Audiology Final Exam Review UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Audiograms tell what 3 things - CORRECT ANSWER - type, degree, and configuration
_________ relates to the degree and pattern of hearing loss: essentially the shape of the hearing
loss - CORRECT ANSWER - configuration
Flat configuration - CORRECT ANSWER - 0 to 10 dB
Sloping configuration - CORRECT ANSWER - 10-20 dB
Precipitious - CORRECT ANSWER - 21+ dB
_____ of hearing loss tells you which part of the auditory system is damaged - CORRECT
ANSWER - Type
Types of hearing loss: - CORRECT ANSWER - Non-organic, Conductive, Sensorineural,
or Mixed
Non-organic - CORRECT ANSWER - faker - psychogenic
conductive - CORRECT ANSWER - outer & middle
sensorineural - CORRECT ANSWER - inner - hair cells
mixed - CORRECT ANSWER - occurs when bone and air conduction differ by more than
10dB
, _____ relates to how severe the loss is in terms of dB HL (intensity) - CORRECT
ANSWER - Degree
Normal - CORRECT ANSWER - 0 to 25dB
Mild - CORRECT ANSWER - 26 to 40 dB
Moderate - CORRECT ANSWER - 41 to 55 dB
Moderately Severe - CORRECT ANSWER - 56 to 70 dB
Severe - CORRECT ANSWER - 71 to 90 dB
Profound - CORRECT ANSWER - 91+ dB
Bone conduction tells - CORRECT ANSWER - type
Air conduction tells - CORRECT ANSWER - degree and configuration
Tympanometry - CORRECT ANSWER - measure of middle-ear pressure. Purpose to
determine the point and magnitude of greatest compliance of the TM
Type A Tymp. - CORRECT ANSWER - normal middle ear function; greatest compliance
at 0 daPa.
Type As Tymp. - CORRECT ANSWER - peak at or near 0 daPa, suggesting normal
middle ear pressure, but the peak is shallower than a type A. **Stapes may have become
immobilized (stiffness/shallow)
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Audiograms tell what 3 things - CORRECT ANSWER - type, degree, and configuration
_________ relates to the degree and pattern of hearing loss: essentially the shape of the hearing
loss - CORRECT ANSWER - configuration
Flat configuration - CORRECT ANSWER - 0 to 10 dB
Sloping configuration - CORRECT ANSWER - 10-20 dB
Precipitious - CORRECT ANSWER - 21+ dB
_____ of hearing loss tells you which part of the auditory system is damaged - CORRECT
ANSWER - Type
Types of hearing loss: - CORRECT ANSWER - Non-organic, Conductive, Sensorineural,
or Mixed
Non-organic - CORRECT ANSWER - faker - psychogenic
conductive - CORRECT ANSWER - outer & middle
sensorineural - CORRECT ANSWER - inner - hair cells
mixed - CORRECT ANSWER - occurs when bone and air conduction differ by more than
10dB
, _____ relates to how severe the loss is in terms of dB HL (intensity) - CORRECT
ANSWER - Degree
Normal - CORRECT ANSWER - 0 to 25dB
Mild - CORRECT ANSWER - 26 to 40 dB
Moderate - CORRECT ANSWER - 41 to 55 dB
Moderately Severe - CORRECT ANSWER - 56 to 70 dB
Severe - CORRECT ANSWER - 71 to 90 dB
Profound - CORRECT ANSWER - 91+ dB
Bone conduction tells - CORRECT ANSWER - type
Air conduction tells - CORRECT ANSWER - degree and configuration
Tympanometry - CORRECT ANSWER - measure of middle-ear pressure. Purpose to
determine the point and magnitude of greatest compliance of the TM
Type A Tymp. - CORRECT ANSWER - normal middle ear function; greatest compliance
at 0 daPa.
Type As Tymp. - CORRECT ANSWER - peak at or near 0 daPa, suggesting normal
middle ear pressure, but the peak is shallower than a type A. **Stapes may have become
immobilized (stiffness/shallow)
