Clinical Audiology Exam 1 Questions and Answers

Clinical Audiology Exam 1 Questions and Answers what is audiology? - Correct Answer ️️ -the study of hearing and hearing disorders what is audiology devoted to? - Correct Answer ️️ -devoted to treatment of hearing loss and balance issues all associated with the vestibulocochlear system heavily involved in prevention, identification, and evaluation of hearing disorders audiology has to do with ___ and ___ of those with hearing loss - Correct Answer ️️ - rehabilitation and habilitation who is the 'father' of audiology? - Correct Answer ️️ -captain raymond carhart who helped coin the term audiology along with captain raymond carhart? - Correct Answer ️️ -dr norton canfield what is the primary role of the audiologist? - Correct Answer ️️ -assess hearing and determining presence or absence of hearing loss what is the second role of the audiologist? - Correct Answer ️️ -if a person has a hearing loss they are responsible for evaluation and fitting of hearing device/amplification system what is the third role of the audiologist? - Correct Answer ️️ -assisting with the implementation of aural rehabilitation or habilitation what is habilitation? - Correct Answer ️️ -someone born with hearing loss and no prior exposure to language what is rehabilitation? - Correct Answer ️️ -someone who has a language base and you are reteaching them how to listen with amplification system is licensure a legal requirement to practice as an audiologist? - Correct Answer ️️ -yes to obtain a license a person must: - Correct Answer ️️ -complete all educational courses complete a minimum of 1820 clinical clock hours passing praxis score is certification a legal requirement to practice as an audiologist? - Correct Answer ️️ - no what are some of the associations that can certify audiologists? - Correct Answer ️️ - ASHA ABA- american board of audiology AAA- american academy of audiology how many children are born with detectable hearing loss in one or both ears? - Correct Answer ️️ -2-3 out of every 1000 children born more than __% of deaf children are born to hearing parents - Correct Answer ️️ -90% how many adults report having hearing difficulty? - Correct Answer ️️ -37.5 million what is the strongest predictor of hearing loss? - Correct Answer ️️ -age as we age, HL becomes more prevalent __ million people have experienced tinnitus lasting at least 5 minutes in the past year - Correct Answer ️️ -25 million how many adults could benefit from hearing aids? - Correct Answer ️️ -28.8 million __ out of __ children experience an ear infection by the time they are 3 years of age - Correct Answer ️️ -5 out of 6 what are the different audiology specialities? - Correct Answer ️️ -medical audiology educational audiology pediatric audiology dispensing/rehabilitative audiology industrial audiology tele-audiology recreational and animal audiology what is included within the scope of practice for SLPs and audiology? - Correct Answer ️️ -collaboration counseling prevention and wellness screening assessment treatment modalities, technology, and instrumentation population and systems what are some important audiology concepts for the SLP? - Correct Answer ️️ - structure and function of auditory system common hearing disorders audiogram interpretation hearing screening technique/protocols referral procedures aural rehabilitation/habilitation what is sound? - Correct Answer ️️ -vibration that propagates through the air in the form of a wave what is the definition of sound broken down? - Correct Answer ️️ -vibration is an oscillation of air particles-- going back and forth propagates through the air-- they need a medium to go through particles collide with each other as they move back and forth and form a wave-- the wave is transporting energy without the transport of matter what are the 3 things we need for sound to occur? - Correct Answer ️️ -source of energy vibrating object that generates and audible pressure wave medium of transmission (air) what are the different forms of displacement of particles (waves)? - Correct Answer ️️ - compression (condensation) rarefaction what are compression waves? - Correct Answer ️️ -positive air pressure particles are close together sound pressure is high what are rarefaction waves? - Correct Answer ️️ -negative air pressure particles are far apart what is silence? - Correct Answer ️️ -without compression and rarefaction what is displacement (d)? - Correct Answer ️️ -the distance between two points measured in meters what is velocity (v)? - Correct Answer ️️ -amount of displacem