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IHS FINAL EXAM 2026 ACTUAL
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS.
HEAR Notes - ANSWER-History
Evaluation
Assessment
Recommendation
Ethics - ANSWER-The code that differentiates right and wrong
Laws - ANSWER-Society's rules for ethical behavior
Personal Ethics - ANSWER-Ethics which are ingrained as a
result of one's life experiences
Business Ethics - ANSWER-A set of standards or behavior
intended to prevent unfair competition or personal gain
resulting from business decisions or transactions
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Professional Ethics - ANSWER-Rules or principles that govern
the behavior of the members of a profession
Organizational Ethics - ANSWER-Management of relationships
between provider organizations and patients and the public
under a set of principle of conduct
PHI - ANSWER-Protected Health Information
8 Red Flag Conditions - ANSWER-1. Visible congenital or
traumatic deformity of the ear
2. Active drainage from ear w/in past 90 days
3. Sudden or rapidly progressive hearing loss w/in past 90 days
4. Dizziness
5. Sudden unilateral hearing loss w/in past 90 days
6. Air-bone gap of 15 dB or great at 500, 1000, and 2000 Hz
7. Significant cerumen accumulation or foreign body in ear
canal
8. Pain/discomfort in ear
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Sound - ANSWER-Vibratory energy transmitted by pressure
waves through a medium
Resonance - ANSWER-The natural tendency for an object to
vibrate with great amplitude at one frequency than at others
when a driving force is applied
Frequency - ANSWER-Number of complete compression-
rarefaction cycles per second
Pure Tone - ANSWER-Produced by simple repeated
alternations of compression and rarefactions
Wavelength - ANSWER-The distance between one wave crest
or trough to the next
Rarefaction - ANSWER-When air molecules are less dense and
spread further apart
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Complex Wave - ANSWER-Acoustic combination of several
different pure tones present simultaneously
Resonant frequency - ANSWER-The frequency at which an
object vibrates with the greatest amplitude
Sound Pressure - ANSWER-The deviation from the ambient
atmospheric pressure caused by a sound wave
Period - ANSWER-The time required for one complete cycle of
compression and rarefaction
dB HL Reference - ANSWER-Audiometric Zero
Boyle's Law - ANSWER-States that as the physical volume that
contains a gas decreases, the pressure of the gas increases
Decibel (dB) - ANSWER-A logarithmic scale used to denote the
intensity of a sound
IHS FINAL EXAM 2026 ACTUAL
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS.
HEAR Notes - ANSWER-History
Evaluation
Assessment
Recommendation
Ethics - ANSWER-The code that differentiates right and wrong
Laws - ANSWER-Society's rules for ethical behavior
Personal Ethics - ANSWER-Ethics which are ingrained as a
result of one's life experiences
Business Ethics - ANSWER-A set of standards or behavior
intended to prevent unfair competition or personal gain
resulting from business decisions or transactions
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Professional Ethics - ANSWER-Rules or principles that govern
the behavior of the members of a profession
Organizational Ethics - ANSWER-Management of relationships
between provider organizations and patients and the public
under a set of principle of conduct
PHI - ANSWER-Protected Health Information
8 Red Flag Conditions - ANSWER-1. Visible congenital or
traumatic deformity of the ear
2. Active drainage from ear w/in past 90 days
3. Sudden or rapidly progressive hearing loss w/in past 90 days
4. Dizziness
5. Sudden unilateral hearing loss w/in past 90 days
6. Air-bone gap of 15 dB or great at 500, 1000, and 2000 Hz
7. Significant cerumen accumulation or foreign body in ear
canal
8. Pain/discomfort in ear
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Sound - ANSWER-Vibratory energy transmitted by pressure
waves through a medium
Resonance - ANSWER-The natural tendency for an object to
vibrate with great amplitude at one frequency than at others
when a driving force is applied
Frequency - ANSWER-Number of complete compression-
rarefaction cycles per second
Pure Tone - ANSWER-Produced by simple repeated
alternations of compression and rarefactions
Wavelength - ANSWER-The distance between one wave crest
or trough to the next
Rarefaction - ANSWER-When air molecules are less dense and
spread further apart
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Complex Wave - ANSWER-Acoustic combination of several
different pure tones present simultaneously
Resonant frequency - ANSWER-The frequency at which an
object vibrates with the greatest amplitude
Sound Pressure - ANSWER-The deviation from the ambient
atmospheric pressure caused by a sound wave
Period - ANSWER-The time required for one complete cycle of
compression and rarefaction
dB HL Reference - ANSWER-Audiometric Zero
Boyle's Law - ANSWER-States that as the physical volume that
contains a gas decreases, the pressure of the gas increases
Decibel (dB) - ANSWER-A logarithmic scale used to denote the
intensity of a sound
