AUDIOLOGY PRAXIS CORRECT FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔What characterizes the development of vocalization of deaf infants and infants with
normal hearing? - ✔✔Both show babbling behavior through the age of 6 months
✔✔The acoustic transformer, or horn, effect in hearing aid earmolds is achieved by
doing what? - ✔✔Progressively increasing the internal diameter of the sound channel
✔✔What is an important cause of profound, postnatally acquired sensorineural hearing
impairment in children? - ✔✔Bacterial Meningitis
✔✔What hearing aid style would be most suitable for a person with a 50 dB hearing
loss in one ear and no measurable hearing in the other ear? - ✔✔Bi-CROS
✔✔What type of hearing loss is most likely to go undetected in a typical elementary
school child? - ✔✔A sharply sloping bilateral sensorineural hearing loss
✔✔What always applies to nystagmus caused by a labyrinthine lesion? - ✔✔It is
suppressed by visual fixation
✔✔An audiologist evaluates a two year old child who presents an early history of
recurrent serous otitis media and limited vocabulary knowledge. A second set of test
results confirms a unilateral 30 dB hearing loss at 500-2000 Hz. Tympanograms are
questionable due to the child's lack of cooperation. Based on the following, the
audiologist should recommend what? - ✔✔A medical referral and speech language
consultation
✔✔An otologically normal thirteen year old boy presents the following audiometric
results: normal acoustic immittance battery, pure-tone average of 50 dB bilaterally,
bilateral SRT of 20 dB , and WRS of 100 percent bilaterally at 50 dB HL. What is the
, most appropriate next step for the audiologist to take? - ✔✔Reinstruct the boy and use
an ascending threshold measurement technique
✔✔The annular ligament is located closest to what? - ✔✔The oval window
✔✔What is the most effective masking signal for pure tone audiometry? - ✔✔A narrow-
band noise with the center frequency equal to the frequency of the test tone
✔✔A 45 year old client reports the sudden onset of complete deafness in the left ear,
although hearing in the right ear remained normal. A medical evaluation revealed a
round window tear on the left side, which was surgically repaired. A follow up medical
evaluation concluded that the surgery was successful. Nevertheless, the client reports
that there has been no improvement in hearing in the weeks since the surgery. What is
the most appropriate next action? - ✔✔A routine audiometric evaluation
✔✔What best describes ASL? - ✔✔A language with its own syntax that relies on visual-
gestural symbols
✔✔When tympanometry is being performed on a client, a seal is obtained on the test
ear. The volume of the external ear canal is 4 cubic centimeters. During the
tympanometric measure, the seal is lost intermittently whenever the client swallows.
What is the most likely cause of the problem? - ✔✔A perforated TM
✔✔According to the AAO-ACO, 1979, what is true of binaural hearing handicap? -
✔✔Better-ear sensitivity contributes to binaural audibility by a factor of 5:1
✔✔In audiometric testing, a false-positive response means that the... - ✔✔signal was
not presented and the client responded
✔✔A type of otoacoustic emission that requires the use of two oscillators and two
attenuators is know as... - ✔✔distortion product otoacoustic emissions
✔✔Click evoked otoacoustic emissions are most likely to be recorded from the ears of
what individuals? - ✔✔A person with an upper brainstem lesion
✔✔An 8 week old child is brought to an audiology clinic by the parents, who report that
the child appears to respond only to very loud sounds. Both the birth and medical
history were unremarkable, and there is no family history of hearing loss.
Tympanograms are normal, and acoustic reflexes are present bilaterally at a screening
level of 105 dB HL. What additional steps should be taken to rule out a significant
hearing loss? - ✔✔Refer the child for an ABR evaluation
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔What characterizes the development of vocalization of deaf infants and infants with
normal hearing? - ✔✔Both show babbling behavior through the age of 6 months
✔✔The acoustic transformer, or horn, effect in hearing aid earmolds is achieved by
doing what? - ✔✔Progressively increasing the internal diameter of the sound channel
✔✔What is an important cause of profound, postnatally acquired sensorineural hearing
impairment in children? - ✔✔Bacterial Meningitis
✔✔What hearing aid style would be most suitable for a person with a 50 dB hearing
loss in one ear and no measurable hearing in the other ear? - ✔✔Bi-CROS
✔✔What type of hearing loss is most likely to go undetected in a typical elementary
school child? - ✔✔A sharply sloping bilateral sensorineural hearing loss
✔✔What always applies to nystagmus caused by a labyrinthine lesion? - ✔✔It is
suppressed by visual fixation
✔✔An audiologist evaluates a two year old child who presents an early history of
recurrent serous otitis media and limited vocabulary knowledge. A second set of test
results confirms a unilateral 30 dB hearing loss at 500-2000 Hz. Tympanograms are
questionable due to the child's lack of cooperation. Based on the following, the
audiologist should recommend what? - ✔✔A medical referral and speech language
consultation
✔✔An otologically normal thirteen year old boy presents the following audiometric
results: normal acoustic immittance battery, pure-tone average of 50 dB bilaterally,
bilateral SRT of 20 dB , and WRS of 100 percent bilaterally at 50 dB HL. What is the
, most appropriate next step for the audiologist to take? - ✔✔Reinstruct the boy and use
an ascending threshold measurement technique
✔✔The annular ligament is located closest to what? - ✔✔The oval window
✔✔What is the most effective masking signal for pure tone audiometry? - ✔✔A narrow-
band noise with the center frequency equal to the frequency of the test tone
✔✔A 45 year old client reports the sudden onset of complete deafness in the left ear,
although hearing in the right ear remained normal. A medical evaluation revealed a
round window tear on the left side, which was surgically repaired. A follow up medical
evaluation concluded that the surgery was successful. Nevertheless, the client reports
that there has been no improvement in hearing in the weeks since the surgery. What is
the most appropriate next action? - ✔✔A routine audiometric evaluation
✔✔What best describes ASL? - ✔✔A language with its own syntax that relies on visual-
gestural symbols
✔✔When tympanometry is being performed on a client, a seal is obtained on the test
ear. The volume of the external ear canal is 4 cubic centimeters. During the
tympanometric measure, the seal is lost intermittently whenever the client swallows.
What is the most likely cause of the problem? - ✔✔A perforated TM
✔✔According to the AAO-ACO, 1979, what is true of binaural hearing handicap? -
✔✔Better-ear sensitivity contributes to binaural audibility by a factor of 5:1
✔✔In audiometric testing, a false-positive response means that the... - ✔✔signal was
not presented and the client responded
✔✔A type of otoacoustic emission that requires the use of two oscillators and two
attenuators is know as... - ✔✔distortion product otoacoustic emissions
✔✔Click evoked otoacoustic emissions are most likely to be recorded from the ears of
what individuals? - ✔✔A person with an upper brainstem lesion
✔✔An 8 week old child is brought to an audiology clinic by the parents, who report that
the child appears to respond only to very loud sounds. Both the birth and medical
history were unremarkable, and there is no family history of hearing loss.
Tympanograms are normal, and acoustic reflexes are present bilaterally at a screening
level of 105 dB HL. What additional steps should be taken to rule out a significant
hearing loss? - ✔✔Refer the child for an ABR evaluation
