AUDIOLOGY PRAXIS ACTUAL SCRIPT EXAMS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔A person without a referral seeks an audiologist's advice regarding a unilateral
hearing impairment first noticed two months previously. The audiologist finds the
hearing impairment to be mild-to moderate, flat, sensorineural hearing loss. The WRS
for recorded full-list NU-6 in quiet at 40 dB above SRT is 24 percent in that ear. What is
the audiologist's next step? - ✔✔Refer the person to a physician
✔✔The hearing aid input transducer that is sensitive to electromagnetic energy is the -
✔✔telecoil
✔✔Elicitation of an acoustic reflex at a hearing level better than that obtained with
voluntary behavioral responses suggests the presence of - ✔✔functional or nonorganic
hearing loss
✔✔Some middle-ear problems cannot be visualized otoscopically, other highly visible
middle ear pathologies do not cause hearing loss per se. Because of this phenomenon,
traditional screening with pure-tone audiometry has also incorporated what for infants
and children? - ✔✔Acoustic Immittance Screening
✔✔What defines a hearing handicap? - ✔✔A disadvantage perceived by a person with
a hearing loss as imposed by the hearing loss
✔✔An audiologist is using a tracking procedure to assess a cochlear implant patient's
progress in communicating under audition plus vision conditions. The materials used
are articles from popular magazines. Data are collected for 15 minutes every working
day for a week. Word/minute scores of 23.4, 43.6, 13.6, 54.2, and 27.3 are obtained.
What is the most likely explanation for the variation in performance? - ✔✔Variation in
the vocabulary or syntax used by the authors
, ✔✔A statement made by many adults with high frequency hearing loss is that speech
can be heard but not understood clearly. What sound group most contributes to this
problem? - ✔✔Voiceless Fricatives
✔✔Contralateral ear masking for speech audiometry is best achieved by what? -
✔✔speech-spectrum noise
✔✔A client has a white forelock, prominence of the root of the nose, lateral
displacement of the medial canthi, and hyperplasia of the medial portion of the
eyebrows. The client is most likely exhibiting features of an inherited condition known
as... - ✔✔Waardenburg Syndrome
✔✔At age 3, a child with a hearing impairment is transferred from a home based
intervention program to a preschool based program. The child's audiological services
will be transferred from Audiologist A to Audiologist B. To ensure a smooth transition,
Audiologist A should... - ✔✔discuss the child's needs with relevant school personnel
✔✔Under OSHA regulations adopted in March 1983, standard threshold shift on an
annual audiogram is defined as a change in hearing threshold relative to the baseline
audiogram of an average of 10 dB or more at what frequencies? - ✔✔2000, 3000, and
4000 Hz
✔✔An adult with a progressive sensorineural hearing loss is no longer able to use a
standard telephone at work. The managing audiologist should assist this client to... -
✔✔obtain reasonable accommodation for telephone communication at work
✔✔A client reports no major hearing loss, but says she experiences tinnitus in both
ears. Although she says she has no difficulty hearing in quiet situations, she does report
difficulties understanding others, particularly in noisy surroundings. She reports no
difference between the two ears. What audiometric configuration is most likely? - ✔✔A
high frequency sensorineural hearing loss
✔✔A new user of a BTE hearing aid returns to an audiologist during the 30 day trial
period with a complaint that sound is reverberant and hollow and that her own voice
sounds as if it were in a barrel. What action by the audiologist would likely be most
helpful in this situation? - ✔✔Adding a vent or enlarging the present vent
✔✔What type of signal is recommended by ASHA for identification audiometry for
school-age children? - ✔✔Pure-tone signals
✔✔A 45 year old computer sales representative complains of trouble understanding
speech, especially in noisy situations. He complains of tinnitus in both ears. He
contracted malaria some years ago and was treated with high doses of medication that
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔A person without a referral seeks an audiologist's advice regarding a unilateral
hearing impairment first noticed two months previously. The audiologist finds the
hearing impairment to be mild-to moderate, flat, sensorineural hearing loss. The WRS
for recorded full-list NU-6 in quiet at 40 dB above SRT is 24 percent in that ear. What is
the audiologist's next step? - ✔✔Refer the person to a physician
✔✔The hearing aid input transducer that is sensitive to electromagnetic energy is the -
✔✔telecoil
✔✔Elicitation of an acoustic reflex at a hearing level better than that obtained with
voluntary behavioral responses suggests the presence of - ✔✔functional or nonorganic
hearing loss
✔✔Some middle-ear problems cannot be visualized otoscopically, other highly visible
middle ear pathologies do not cause hearing loss per se. Because of this phenomenon,
traditional screening with pure-tone audiometry has also incorporated what for infants
and children? - ✔✔Acoustic Immittance Screening
✔✔What defines a hearing handicap? - ✔✔A disadvantage perceived by a person with
a hearing loss as imposed by the hearing loss
✔✔An audiologist is using a tracking procedure to assess a cochlear implant patient's
progress in communicating under audition plus vision conditions. The materials used
are articles from popular magazines. Data are collected for 15 minutes every working
day for a week. Word/minute scores of 23.4, 43.6, 13.6, 54.2, and 27.3 are obtained.
What is the most likely explanation for the variation in performance? - ✔✔Variation in
the vocabulary or syntax used by the authors
, ✔✔A statement made by many adults with high frequency hearing loss is that speech
can be heard but not understood clearly. What sound group most contributes to this
problem? - ✔✔Voiceless Fricatives
✔✔Contralateral ear masking for speech audiometry is best achieved by what? -
✔✔speech-spectrum noise
✔✔A client has a white forelock, prominence of the root of the nose, lateral
displacement of the medial canthi, and hyperplasia of the medial portion of the
eyebrows. The client is most likely exhibiting features of an inherited condition known
as... - ✔✔Waardenburg Syndrome
✔✔At age 3, a child with a hearing impairment is transferred from a home based
intervention program to a preschool based program. The child's audiological services
will be transferred from Audiologist A to Audiologist B. To ensure a smooth transition,
Audiologist A should... - ✔✔discuss the child's needs with relevant school personnel
✔✔Under OSHA regulations adopted in March 1983, standard threshold shift on an
annual audiogram is defined as a change in hearing threshold relative to the baseline
audiogram of an average of 10 dB or more at what frequencies? - ✔✔2000, 3000, and
4000 Hz
✔✔An adult with a progressive sensorineural hearing loss is no longer able to use a
standard telephone at work. The managing audiologist should assist this client to... -
✔✔obtain reasonable accommodation for telephone communication at work
✔✔A client reports no major hearing loss, but says she experiences tinnitus in both
ears. Although she says she has no difficulty hearing in quiet situations, she does report
difficulties understanding others, particularly in noisy surroundings. She reports no
difference between the two ears. What audiometric configuration is most likely? - ✔✔A
high frequency sensorineural hearing loss
✔✔A new user of a BTE hearing aid returns to an audiologist during the 30 day trial
period with a complaint that sound is reverberant and hollow and that her own voice
sounds as if it were in a barrel. What action by the audiologist would likely be most
helpful in this situation? - ✔✔Adding a vent or enlarging the present vent
✔✔What type of signal is recommended by ASHA for identification audiometry for
school-age children? - ✔✔Pure-tone signals
✔✔A 45 year old computer sales representative complains of trouble understanding
speech, especially in noisy situations. He complains of tinnitus in both ears. He
contracted malaria some years ago and was treated with high doses of medication that
