Hearing Aid Specialist Test Chapters 1 -6
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
The adult ear canal:
1. is usually straight
2. curves like a vertical figure "S"
3. rises upward and forward, then descends to the drum
4. descends downward, then backward toward the drum - CORRECT ANSWER - answer:
3. Rises upward and forward, then descends to the drum
The isthmus is:
a. another name for the aperture
b. located at the second bend of the canal
c. where the canal narrows to enter the temporal bone
d. the area between the first and second bend - CORRECT ANSWER - answer: c. Where
the canal narrow to enter the temporal bone.
The pinna and the external canal together
a. gather and reinforce acoustical signals.
b. with the irregular shape of the auricle, causes increases and decreases at different frequencies
as the sound arrives at the ear.
c. forms a resonating tube
d. all of the above - CORRECT ANSWER - answer: d All of the above
The average resonant frequency of the ear canal plus concha is - CORRECT ANSWER -
b. 2700 Hz
, The dividing line between the external ear and the middle ear is the - CORRECT
ANSWER - d. tympanic membrane
The ear canal contains (3 things) - CORRECT ANSWER - a. cilia, ceruminous glands,
sebaceous glands
The Vagus Nerve (Xth Cranial) is found: - CORRECT ANSWER - b. along the bottom of
the ear canal
Which of the following terms is not part of the tympanic membrane?
a. pars tensa
b. crus
c. pars flaccida
d. umbo - CORRECT ANSWER - b. crus
An otoscopic inspection should reveal - CORRECT ANSWER - d. a view of the pearly
white tympanic membrane
Which of the following is part of the pinna?
a. tragus
b. intertragal notch
c. triangular fossa
d. all of the above - CORRECT ANSWER - answer: all of the above (the tragus, the
intertragal notch, the triangullar fossa)
Atresia refers to: - CORRECT ANSWER - a closure of the external auditory canal
Perforation of the eardrum can be caused by (3) - CORRECT ANSWER - an infection, a
fracture of the temporal bone, a nearby explosion.
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
The adult ear canal:
1. is usually straight
2. curves like a vertical figure "S"
3. rises upward and forward, then descends to the drum
4. descends downward, then backward toward the drum - CORRECT ANSWER - answer:
3. Rises upward and forward, then descends to the drum
The isthmus is:
a. another name for the aperture
b. located at the second bend of the canal
c. where the canal narrows to enter the temporal bone
d. the area between the first and second bend - CORRECT ANSWER - answer: c. Where
the canal narrow to enter the temporal bone.
The pinna and the external canal together
a. gather and reinforce acoustical signals.
b. with the irregular shape of the auricle, causes increases and decreases at different frequencies
as the sound arrives at the ear.
c. forms a resonating tube
d. all of the above - CORRECT ANSWER - answer: d All of the above
The average resonant frequency of the ear canal plus concha is - CORRECT ANSWER -
b. 2700 Hz
, The dividing line between the external ear and the middle ear is the - CORRECT
ANSWER - d. tympanic membrane
The ear canal contains (3 things) - CORRECT ANSWER - a. cilia, ceruminous glands,
sebaceous glands
The Vagus Nerve (Xth Cranial) is found: - CORRECT ANSWER - b. along the bottom of
the ear canal
Which of the following terms is not part of the tympanic membrane?
a. pars tensa
b. crus
c. pars flaccida
d. umbo - CORRECT ANSWER - b. crus
An otoscopic inspection should reveal - CORRECT ANSWER - d. a view of the pearly
white tympanic membrane
Which of the following is part of the pinna?
a. tragus
b. intertragal notch
c. triangular fossa
d. all of the above - CORRECT ANSWER - answer: all of the above (the tragus, the
intertragal notch, the triangullar fossa)
Atresia refers to: - CORRECT ANSWER - a closure of the external auditory canal
Perforation of the eardrum can be caused by (3) - CORRECT ANSWER - an infection, a
fracture of the temporal bone, a nearby explosion.
