Anatomy
What courses from the pinna to the tympanic membrane?
A. The Helix
B. Tympanic Membrane
C. External Auditory Canal
C. External Auditory Canal
Hearing loss as a result of aging is referred to as...
A. Presbycusis
B. Tinnitus
C. Meningitis
A. Presbycusis
Spondee Words are...
A. Polysyllabic words with at least two voiceless sounds
B. Two-syllable words with primary stress on the first syllable
C. Two syllable words with equal stress on each syllable
D. One syllable words that are phonetically balanced
C. Two syllable words with equal stress on each syllable
You are working with Kit, a four year old boy born into the Deaf community who just received cochlear implants. Which intervention would be most appropriate?
A. Aural rehabilitation
B. Aural habilitation
C. Finger spelling
D. Initiate a trial with Tobii Dynovox TD I-110 with TD Snap and Communicator 5
B. Aural habilitation
A person with hearing loss complains that listening to conversational partners in noisy restaurants is very difficult. However, they still enjoy going out to eat with family and friends. Which level of the WHO-ICF best describes this person's hearing problem?
A. Behavioral limitation
B. Activity limitation
C. Participation and restriction
D. Impairment
B. Activity limitation
2. What is the middle ear structure that contains the smallest bone in the body?
the Ossicular chain (contains the stapes)
2. Otitis media can present as (3)
Serous, acute, chronic
You are assessing a steel worker with pure-tone audiometry and find that his audiogram is reflecting Cahart's Notch. Which of the presented frequencies would he have difficulty hearing?
A. 1,000 Hz
B. 2,000 Hz
C. 2,500 Hz
D. 4,000 Hz
B. 2,000 Hz
Yolonda is the mother of two daughters that require aural habilitation. She will do anything to understand her daughters and will accept all means of communication. What intervention approach would you implement?
A. aural/oral approach
B. total communication
C. manual approach
D. Rochester Method
B. total communication
An audiologist has completed an audiological evaluation of a patient referred for hearing loss. The audiologist has determined that the patient's hearing loss is localized to the middle ear. Which structure is MOST likely damaged?
A. Ossicular chain
B. Semicircular canals
C. Cochlea
D. Bony Labyrinth
A. Ossicular chain
3. What are the two main middle ear muscles that protect the inner ear?
A. baslar membrane and stapedius muscle
B. tensor tympani and stapedius muscle
C. vestibular branch and incus majoris
tensor tympani and stapedius muscle
An infant with cleft palate will most likely have hearing problems because of
A. Incomplete nerve connections of the soft palate
B. Eustachian tube dysfunction
C. Being accustom to hypernasality
D. Aural atresia
B. Eustachian tube dysfunction
Speech Reception Thresholds (SRTs) are:
A. Determined by the patient's response to a list of monosyllable words presented at a low level of hearing
B. Determined by looking at the patient's pure tone test results at the frequencies most important to speech
C. The lowest/softest level of hearing at which a person can understand 100% of the words presented
D. The lowest/softest level of hearing at which a person can understand 50% of the words presented
D. The lowest/softest level of hearing at which a person can understand 50% of the words presented
An SLP works in a skilled nursing facility with a patient who is newly diagnosed with mild hearing loss. The SLP would like to implement aural rehabilitation principles into this patient's therapy sessions. Which of the following training options is BEST for this SLP to implement?
A. Using a hearing aid in order to improve the patient's comprehension of communication partners' spoken messages
B. Advocating for appropriate placement of conversational partners in order to improve the patient's comprehension of spoken messages
C. Lip reading in order to improve the patient's comprehension of communication partners' spoken messages
D. Using an FM system to improve the patient's comprehension of communication partners' spoken messages
B. Advocating for appropriate placement of conversational partners in order to improve the patient's comprehension of spoken messages
Lana failed her elementary school hearing screening in her left ear. As the school SLP, what would be your next steps?
A. Refer to an audiologist
B. Screen her again later that day
C. wait 2-3 weeks and re-screen her
C. wait 2-3 weeks and re-screen her
What is the fluid called in the cochlea
Endolymph
A disease that presents with tinnitus, fluctuating HL and vertigo is...
Meniere's disease
Gisele is a fourth grade student that has passed all hearing screenings within the school. Her teachers keep referring her to you as they suspect she has hearing loss because she is struggling academically and has difficulty attending to curriculum. What would you do?
A. perform another hearing screening
B. discuss behavioral momentum intervention with the teacher as it may motivate and engage Gisele
C. refer her to an audiologist for a more comprehensive hearing assessment
C. refer her to an audiologist for a more comprehensive hearing assessment
Kathy is the mother of a child with hearing aids, that requires aural habilitation. She wants her child to fit in with the mainstream culture. Which intervention would she most likely prefer?
A. aural/oral approach
B. total communication
C. manual approach
D. Rochester Method
A. aural/oral approach
You work in a preschool and are completing a school wide hearing screening. You are using OAE but find 1/3 of this class have tubes in their ears. Which approach to this problem would be most appropriate?
A. Use the OAE on the students with tubes
B. Refer them to an audiologist
C. Reach out to SLPs in the district to see if you can borrow a pure-tone audiometer
D. Perform ABR on these children
C. Reach out to SLPs in the district to see if you can borrow a pure-tone audiometer
What are the two branches of CN VIII?
Acoustic and vestibular
What does TORCH stand for
toxoplasmosis, syphilis, rubella, cytomegalovirus, herpes
Which type of hearing loss is present?
A. Conductive
B. Sensoryneural
C. Mixed
D. No hearing loss present
C. Mixed
Targeting intervention that emphasizes sign language would not be appropriate for which aural habilitation approach?
A. aural/oral approach
B. total communication
C. manual approach
D. Rochester Method
D. Rochester Method
Lucky-Blue, a 65-year old man with presbycusis discloses that he has difficulty hearing friends at loud events like parties and concerts. Which of the following is he experiencing difficulty with?
A. Auditory discrimination
B. Pragmatic skills
C. Signal-to-noise ratio
C. Signal-to-noise ratio