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ILE EXAM WITH 2 VERSIONS ALL COMPLETE 350
QUESTIONS AND WELL ELABORATED ANSWERS
LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR
Question: When a patient/client reports difficulty hearing words like sip/tip/ship, but can hear
words like door/floor/more. Where would the hearing healthcare provider expect there to be a
hearing loss on the audiogram?
A) Hearing loss in the high frequencies
B) Hearing loss in the mid frequencies
C) Hearing loss in the low frequencies
D) Degree of hearing loss cannot be determined from speech results - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A
Question: Which of the following is the preferred order for audiometric testing?
A) MCL before WRS
B) Bone conduction before air conduction
C) Speech UCL before SRT
D) 500 Hz before 1K Hz - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A
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Question: Which frequencies are usually affected when a noise induced hearing loss is
suspected?
A) 250- 750 Hz
B) 1500- 3000 Hz
C) 3000- 6000 Hz
D) 750- 1500 Hz - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔C
Question: Which of the following statements is most true about the use of gloves?
A) Latex gloves should be used for ear impressioning
B) Gloves can be saved to be used during a different appointment with the same patient/client
C) Gloves are considered one-time use and should be disposed of after each use
D) Gloves can be cleaned and reused if properly sanitized in cold soak bath - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔C
Question: When the bone conduction threshold is 15 dB or better than the air conduction
threshold what action should occur?
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A) Mask all bone conduction thresholds
B) Apply appropriate masking to NTE to obtained masked bone conduction threshold
C) Apply appropriate masking to NTE to obtained masked air conduction threshold
D) Immediate medical referral for air-bone gaps - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔B
Question: Why is it important to determine if there is a PTA/SRT discrepancy?
A) To determine dynamic range
B) To determine level for MCL which effects the level for WRS testing
C) To determine if malingering or misunderstanding of directions is occurring during pure tones
D) To determine needs for masking pure tones - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔C
Question: When establishing UCL/LDL/TD it is important that
_______________________________.
A) The face is observed for any discomfort (grimace, eyebrows, raise, etc)
B) They indicate when the sound is slightly loud
C) They indicate when the sound is unbearable
D) They indicate when the sound is comfortable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A
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Question: Using the audiogram, what type of hearing loss is indicated for the left ear?
(Audiogram shows mild to severe sloping SNHL AD and a flat mild CDHL AS)
A) Normal hearing
B) Mixed hearing loss
C) Conductive hearing loss
D) Sensorineural hearing loss - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔C
Question: When the right A/C threshold is 10 dB and the left A/C threshold is 80 dB what will
occur once 3 5dB increases of masking have been presented to the right ear?
A) Overmasking
B) Undermasking
C) Central masking
D) Effective masking - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔B
Question: Spondees are used for determining _____________?
A) MCL
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ILE EXAM WITH 2 VERSIONS ALL COMPLETE 350
QUESTIONS AND WELL ELABORATED ANSWERS
LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR
Question: When a patient/client reports difficulty hearing words like sip/tip/ship, but can hear
words like door/floor/more. Where would the hearing healthcare provider expect there to be a
hearing loss on the audiogram?
A) Hearing loss in the high frequencies
B) Hearing loss in the mid frequencies
C) Hearing loss in the low frequencies
D) Degree of hearing loss cannot be determined from speech results - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A
Question: Which of the following is the preferred order for audiometric testing?
A) MCL before WRS
B) Bone conduction before air conduction
C) Speech UCL before SRT
D) 500 Hz before 1K Hz - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A
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Question: Which frequencies are usually affected when a noise induced hearing loss is
suspected?
A) 250- 750 Hz
B) 1500- 3000 Hz
C) 3000- 6000 Hz
D) 750- 1500 Hz - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔C
Question: Which of the following statements is most true about the use of gloves?
A) Latex gloves should be used for ear impressioning
B) Gloves can be saved to be used during a different appointment with the same patient/client
C) Gloves are considered one-time use and should be disposed of after each use
D) Gloves can be cleaned and reused if properly sanitized in cold soak bath - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔C
Question: When the bone conduction threshold is 15 dB or better than the air conduction
threshold what action should occur?
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A) Mask all bone conduction thresholds
B) Apply appropriate masking to NTE to obtained masked bone conduction threshold
C) Apply appropriate masking to NTE to obtained masked air conduction threshold
D) Immediate medical referral for air-bone gaps - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔B
Question: Why is it important to determine if there is a PTA/SRT discrepancy?
A) To determine dynamic range
B) To determine level for MCL which effects the level for WRS testing
C) To determine if malingering or misunderstanding of directions is occurring during pure tones
D) To determine needs for masking pure tones - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔C
Question: When establishing UCL/LDL/TD it is important that
_______________________________.
A) The face is observed for any discomfort (grimace, eyebrows, raise, etc)
B) They indicate when the sound is slightly loud
C) They indicate when the sound is unbearable
D) They indicate when the sound is comfortable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A
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Question: Using the audiogram, what type of hearing loss is indicated for the left ear?
(Audiogram shows mild to severe sloping SNHL AD and a flat mild CDHL AS)
A) Normal hearing
B) Mixed hearing loss
C) Conductive hearing loss
D) Sensorineural hearing loss - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔C
Question: When the right A/C threshold is 10 dB and the left A/C threshold is 80 dB what will
occur once 3 5dB increases of masking have been presented to the right ear?
A) Overmasking
B) Undermasking
C) Central masking
D) Effective masking - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔B
Question: Spondees are used for determining _____________?
A) MCL
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