HEARING AID DISPENSERS EXAM 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Acute Suppurative Otitis Media. Answer: Middle Ear infection more
severe shorter duration.
Type B Tymp
◉ Aero Otitis Media - Barotrauma. Answer: Injury resulting from
changes in ambient air pressure between outer and middle ear.
Malfunctioning Eustachian Tube
◉ Alaising. Answer: an effect that causes different signals to become
indistinguishable (or aliases of one another) when sampled.
◉ Aphasia. Answer: Communication problems with both receptive and
expressive
◉ Articulation Curve. Answer: Correct percentage of words a listener
can identify as the words are presented-also called the speech
audiogram.
, ◉ Asymmetrical Hearing Loss. Answer: Loss in both ears but one is
worse than the other
◉ Atresia. Answer: Closed Ear Canal
◉ Auditory Deprivation. Answer: The longer we go with a hearing
impairment, without getting that information to where it belongs the
more prone we become to permanently loose our ability to discriminate
certain speech cues.
◉ Causes of tinnitus. Answer: Sudden exposure to loud noise, long time
exposure to loud noise, physical trama to head or neck, Hypertension,
Acoustic Neroma, thyroid disease, vacular disorder, TMJ disorder, Ear
infection, impacted cerumen, Nutricianal dificiency, Aneurysm, MS,
prescription drugs
◉ Central Deafness. Answer: hearing loss or impairment resulting from
defects in the central nervous system (as in the auditory cortex) rather
than in the ear itself or the auditory nerve—compare conduction
deafness, nerve deafness. Damage or disorder within brain stem, tumor
or abscess
◉ Central Masking. Answer: When masking is presented to the non-test
ear (NTE) it may cause a shift in the test ear. What is that called?
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Acute Suppurative Otitis Media. Answer: Middle Ear infection more
severe shorter duration.
Type B Tymp
◉ Aero Otitis Media - Barotrauma. Answer: Injury resulting from
changes in ambient air pressure between outer and middle ear.
Malfunctioning Eustachian Tube
◉ Alaising. Answer: an effect that causes different signals to become
indistinguishable (or aliases of one another) when sampled.
◉ Aphasia. Answer: Communication problems with both receptive and
expressive
◉ Articulation Curve. Answer: Correct percentage of words a listener
can identify as the words are presented-also called the speech
audiogram.
, ◉ Asymmetrical Hearing Loss. Answer: Loss in both ears but one is
worse than the other
◉ Atresia. Answer: Closed Ear Canal
◉ Auditory Deprivation. Answer: The longer we go with a hearing
impairment, without getting that information to where it belongs the
more prone we become to permanently loose our ability to discriminate
certain speech cues.
◉ Causes of tinnitus. Answer: Sudden exposure to loud noise, long time
exposure to loud noise, physical trama to head or neck, Hypertension,
Acoustic Neroma, thyroid disease, vacular disorder, TMJ disorder, Ear
infection, impacted cerumen, Nutricianal dificiency, Aneurysm, MS,
prescription drugs
◉ Central Deafness. Answer: hearing loss or impairment resulting from
defects in the central nervous system (as in the auditory cortex) rather
than in the ear itself or the auditory nerve—compare conduction
deafness, nerve deafness. Damage or disorder within brain stem, tumor
or abscess
◉ Central Masking. Answer: When masking is presented to the non-test
ear (NTE) it may cause a shift in the test ear. What is that called?
