Hearing Aid Specialist Test Chapters 1 -6
Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass
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
QUESTION: 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.
QUESTION: 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
QUESTION: The average resonant frequency of the ear canal plus
concha is -
CORRECT ANSWER: b. 2700 Hz
, QUESTION: The dividing line between the external ear and the middle
ear is the -
CORRECT ANSWER: d. tympanic membrane
QUESTION: The ear canal contains (3 things) -
CORRECT ANSWER: a. cilia, ceruminous glands, sebaceous glands
QUESTION: The Vagus Nerve (Xth Cranial) is found: -
CORRECT ANSWER: b. along the bottom of the ear canal
QUESTION: Which of the following terms is not part of the tympanic
membrane?
a. pars tensa
b. crus
c. pars flaccida
d. umbo -
Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass
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
QUESTION: 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.
QUESTION: 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
QUESTION: The average resonant frequency of the ear canal plus
concha is -
CORRECT ANSWER: b. 2700 Hz
, QUESTION: The dividing line between the external ear and the middle
ear is the -
CORRECT ANSWER: d. tympanic membrane
QUESTION: The ear canal contains (3 things) -
CORRECT ANSWER: a. cilia, ceruminous glands, sebaceous glands
QUESTION: The Vagus Nerve (Xth Cranial) is found: -
CORRECT ANSWER: b. along the bottom of the ear canal
QUESTION: Which of the following terms is not part of the tympanic
membrane?
a. pars tensa
b. crus
c. pars flaccida
d. umbo -