A&P of the Ear
Audiometric Measures & Audiograms
Hearing Loss & Disorders
Hearing Aids/Amplification & Cochlear Implants
Wild Card
100

Which is the cochlea?


A

100

True or False: Air conduction testing alone can indicate the type and degree of a hearing loss.

False

100

  1. A sensorineural hearing loss is typically correctable via medical intervention.

    1. True

    2. False

2. False

100

  1. Which of the following is a benefit of a digital hearing aid?

    1. Provides a clear and more natural sound quality

    2. Limited flexibility

    3. Restores normal hearing

    4. Least expensive

1. Provides a clear and more natural sound quality

100

The minimum educational requirement to enter the profession of Audiology is a:

  1. Bachelor’s degree

  2. Master’s degree

  3. Clinical doctoral degree (AuD)

3. Clinical doctoral degree (AuD)

200

  1. Which of the following is not a function of the outer ear?

    1. Sound localization

    2. Protection of deeper structures

    3. Amplification of higher frequencies

    4. Transmission of hydraulic energy

4. Transformation of hydraulic energy

200

  1. Which of the following best describes this audiogram?

    1. Sensorineural hearing loss

    2. Conductive hearing loss

    3. Mixed hearing loss

    4. Normal Hearing




2. Conductive HL

200

  1. Atresia is typically associated with what pathology?

    1. Microtia

    2. Cerumen impaction

    3. Otitis media

    4. Cholesteatoma

1. Microtia

200

  1. Hearing aids stimulate the outer, middle and inner ear whereas cochlear implants deliver electrical pulses directly to the auditory nerve.

    1. True

    2. False

True

200

  1. Which part of a cochlear implant gets surgically implanted into the cochlea?

    1. Electrode array

    2. Speech processor

    3. External receiver

    4. Microphone

1. Electrode array

300

Which is the stapes?


G

300

  1. Is the hearing loss in this audiogram unilateral or bilateral?

    1. Unilateral

    2. Bilateral




Bilateral

300

  1. The site of pathology for a conductive hearing loss is the:

    1. Inner ear

    2. Auditory nerve

    3. Outer / Middle ear

    4. Inner / Middle ear

3. Outer/Middle Ear

300

Which of the following would be the best hearing aid candidate?

  1. Mildly sloping hearing loss with high motivation

  2. Mildly sloping hearing loss with little motivation

  3. Steeply sloping hearing loss with high motivation

  4. Steeply sloping hearing loss with little motivation

  1. Mildly sloping hearing loss with high motivation2

300

  1. Which part of a hearing aid delivers the sound into the ear canal?

    1. Microphone

    2. Receiver

    3. Volume control

    4. Amplifier

2. Receiver

400

The middle ear bones, in order from the tympanic membrane to the oval window, are as follows:

  • Malleus, Incus, Stapes

  • Tragus, Incus, Stapes

  • Stapes, Tragus, Malleus

  • Malleus, Stapes, Incus

Malleus, Incus, Stapes

400

Bone conduction responses that are about the same (within 10 decibels of) as air conduction responses indicate a:

  1. Mixed hearing loss

  2. Sensorineural hearing loss

  3. Conductive hearing loss

2. Sensorineural hearing loss

400

  1. Initially, a noise induced hearing loss typically affects what frequencies (the noise notch)?

    1. High frequencies 

    2. Low frequencies

    3. Mid frequencies

    4. All frequencies

1. High frequencies

400

  1. An FM system is designed to do which of the following?

    1. Improve speech understanding in noise

    2. Increase the loudness of a speaker’s voice

    3. Reduce the speaker’s vocal strain

    4. All of the above

4. All of the above

400

  1. Is the hearing loss in this audiogram symmetric or asymmetric?

    1. Symmetric

    2. Asymmetric



1. Symmetric

500

Which of the following is not a true statement regarding the eustachian tube?

  1. It connects the nasopharynx with the inner ear

  2. It opens by yawning, coughing, or chewing

  3. It regulates air pressure

  4. It allows for fluid drainage

1. It connects the nasopharynx to the inner ear
500

Bone conduction responses in a mixed hearing loss must be out of the range of normal, but different from impaired air conduction responses.

  1. True

  2. False

1. True

500

  1. Which of the following is not a cause of a conductive hearing loss

    1. Otitis media

    2. Ototoxic medications

    3. Cerumen impaction

    4. Cholesteatoma

2. Ototoxic medications

500

  1. Which of the following is an argument made against cochlear implantation?

    1. CI’s are unethical 

    2. CI’s threaten Deaf culture

    3. CI’s are an effective treatment option for a severe disability

    4. Both a and b

4. Both 1 and 2

500

Which of the following lists the conversions of energy in order from the outer ear through the inner ear?

  1. Acoustic – mechanical – electrical – hydraulic

  2. Acoustic – mechanical – hydraulic – electrical

  3. Acoustic – electrical – mechanical – hydraulic

  4. Acoustic – hydraulic – mechanical – electrical

2. Acoustic – mechanical – hydraulic – electrical

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