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________ hearing loss is a form of non-organic hearing loss when a person when a personal deliberatly fakes a hearing loss for personal gain |
Malingering |
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There are how many hair calls in the outer row of the cochlea? |
12,000 |
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There are how many hair cells in the inner row of the cochlea? |
4,000 |
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Ototoxicity can be caused by? |
alcohol, antibiotics, tobacco |
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What is not a cause of ADP? |
Torn Tympanic Membrane |
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Which of the following is the best indication to mask? |
Mask when bone conduction threshold is lower than air conduction threshold by atleast 10 dB in the same air |
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Why is undermasking a concern? |
both tone and noise can be heard by the nontest ear |
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What are the two types of Otoacoustic emissions? |
transient evoked and distortion product |
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What is the plateau method? |
A way for audiologists to find the threshold |
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@ organizations most closely related to audiology are ____ and ______ |
ASHA and AAA |
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*What two glands are located in the skin of the auditory external canal? |
sabaceous gland ceruminous gland |
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*What are the main functions of the middle ear muscles? |
To help maintain the ossicles in proper position, to protect the inner ear from excessive sound levels, and to administer to acoustic reflex |
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*What are the three sections of the cochlea? |
Scala media, scala tympani, scala vestibuli |
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*What are the two membranes of the origin of corti? |
tectorial membrane and basilar membrane |
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*What are the two portions of the inner ear? |
Vestibular and Cochlear |
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*What is the function of the eustachian tube? |
To equalize pressure from the middle ear to the outer ear |
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*What does the Reissner's Membrane seperate? |
the scale media from the scala vestibuli |
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*What is the stapes connected to? |
The oval window |
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*What is the helicotrema? |
Where the scala tympani and scala vestibuli meet |
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*What is the main function of the outer hair cells? |
amplification |
