Title: Chapter 13 Quiz
Course: Intro Communication Disorder/Treat (SLPA 111-SLPA 111) > Section: Assessments

Q: To be called a sound from the human perspective, the disturbance of molecules must be audible.
- True
- False
A: False
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Q: The intensity of normal conversational speech varies between 50 and 70 dB SPL.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: The healthy middle ear is filled with fluid.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: A 20-week-old fetus can respond to sound.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: Normally, children who are deaf can acquire oral language more easily than sign language.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: Stenosis is a birth defect in which the external auditory canal is completely closed.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: Otitis media is also known as middle ear effusion.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: Sensorineural hearing loss tends to be greater for the lower frequencies than for the higher frequencies.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: A pure tone is a tone of multiple frequencies.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: The results of air conduction and bone conduction tests are recorded on a graph called an audiogram.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: The abbreviation Hz refers to _______________________.
- distance traveled by a wave in 1 second
- number of cycles per second
- intensity of a sound per second
- all of the above
A: number of cycles per second

Q: The ear of an average young adult can respond to frequencies in the range of _____________________.
- 20 to 200 Hz
- 200 to 40000 Hz
- 20 to 20000 Hz
- 20 to 200000 Hz
A: 20 to 20000 Hz

Q: The bones that form the ossicular chain are the ________________________.
- incus
- stapes
- malleus
- all of the above
A: all of the above

Q: The floor of the cochlear duct is known as __________________________.
- Reissner’s membrane
- tectorial membrane
- basilar membrane
- all of above
A: basilar membrane

Q: The acoustic nerve is a branch of ________________________.
- cranial nerve V
- cranial nerve VIII
- cranial nerve IX
- cranial nerve VII
A: cranial nerve VIII

Q: When the middle ear is inflamed and filled with thick or watery fluid, the condition is known as ____________________.
- serous otitis media
- acute otitis media
- chronic otitis media
- all of the above
A: serous otitis media

Q: Hearing impairment due to the aging process is called __________________.
- otosclerosis
- presbycusis
- acoustic neuroma
- otitis media
A: presbycusis

Q: Aperiodic vibrations have patterns that repeat themselves at regular intervals.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: A threshold is an intensity level at which a tone is faintly heard at least ____________.
- 100% of the time
- 75% of the time
- 50% of the time
- 25% of the time
A: 50% of the time

Q: Intensity is a sensation, and loudness is a physical event.
- True
- False
A: False