Speech Audiometry
Two-syllable words for SRT
What are spondees?
Type B tympanogram
What is no compliance with normal EAC volume?
ABR
What is Auditory Brainstem Response Testing?
Measures hearing thresholds via an electrical response from the auditory brainstem.
What is ABR (Auditory Brainstem Response)?
I can be evoked or spontaneous
What are otoacoustic emissions?
WRS or SRS
What is Word Recognition Score/Speech Recognition Score
Type Ad tympanogram
What is excessive compliance with normal pressure?
OAE
What is Otoacoustic Emissions?
Raise your hand when you hear the tone
What is behavioral pure tone testing?
Echoes come from these three rows in the cochlea
What are outer hair cells?
The softest level that a person can detect speech
What is Speech Awareness/Detection Threshold?
Type C tympanogram
What is negative pressure with normal compliance?
R-red, right round
L-left, blue
What are the symbols for right and left ear air conduction?
Test that is used to best screen newborns for hearing loss
What is AABR or automated ABR?
1000-10,000 Hz
What are frequencies tested using OAEs?
This threshold should be within 10 dB of the PTA
What is Speech Reception Threshold?
Large volume tympanogram
What is TM perforation or open PE tube?
A, B, C, As, Ad
What are the types of tympanograms?
Say the word "Hot Dog"
What is Behavioral Speech Reception Threshold?
Absent OAEs
What if you have conductive hearing loss or otitis media?
The test is given at ~30 dB above SRT and is reported in %age correct at a certain dBHL level
What is WRS or SRS?
Type As tympanogram
What is normal pressure with reduced compliance?
WNL
What is within normal limits?
Measures tympanometric pressure, compliance and ear canal volume
What is Tympanometry
Your hearing is better than 35 dBHL across the frequencies
What are present OAEs?