Prep/Clean up
What must be completed daily?
What is a biologic check.
What frequency do we not want to exceed during reflexes?
What is 105 dB.
What ear is tested first?
What is the better ear.
What frequencies are bone tested at? (Be specific)
What is 250, 500, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000 Hz.
How do you determine the presentation level of word recognition scores?
What is 35-40 dB above speech reception threshold.
When do you do with dirty reflex probes?
When is reflex decay completed?
What is at 500 Hz and 1000 Hz for contralateral reflexes.
If you have a new patient, what dB level do you start at?
What is 30 dB.
What level do we start testing bone at?
What is 10 dB above pure tone threshold.
What is 50 or 55 dB.
What must be done after every appointment?
What is disinfection / wipe down everything / turn everything off.
What 3 things must be normal to have a Type A tympanogram?
What is Volume, compliance and mobility.
What is 10 dB above previous results.
When do we mask for bone?
What is when there is a gap of 10 dB OR MORE between bone and air thresholds.
What test is used in clinic to test speech in noise testing?
What is the Quicksin.
If you decide to not wear gloves, what must be done?
What is wash your hands / use Purell in front of patient.
Please explain an ipsilateral reflex. Where is it being present and where is it being recorded?
What is when the stimulus and recording is the same.
Daily Double: What frequencies are tested for pure tones (be specific).
What is 250, 500, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 6000, 8000.
What is the occlusion effect for 500 Hz with headphones?
When masking for word recognition, how do you determine the masking level?
What is by adding 15 dB to the non test ear speech reception threshold.
When must a patient be referred for medical clearance?
What ear is the probe in for a right contralateral reflex?
What is the left ear.
When do you test an interoctave?
What is when there is a 20 dB difference or more between octaves.
Describe a conductive loss.
What is when bone is normal and there is a hearing loss for the pure tone.
DAILY DOUBLE: How do we know if we need to mask for speech reception thresholds?
What is the test ear threshold - interaural attention is equal to or greater than best bone of the non test ear.