Risk Factors
This type of hearing loss can run in families.
What is genetic predisposition?
This test checks how your eardrum is moving.
What is tympanometry?
Hearing loss is the #1 modifiable risk factor for this disease.
What is dementia?
This measurement verifies your hearing aid is programmed correctly.
What is Real Ear Measurement (REM)?
Only 22% of dementia patients with hearing loss use hearing aids.
What is true?
Long-term exposure to this environment can damage your hearing.
What is a noisy environment?
This type of testing uses both air conduction and bone conduction.
What is tone testing?
Johns Hopkins found nearly this percentage of people with dementia had hearing loss.
What is 80% (rising to 94% over age 85)?
Patients should repeat this follow-up test every 6 months.
What is a hearing test (re-evaluation)?
Providers can charge up to $500 per ear as a restocking fee in PA.
What is false? (It’s $150 per ear or 10%, whichever is less)
Some medications cause this harmful side effect.
What is ototoxicity?
This test finds the lowest level at which you can understand speech.
What is the speech reception threshold (SRT)?
When hearing loss goes untreated, the brain’s auditory pathways do this.
What is shrink/atrophy?
This box test checks if hearing aids meet manufacturer standards.
What is HIT box testing?
Hearing aids don’t need adjustments once fitted.
What is false? (They require adjustments and retesting)
The most common risk factor for hearing loss as we age.
What is age-related hearing loss?
This functional test measures how well you hear in background noise.
What is Quick-SIN?
The brain’s main sound-processing lobe that shrinks with hearing loss.
What is the temporal lobe?
Hearing aids should be cleaned this often at home.
What is once a month?
Hearing loss can contribute to social isolation and depression.
What is true?
Injury at birth or later in life can cause this type of hearing loss.
What is congenital abnormality or traumatic injury?
This score measures how well you can repeat back words.
What is word recognition score (WRS)?
Hearing loss increases this risk that can cause broken bones.
What are falls?
In Pennsylvania, you can return hearing aids within this number of days.
What is 30 days?
The brain “uses it or loses it” when it comes to processing sound.
What is true?