Audiology Exam #1 ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Scope of Practice - CORRECT ANSWER - -Screening is within our scope of practice
-No diagnostic work but it is our responsibility to ensure the client has adequate hearing
-We need to know the right questions to ask
-Need to consider client's hearing level as client's SPL
- As SPLs we are typically on forefront of noticing a problem
WWII - CORRECT ANSWER - -After WWII antibiotics came along
-A lot of people contracted Malaria as well
- One of the first effective treatments for malaria is quinine
-Quinine is ototoxic
Ototoxic - CORRECT ANSWER - -Means toxic to the ear (everything within the otic
capsule)
- Destroys or damages hearing (the hearing nerve)
-Some antibiotics, including quinine are ototoxic
-A lot of people were coming back from the war with ototoxicity issues
Noise Induced Hearing Loss - CORRECT ANSWER - -We NOW have some medications
that can be tried right after someone has been around a tremendous explosion and have lost some
of their hearing
-Huge doses of antioxidants can be helpful
-If there was no hearing or very little measurable hearing then it is very hard to amplify hearing
WWII Vets - CORRECT ANSWER - -WWII vets come back with hearing loss but
otherwise in good shape physically
,-They went to the VA and people were worried because there were so many vets with hearing
loss.
-Hearing aides sucked during this time.
-Their hearing loss led to a good amount of vocational issues (hard to perform many jobs if you
cannot hear)
Raymond Carhart - CORRECT ANSWER - -decided to work with these vets because they
had significant communication issues
-SLP
- Established the first audiology program at North Western University around 1945-1950
- "Father of Audiology"
- Very famous and prominent researcher
ASHA - CORRECT ANSWER - -ASHA was developed and began to represent what they
called "Speech Therapists"
-Audiologists tended to be speech therapists that focused more on hearing
- In about 1960 ASHA decided to be an SPL or an audiologist you should have at least a masters
degree.
- Had to choose whether to get a masters in audiology or speech language pathology (no
undergrad degree for audiology existed)
- Started off with a BA in Speech and Hearing for both professions
- There were always a lot more SPL than audiologists
- Originally the masters program took around one year
- Some SPL and Audiologists had enough in common that they were dual certified. This is no
longer applicable
SPL/Audiologist Split - CORRECT ANSWER - -In 1990 big movement that separated
SPL from Audiology.
- Mostly initiated by the audiologists
-Audiologists felt that ASHA did not properly represent them.
- Only 10% of ASHA members were audiologists
, -Publishing became very difficult for audiologists under ASHA so decided to separate
-Audiologists formed AAA (American Academy of Audiology)
AAA - CORRECT ANSWER - American Academy of Audiology
-After it was formed many audiologists left ASHA
-AAA pushed AuD. Doctor of Audiology
-AAA decided they wanted all of the people who were presently working to go back and get
their AuD.
-This caused problems because there weren't enough programs for Audiology doctorates and
people could not pick up and leave their jobs
-On-line programs began to flourish
Therapy for the Deaf - CORRECT ANSWER - Can be considered LANGUAGE therapy
Early Intervention - CORRECT ANSWER - Birth to 3 years old.
Acoustics - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of sound
Hearing - CORRECT ANSWER - The perception of sound
Words used to describe sound and its characteristics - CORRECT ANSWER - -Frequency
-Intensity
-Wave Length- Sound waves are changes in pressure
-Velocity
-Spectrum (plural is spectra)
- Phase
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Scope of Practice - CORRECT ANSWER - -Screening is within our scope of practice
-No diagnostic work but it is our responsibility to ensure the client has adequate hearing
-We need to know the right questions to ask
-Need to consider client's hearing level as client's SPL
- As SPLs we are typically on forefront of noticing a problem
WWII - CORRECT ANSWER - -After WWII antibiotics came along
-A lot of people contracted Malaria as well
- One of the first effective treatments for malaria is quinine
-Quinine is ototoxic
Ototoxic - CORRECT ANSWER - -Means toxic to the ear (everything within the otic
capsule)
- Destroys or damages hearing (the hearing nerve)
-Some antibiotics, including quinine are ototoxic
-A lot of people were coming back from the war with ototoxicity issues
Noise Induced Hearing Loss - CORRECT ANSWER - -We NOW have some medications
that can be tried right after someone has been around a tremendous explosion and have lost some
of their hearing
-Huge doses of antioxidants can be helpful
-If there was no hearing or very little measurable hearing then it is very hard to amplify hearing
WWII Vets - CORRECT ANSWER - -WWII vets come back with hearing loss but
otherwise in good shape physically
,-They went to the VA and people were worried because there were so many vets with hearing
loss.
-Hearing aides sucked during this time.
-Their hearing loss led to a good amount of vocational issues (hard to perform many jobs if you
cannot hear)
Raymond Carhart - CORRECT ANSWER - -decided to work with these vets because they
had significant communication issues
-SLP
- Established the first audiology program at North Western University around 1945-1950
- "Father of Audiology"
- Very famous and prominent researcher
ASHA - CORRECT ANSWER - -ASHA was developed and began to represent what they
called "Speech Therapists"
-Audiologists tended to be speech therapists that focused more on hearing
- In about 1960 ASHA decided to be an SPL or an audiologist you should have at least a masters
degree.
- Had to choose whether to get a masters in audiology or speech language pathology (no
undergrad degree for audiology existed)
- Started off with a BA in Speech and Hearing for both professions
- There were always a lot more SPL than audiologists
- Originally the masters program took around one year
- Some SPL and Audiologists had enough in common that they were dual certified. This is no
longer applicable
SPL/Audiologist Split - CORRECT ANSWER - -In 1990 big movement that separated
SPL from Audiology.
- Mostly initiated by the audiologists
-Audiologists felt that ASHA did not properly represent them.
- Only 10% of ASHA members were audiologists
, -Publishing became very difficult for audiologists under ASHA so decided to separate
-Audiologists formed AAA (American Academy of Audiology)
AAA - CORRECT ANSWER - American Academy of Audiology
-After it was formed many audiologists left ASHA
-AAA pushed AuD. Doctor of Audiology
-AAA decided they wanted all of the people who were presently working to go back and get
their AuD.
-This caused problems because there weren't enough programs for Audiology doctorates and
people could not pick up and leave their jobs
-On-line programs began to flourish
Therapy for the Deaf - CORRECT ANSWER - Can be considered LANGUAGE therapy
Early Intervention - CORRECT ANSWER - Birth to 3 years old.
Acoustics - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of sound
Hearing - CORRECT ANSWER - The perception of sound
Words used to describe sound and its characteristics - CORRECT ANSWER - -Frequency
-Intensity
-Wave Length- Sound waves are changes in pressure
-Velocity
-Spectrum (plural is spectra)
- Phase
