Title: HIS 150 Final
Course: 14SP-HIS-150-GWB2-HEAR. INSTRU. FITTING METHODS > Section: Dropbox

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The cochlea is divided into _________ canals.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Two</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Three</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Four</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Five</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Three</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The cochlea does for hearing what the retina does for vision.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">True</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">False</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">True</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The top chamber of the ____________ begins at the oval window and ends at the helicotrema.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Scala Tympani</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Scala Media</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Scala Naida</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Scala Vestibuli</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Scala Vestibuli</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The Organ of Corti is located within the:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Scala Tympani</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Scala Media</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Scala Naida</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Scala Vestibuli</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Scala Media</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Endolymph fluid is found within the:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Scala Tympani</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Scala Media</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Scala Naida</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Scala Vestibuli</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Scala Media</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The stria vascularis maintains the chemical composition of the ___________ .</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Mucous fluid</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Perilymph fluid</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Endolymph fluid</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Sterolymph fluid</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Endolymph fluid</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The fluid which is moved by the stapes and its pressure released by the round window is the:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Mucous fluid</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Perilymph fluid</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Endolymph fluid</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Sterolymph fluid</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Perilymph fluid</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The movements (shearing action) of the outer hair cells against the __________ create the opportunity for electrical frequency analysis.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Basilar membrane</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Reisner’s membrane</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Tympanic membrane</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Tectorial membrane</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Tectorial membrane</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">A minimum audible sound pressure can create movement of the _________ by as little as one one-hundredth of a hydrogen molecule.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Basilar membrane</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Reisner’s membrane</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Tympanic membrane</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Tectorial membrane</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Tympanic membrane</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Electricity is the “language” the brain understands.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">True</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">False</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">True</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The following statement is true about the </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><u>outer hair cells</u>; they:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Are located in the scala tympani.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Are fewer in number than the inner hair cells.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Decrease our frequency resolution.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Increase our frequency resolution.</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Increase our frequency resolution.</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Threshold equalizing noise (TEN) tests are an attempt to define:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Outer hair cell damage</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Inner hair cell damage</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Eighth nerve damage</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">TM damage</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Outer hair cell damage</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Most hearing instrument wearers have a common complaint regarding:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Audibility</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Speech-in-noise</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Cognitive function</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Signal-to-noise ratio</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Speech-in-noise</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Normal hearing people can determine _________ fifty percent of the time.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Audibility</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Speech-in-noise</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Cognitive function</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Signal-to-noise ratio</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Speech-in-noise</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The maximum performance levels of digital directional microphones can create ________ improvement in the signal-to-noise ratio.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Twelve to fifteen decibel</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">eight to twelve decibel</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Five to eight decibel</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Three to five decibel</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Five to eight decibel</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The transistor for electronic hearing instruments was developed around:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">1905</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">1925</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">1945</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">1965</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">1945</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Within some of today’s digital hearing instruments, more than one million transistors may be found in a single hearing instrument.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">True</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">False</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">True</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">When more than one acoustic signal is presented simultaneously, this is measured as:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Audibility ratio</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Speech-in-noise ratio</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Cognitive function ratio</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Signal-to-noise ratio</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Signal-to-noise ratio</span></span>

Q: The hearing impaired require better __________ to hear and understand in complex sound environments.
- Audibility ratio
- Speech-in-noise ratio
- Cognitive function ratio
- Signal-to-noise ratio
A: Signal-to-noise ratio

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">If speech is presented at 50dB HL, in the presence of 40dB HL of noise, this would be termed a _____ signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) difference.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">1dB</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">10dB</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">90db</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">-10db</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">10dB</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">A linear hearing instrument provides one hundred decibels output with fifty decibels of input.  What would be the gain of this linear instrument?</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Fifty</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Minus fifty</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">One hundred fifty</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Minus one hundred fifty</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Fifty</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">A linear hearing instrument with sixty decibels of gain and a maximum output of one hundred forty decibels receives a seventy decibel input.  What will be the maximum output generated with the seventy decibel input?</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Two hundred ten</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Two hundred</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">One hundred thirty</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">One hundred ten</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">One hundred thirty</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Gain plus input equals hearing instrument output.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">True</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">False</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">True</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">A reduced dynamic range most often means worse hearing thresholds and:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Good word recognition scores.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Poor word recognition scores.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Greater than normal loudness tolerance.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Similar to normal loudness tolerance.</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Similar to normal loudness tolerance.</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The first attempt to create a consistent fitting formula/method was to “mirror” the audiogram.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">True</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">False</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">True</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">In 1963, Sam Lybarger described the ___________ formula for fitting linear hearing instruments.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">POGO</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">NAL-R</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Half-gain</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Third-gain</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Half-gain</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The standard decibel input levels, used in the United States, to measure the compression gain and output of hearing instruments are:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Forty, sixty, eighty</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Fifty, seventy, ninety</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Fifty-five, seventy-five, eighty-five</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Fifty, seventy, eighty-five</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Fifty, seventy, eighty-five</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The fitting formula which measures the LTASS of hearing instrument output at the eardrum is:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Berger</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">POGO</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">DSL</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">NAL-R</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">DSL</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Comfortable sound by the patient/client is the psychoacoustic perception of hearing instrument electro-acoustic output.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">True</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">False</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">True</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The most common </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><u>type</u> of hearing loss encountered by a hearing instrument specialist is:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Unilateral</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Mixed</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Conductive</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Sensorineural</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Sensorineural</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Psychoacoustically, the loudness growth frequency contours for non-pathologic hearing are almost “flat” at ___________ decibels.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Sixty</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Eighty</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">One hundred</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">One hundred twenty</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">One hundred</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Which of the following fitting formulae was first specifically designed to enhance the speech-language development of children?</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">DSL</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Berger</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">POGO</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">NAL</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">DSL</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Which of the following fitting formulae has its fitting targets most often measured in dBSPL?</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">DSL</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Berger</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">POGO</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">NAL</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">DSL</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Acoustic difference transforms are used to more accurately describe the expected gain and output of fitting formulae.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">True</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">False</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">True</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The input frequencies used to measure the gain and output levels of compression hearing instruments are:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Long term average high frequencies</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Long term average speech frequencies</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Long term average low frequencies</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Long term average pulse frequencies</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Long term average speech frequencies</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Which of the following fitting formulae attempts to equalize the loudness relationships of speech frequency information?</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">DSL</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Berger</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">POGO</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">NAL</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">NAL</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Which of the following fitting formulae attempts to normalize all of the electroacoustic output relationships of all input frequencies?</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">DSL</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Berger</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">POGO</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">NAL</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">DSL</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The electrical potentials of the cochlea are influenced by the _________ of the inner ear fluids.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Electrical concentrations</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Ion concentrations</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Density</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Resistance</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Ion concentrations</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Ototoxic medications often change the __________ of the inner ear fluids.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Electrical concentrations</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Ion concentrations</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Density</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Resistance</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Ion concentrations</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">A measured hearing loss of forty decibels may represent damage to ____ rows of outer hair cells.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">One</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Two</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Three</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Four</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Two</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">A measured hearing loss of eighty decibels may represent damage to ____ rows of hair cells.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">One</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Two</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Three</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Four</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Four</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Which of the following areas are considered within the</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><u> peripheral</u> auditory location for frequency specificity?</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Cochlea</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Cochlear nucleus</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Primary auditory area</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Thalamus</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Cochlea</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The Place Theory of frequency specificity refers to the characteristics of the _______ membrane.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Tympanic</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Basilar</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Tectorial</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Reisner’s</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Basilar</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The nuclei area where its dorsal and ventral areas are stimulated by the eighth nerve is the:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Nuclei of the lateral limniscus</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Thalamus nuclei</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Temporal nuclei</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Cochlear nuclei</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Cochlear nuclei</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Auditory processing damage within the temporal lobe may </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><u>not</u> occur with:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Birth injury</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Stroke</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Otosclerosis</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Head trauma</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Otosclerosis</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Sound can be effectively processed as long as the cochlea can deliver the acoustic information to the brain.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">True</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">False</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">False</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Best word recognition scores may be expected with the presence of _________.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Increased loudness</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Binaural summation</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Binaural deprivation</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Increased frequency stimulation</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Binaural summation</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">When a sound is delivered to each ear simultaneously the sound is perceived louder due to:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Increased masking level difference</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Binaural summation</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Binaural deprivation</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Increased frequency stimulation</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Binaural summation</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">A fifteen decibel difference between the stimuli to each ear creates the:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Summation difference</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Air-bone gap</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Weber effect</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Stenger effect</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Stenger effect</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The effects of auditory deprivation will not occur as long as one of the hearing impaired ears is stimulated through amplification.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">True</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">False</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">False</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The Silverman study revealed that the effects of ____________ could be reduced by two percent or more with the daily use of amplification.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Increased masking level difference</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Binaural summation</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Auditory deprivation</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Increased frequency stimulation</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Auditory deprivation</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Silverman found that hearing loss treated with daily use of amplification could increase word recognition scores.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">True</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">False</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">True</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The Silverman study revealed that there was an age related component/difference found regarding the effects of:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Increased masking level difference</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Binaural summation</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Auditory deprivation</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Increased frequency stimulation</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Auditory deprivation</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Physical occlusion creates the additional sensation of additional:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">High frequency sound pressure</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Low frequency sound pressure</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Increased pulse rate</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Increased respiration rate</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Low frequency sound pressure</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Killion’s description of self-masking involves:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Distortion frequencies</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Harmonic frequencies</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">High frequencies</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Low frequencies</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Low frequencies</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Physical pressure against portions of the external ear resulting in occlusion effects either at or </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><u>away from the ear area</u> is known as:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Acoustic occlusion</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Neural occlusion</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Physical occlusion</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Pressure occlusion</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Neural occlusion</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Occlusion which may involve both cervical and cranial nerves is known as:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Acoustic occlusion</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Neural occlusion</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Physical occlusion</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Pressure occlusion</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Neural occlusion</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">There are numerous discrepancies in the location of individual nerve endings around the external ear due to the broad variability in final human anatomy development.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">True</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">False</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">True</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Which cranial nerve is </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><u>not</u> involved with the innervations of the external ear?</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Tenth</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Seventh</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Fifth</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Eighth</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Eighth</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Which cranial nerve is inherently capable of “cross-communication” with upper cervical nerves and is involved with the stapedial reflex?</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Tenth</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Seventh</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Fifth</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Eighth</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Seventh</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The nerve commonly referred to as the </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><u>trigeminal nerve</u>, is actually the described:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Tenth cranial nerve</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Seventh cranial nerve</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Fifth cranial nerve</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Eighth cranial</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Fifth cranial nerve</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The nerve commonly referred to as the </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><u>vagus nerve</u>, is actually the described:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Tenth cranial nerve</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Seventh cranial nerve</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Fifth cranial nerve</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Eighth cranial nerve</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Tenth cranial nerve</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The nerve commonly referred to as the </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><u>Facial nerve</u>, is actually the described:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Tenth cranial nerve</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Seventh cranial nerve</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Fifth  cranial nerve</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Eighth cranial  nerve</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Seventh cranial nerve</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">A contraction of the stapedial muscle could cause the sensation of occlusion.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">True</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">False</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">True</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Occlusion is most often effectively mitigated by:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Increased damping</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Reduced venting</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Reduced damping</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Increased venting</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Increased venting</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">In HI dispensing, the largest venting size is most often used with:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Profound hearing loss</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Severe hearing loss</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Moderate hearing loss</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Mild hearing loss</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Mild hearing loss</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Which audiometric test provides the best indication for the potential of encountering occlusion?</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Pure tone bone conduction</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Pure tone air conduction</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Weber testing</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Speech reception</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Pure tone bone conduction</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Traditional venting charts have attempted to define the size of venting based upon the degree of hearing loss.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">True</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">False</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">True</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">An improvement in ____________ while under occlusion is a good indicator of how a patient/client will react to their own voice while wearing hearing instruments.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Speech reception scores</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Word recognition scores</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">High frequency thresholds</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Low frequency thresholds</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Low frequency thresholds</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The most effective venting method is the ___________.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Carhart vent</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Parallel vent</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">External vent</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Diagonal vent</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">External vent</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Venting is only as effective as its largest opening.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">True</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">False</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">False</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">What peripheral auditory pathway movements do tympanograms </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><u>not</u> measure?</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Ossicles</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Outer air cell</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Eardrum</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Stapes</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Outer air cell</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Which physical portion of the peripheral auditory pathway is fully developed at birth?</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Pinna</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Skull</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Middle ear cavity</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Middle ear bones</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Middle ear bones</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">________ is the condition when the peripheral auditory pathway is not “doing everything it can”.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">A conductive hearing problem</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">A sensorineural hearing problem</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">A central hearing problem</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">A cognitive hearing problem</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">A conductive hearing problem</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">In children, fluctuating hearing loss is most often caused by:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">A conductive hearing problem</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">A sensorineural hearing problem</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">A central hearing problem</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">A cognitive hearing problem</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">A conductive hearing problem</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Tympanometry with reflexes cannot be accurately performed upon children under the age of:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Twelve months</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Twenty-four months</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Thirty-six months</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Forty-eight months</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Twelve months</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">When pure tone air conduction results equal pure tone bone conduction results, this represents:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Conductive hearing</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Sensorineural hearing</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Central hearing</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Cognitive hearing</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Sensorineural hearing</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The cone-of-light, revealed from otoscopy of the left eardrum, is commonly found at approximately the:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Twelve to one-o-clock position</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Four to five-o-clock position</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Six to seven-o-clock position</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Seven to eight-o-clock position</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Seven to eight-o-clock position</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">If the _________ is performing normally, the eardrum will move.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Ventilation tube</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Round window</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Eustachian tube</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Oval window</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Eustachian tube</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The umbo is a portion of the:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Stapes</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Pinna</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Incus</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Malleus</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Malleus</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Which neural area of the brain is </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><u>not</u> involved with the acoustic reflex?</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Trapezoid body</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Ventral cochlear nuclei</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Superior Olivary nuclei</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Tenth cranial nerve</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Tenth cranial nerve</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The seventh cranial nerve and the ________ nerve “fire” simultaneously when acoustic reflexes are measured.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Ninth cranial</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Eighth cranial</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Fifth cranial</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Tenth cranial</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Fifth cranial</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">When these two cranial nerves “fire”, they pull the malleus toward the nose and the stapes toward the rear.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">True</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">False</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">True</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">A sound generated within a 2cc cavity will create a ________ amount of sound pressure within a 1cc cavity.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Damped</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Decreased</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Increased</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Distorted</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Increased</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The correct approach to maximizing the patient/client hearing ability with hearing instruments is to:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Fully stimulate their residual hearing ability</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Determine the prescriptive formula for their hearing loss</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Have a thorough medical exam and medical clearance</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Make certain the hearing instrument gain is loud enough for audibility</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Fully stimulate their residual hearing ability</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">To determine the maximum output of hearing instrument stimulation for the patient/client,  the dispensing professional must:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Determine bone conduction thresholds</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Determine MCL by frequency</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Determine air conduction thresholds</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Determine LDL by frequency</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Determine LDL by frequency</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The output settings of digital hearing instruments may be accurately set with the determination of the patient/client’s speech UCL score.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">True</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">False</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">False</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Frequency specific data for soft, comfortable, and loud sound processed through a hearing instrument are often accurately measured with the use of:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Pure tone audiometry</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Tympanometry</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Speech audiometry</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Probe-microphone measurements</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Probe-microphone measurements</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">When describing audiogram results to a patient/client, you would identify an eighty decibel pure tone average threshold hearing level as a:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Mild hearing loss</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Moderate hearing loss</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Severe hearing loss</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Profound hearing loss</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Severe hearing loss</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">When describing audiogram results to a patient/client, you would identify a one hundred decibel pure tone average threshold hearing level as a:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Mild hearing loss</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Moderate hearing loss</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Severe hearing loss</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Profound hearing loss</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Profound hearing loss</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">When describing audiogram results to a patient/client, you would identify a fifty-five decibel pure tone average threshold hearing level as a:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Mild hearing loss</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Moderate hearing loss</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Severe hearing loss</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Profound hearing loss</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Moderate hearing loss</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The normal dynamic range of acoustic information is about thirty decibels.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">True</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">False</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">False</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Hearing instrument specialists are most successful with the electro-acoustic application of hearing instruments when ____________ has been determined.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Mild hearing loss</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Moderate hearing loss</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Severe hearing loss</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Residual hearing ability</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Residual hearing ability</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The use of a shadow-boxed audiogram is useful in assisting the patient/client with the ability to determine their:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Word recognition ability</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Residual hearing ability</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Hearing instrument style</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Ability to hear in background noise</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Residual hearing ability</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The electro-acoustic compression ratios and kneepoints of digital hearing instruments are programmed according to the patient/client’s.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Word recognition ability</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Residual hearing ability</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Hearing instrument style</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Ability to hear in background noise</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Residual hearing ability</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The programming of the electro-acoustic output of hearing instruments should be based upon the patient/client’s revealed _____________.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Loudness discomfort levels by frequency</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Pure tone threshold levels by frequency</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">QuikSin results for each ear</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Word recognition results for each ear</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Loudness discomfort levels by frequency</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The normal dynamic range for speech information is about one hundred decibels.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">True</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">False</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">False</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">How many phonemes are in the English language?</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Thirty-seven</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Forty-four</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Twenty-seven</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Twenty-four</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Forty-four</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The patient/client brain’s ability to recognize only fragments of phonemic information is a result of:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Income level</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Maturity level</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Hearing level</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Societal level</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Hearing level</span></span>

Q: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">Best practices goals/outcomes for the hearing instrument “treatment” of hearing impaired individuals should be based upon:</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The amount of money invested into the hearing instrument.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The amount of revealed hearing impairment.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The size and sophistication of the hearing instrument.</span></span>
- <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The defined residual hearing ability of each ear.</span></span>
A: <span style="font-family:'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size:12pt">The defined residual hearing ability of each ear.</span></span>