ILE STUDY EXAMS GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
RATED A+
✔✔The handicap imposed by hearing loss can be measured using the _____. insight
about pre-fitting self-awareness about the hearing loss can be revealed by the _____
A. a case history; family's participation in all discussion
B. audiogram; SII
C. HII; COSI and APHAB
D. COSI;APHAB - ✔✔C. HII; COSI and APHAB
✔✔Since objective validation measures are preformed in a controlled environment, they
_______
A. Provide more information than self-reporting methods
B. don't reflect everyday listening challenges
C. the data can be transferred to electronic medical records
D. None of the above - ✔✔B. don't reflect everyday listening challenges
✔✔Objective ways of measuring post-fitting improvements with understanding speech
in noise and with hearing soft sounds are _____
A. using self-assessment questionnaires
B. by presenting speech and noise through the same earphones and measuring aided
thresholds using a supra-aural headset
C. using the APHAB and HII
D. by using the QuickSIN and comparing unaided to aided sound field thresholds -
✔✔D. by using the QuickSIN and comparing unaided to aided sound field thresholds
✔✔LTASS is an acronym that stands for ______
A. Long term abbreviated speech signal
B. Long term average sinusoidal signal
C. Length of time of the average speech signal
D. Long term average speech spectrum - ✔✔D. Long term average speech spectrum
✔✔The SII represents the percent of the speech signal that is audible to the listener.
A. True
B. False - ✔✔A. True
✔✔BTE's and RIC's can be fit using either generic domes or custom earmolds
A. True
B. False - ✔✔A. True
✔✔When selecting a custom earmold style and its acoustic modifications the hearing
aid specialist must consider ____
A. a patient comfort and preferences and the audiometric data
B. the cost of the amplification system
, C. cosmetic acceptance
D. all the above - ✔✔A. a patient comfort and preferences and the audiometric data
✔✔A PT earmold tubing needed changing because it was so stiff it broke at the sound
nozzle/sound hook. The mold had #13 think tubes , but only #12 tubing is now available.
the hearing instrument specialist can ____
A. make a return appointment when the #13 tubing comes in
B. use the #12
C. recommend that the PT purchase new earmolds
D. use the #12 tubing, verify the fitting using probe microphone measurements, and re-
program the hearing instrument as needed. - ✔✔D. use the #12 tubing, verify the fitting
using probe microphone measurements, and re-program the hearing instrument as
needed.
✔✔Venting has 2 purposes _____ and _____
A. to modify the hearing instruments frequency response to relieve a feeling of pressure
in the ear canal
B. to modify the hearing instrument's high frequency response; to decrease low
frequency amplification
C. to relieve a feeling of pressure in the ear canal; it has become useless with given the
flexibility of hearing instrument programming
D. to increase the amount of low frequency gain; to relieve a feeling of pressure in the
ear canal - ✔✔A. to modify the hearing instruments frequency response to relieve a
feeling of pressure in the ear canal
✔✔The "horn effect" refers to _____
A. low frequency emphasis
B. Boyle's law
C. a tinny sound quality from too much high frequency emphasis
D. a progressive change in diameter of the sound bore that provides high frequency
emphasis in the response of the hearing instrument system - ✔✔D. a progressive
change in diameter of the sound bore that provides high frequency emphasis in the
response of the hearing instrument system
✔✔Earmold or shell modifications can be made in the office to improve the wearer's
comfort as well as to alter the frequency response of the hearing instrument system
A. true
B. false - ✔✔A. true
✔✔Silicone is the preferred material for ear impressioning
A. True
B. False - ✔✔A. True
✔✔The bulb on the otoscope has burned out, and a replacement is not immediately
available. The hearing care professional should _____
RATED A+
✔✔The handicap imposed by hearing loss can be measured using the _____. insight
about pre-fitting self-awareness about the hearing loss can be revealed by the _____
A. a case history; family's participation in all discussion
B. audiogram; SII
C. HII; COSI and APHAB
D. COSI;APHAB - ✔✔C. HII; COSI and APHAB
✔✔Since objective validation measures are preformed in a controlled environment, they
_______
A. Provide more information than self-reporting methods
B. don't reflect everyday listening challenges
C. the data can be transferred to electronic medical records
D. None of the above - ✔✔B. don't reflect everyday listening challenges
✔✔Objective ways of measuring post-fitting improvements with understanding speech
in noise and with hearing soft sounds are _____
A. using self-assessment questionnaires
B. by presenting speech and noise through the same earphones and measuring aided
thresholds using a supra-aural headset
C. using the APHAB and HII
D. by using the QuickSIN and comparing unaided to aided sound field thresholds -
✔✔D. by using the QuickSIN and comparing unaided to aided sound field thresholds
✔✔LTASS is an acronym that stands for ______
A. Long term abbreviated speech signal
B. Long term average sinusoidal signal
C. Length of time of the average speech signal
D. Long term average speech spectrum - ✔✔D. Long term average speech spectrum
✔✔The SII represents the percent of the speech signal that is audible to the listener.
A. True
B. False - ✔✔A. True
✔✔BTE's and RIC's can be fit using either generic domes or custom earmolds
A. True
B. False - ✔✔A. True
✔✔When selecting a custom earmold style and its acoustic modifications the hearing
aid specialist must consider ____
A. a patient comfort and preferences and the audiometric data
B. the cost of the amplification system
, C. cosmetic acceptance
D. all the above - ✔✔A. a patient comfort and preferences and the audiometric data
✔✔A PT earmold tubing needed changing because it was so stiff it broke at the sound
nozzle/sound hook. The mold had #13 think tubes , but only #12 tubing is now available.
the hearing instrument specialist can ____
A. make a return appointment when the #13 tubing comes in
B. use the #12
C. recommend that the PT purchase new earmolds
D. use the #12 tubing, verify the fitting using probe microphone measurements, and re-
program the hearing instrument as needed. - ✔✔D. use the #12 tubing, verify the fitting
using probe microphone measurements, and re-program the hearing instrument as
needed.
✔✔Venting has 2 purposes _____ and _____
A. to modify the hearing instruments frequency response to relieve a feeling of pressure
in the ear canal
B. to modify the hearing instrument's high frequency response; to decrease low
frequency amplification
C. to relieve a feeling of pressure in the ear canal; it has become useless with given the
flexibility of hearing instrument programming
D. to increase the amount of low frequency gain; to relieve a feeling of pressure in the
ear canal - ✔✔A. to modify the hearing instruments frequency response to relieve a
feeling of pressure in the ear canal
✔✔The "horn effect" refers to _____
A. low frequency emphasis
B. Boyle's law
C. a tinny sound quality from too much high frequency emphasis
D. a progressive change in diameter of the sound bore that provides high frequency
emphasis in the response of the hearing instrument system - ✔✔D. a progressive
change in diameter of the sound bore that provides high frequency emphasis in the
response of the hearing instrument system
✔✔Earmold or shell modifications can be made in the office to improve the wearer's
comfort as well as to alter the frequency response of the hearing instrument system
A. true
B. false - ✔✔A. true
✔✔Silicone is the preferred material for ear impressioning
A. True
B. False - ✔✔A. True
✔✔The bulb on the otoscope has burned out, and a replacement is not immediately
available. The hearing care professional should _____
