Hearing Aid Dispenser: Mock Exam #4
Questions and Answers 100% Correct
If a patient comes into your office with an audiogram showing a PTA 10 dB AD and 50 dB AS
with a flat configuration and 2K 5 dB peak, sensorineural and reduced SDT scores you would be
looking at:
a. Hearing loss caused by loud noise
b. Hearing loss caused by birth
c. Hearing loss caused by otitis media
d. Hearing loss caused by Meniere's - ANSWER - d. Hearing loss caused by Meniere's
If a patient comes into your office with an audiogram showing a sensorineural PTA 50 dB AU
with a notch at 4 K and reduced SDT scores you would be looking at:
a. Hearing loss caused by loud noise
b. Hearing loss caused by birth
c. Hearing loss caused by otitis media
d. Hearing loss caused by central problem - ANSWER - a. Hearing loss caused by loud noise
When fitting a patient with a PTA greater than 70 dB the best type of mold would be:
a. Soft material with a long canal and no vent
b. Lucite material with a short canal and no vent
c. Soft material with a short canal and IROS vent
d. All of the above - ANSWER - a. Soft material with a long canal and no vent
BTE earmold used for normal hearing to 1000 Hz and a ski slope loss at 4000 Hz:
a. Lucite with a short canal and IROS "A" vent
b. Lucite with a long canal and reverse IROS "A"
c. Regular fitting with T-22 receiver
d. Soft with a long - ANSWER - a. Lucite with a short canal and IROS "A" vent
What is used in the good ear in a CROS fitting:
,a. Shell made of the soft material
b. Non-occluding made of hard lucite
c. Skeleton made of hard lucite
d. Non-occluding mold with short canal - ANSWER - d. Non-occluding mold with short canal
Which is used with high frequency loss;
a. Small pressure vent
b. Long canal
c. Small diameter sound channel
d. Large diameter sound channel - ANSWER - d. Large diameter sound channel
If you have an BTE with an HFA SSPL 90 of 117 dB, Frequency range of 140-5600 Hz and an
HFA FOG gain of 46 dB this would be for a:
a. Severe sensorineural loss
b. Severe HF sensorineural loss
c. Mild HF sensorineural loss
d. Moderate HG sensorineural loss - ANSWER - a. Severe sensorineural loss
Which earmold is used for a high frequency loss:
a. Shell made of soft material
b. Non-occluding made of hard lucite
c. Skeleton made of hard lucite
d. All of the above - ANSWER - b. Non-occluding made of hard lucite
Which is a non-occluding earmold:
a. Free Field
b. Receiver
c. Shell
d. Soft - ANSWER - a. Free Field
, What is the use for a Libby horn:
a. Give the patient only high frequencies.
b. Give the patient more power with high frequencies added
c. Give the patient only more power
d. Give the patient lower power - ANSWER - b. Give the patient more power with high
frequencies added
Placing an earmold in the ear canal will:
a. Enhance the natural ear canal resonance
b. Eliminate the natural ear canal resonance
c. Result in the "tin ear effect"
d. Enhance the "horn effect" - ANSWER - b. Eliminate the natural ear canal resonance
A longer canal on an earmold:
a. Enhances low frequencies
b. Enhances high frequencies
c. Used only on very long canals
d. Always comes with a small pressure vent - ANSWER - a. Enhances low frequencies
Which of the following is NOT an earmold acoustical difference option:
a. Tubing diameter
b. Interaural Attenuation
c. Bore diameter
d. Knowles acoustic damper - ANSWER - b. Interaural Attenuation
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a "high frequency mold':
a. Non-occluding
b. Long canal
c. Short canal
d. Large vent - ANSWER - b. Long canal
Questions and Answers 100% Correct
If a patient comes into your office with an audiogram showing a PTA 10 dB AD and 50 dB AS
with a flat configuration and 2K 5 dB peak, sensorineural and reduced SDT scores you would be
looking at:
a. Hearing loss caused by loud noise
b. Hearing loss caused by birth
c. Hearing loss caused by otitis media
d. Hearing loss caused by Meniere's - ANSWER - d. Hearing loss caused by Meniere's
If a patient comes into your office with an audiogram showing a sensorineural PTA 50 dB AU
with a notch at 4 K and reduced SDT scores you would be looking at:
a. Hearing loss caused by loud noise
b. Hearing loss caused by birth
c. Hearing loss caused by otitis media
d. Hearing loss caused by central problem - ANSWER - a. Hearing loss caused by loud noise
When fitting a patient with a PTA greater than 70 dB the best type of mold would be:
a. Soft material with a long canal and no vent
b. Lucite material with a short canal and no vent
c. Soft material with a short canal and IROS vent
d. All of the above - ANSWER - a. Soft material with a long canal and no vent
BTE earmold used for normal hearing to 1000 Hz and a ski slope loss at 4000 Hz:
a. Lucite with a short canal and IROS "A" vent
b. Lucite with a long canal and reverse IROS "A"
c. Regular fitting with T-22 receiver
d. Soft with a long - ANSWER - a. Lucite with a short canal and IROS "A" vent
What is used in the good ear in a CROS fitting:
,a. Shell made of the soft material
b. Non-occluding made of hard lucite
c. Skeleton made of hard lucite
d. Non-occluding mold with short canal - ANSWER - d. Non-occluding mold with short canal
Which is used with high frequency loss;
a. Small pressure vent
b. Long canal
c. Small diameter sound channel
d. Large diameter sound channel - ANSWER - d. Large diameter sound channel
If you have an BTE with an HFA SSPL 90 of 117 dB, Frequency range of 140-5600 Hz and an
HFA FOG gain of 46 dB this would be for a:
a. Severe sensorineural loss
b. Severe HF sensorineural loss
c. Mild HF sensorineural loss
d. Moderate HG sensorineural loss - ANSWER - a. Severe sensorineural loss
Which earmold is used for a high frequency loss:
a. Shell made of soft material
b. Non-occluding made of hard lucite
c. Skeleton made of hard lucite
d. All of the above - ANSWER - b. Non-occluding made of hard lucite
Which is a non-occluding earmold:
a. Free Field
b. Receiver
c. Shell
d. Soft - ANSWER - a. Free Field
, What is the use for a Libby horn:
a. Give the patient only high frequencies.
b. Give the patient more power with high frequencies added
c. Give the patient only more power
d. Give the patient lower power - ANSWER - b. Give the patient more power with high
frequencies added
Placing an earmold in the ear canal will:
a. Enhance the natural ear canal resonance
b. Eliminate the natural ear canal resonance
c. Result in the "tin ear effect"
d. Enhance the "horn effect" - ANSWER - b. Eliminate the natural ear canal resonance
A longer canal on an earmold:
a. Enhances low frequencies
b. Enhances high frequencies
c. Used only on very long canals
d. Always comes with a small pressure vent - ANSWER - a. Enhances low frequencies
Which of the following is NOT an earmold acoustical difference option:
a. Tubing diameter
b. Interaural Attenuation
c. Bore diameter
d. Knowles acoustic damper - ANSWER - b. Interaural Attenuation
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a "high frequency mold':
a. Non-occluding
b. Long canal
c. Short canal
d. Large vent - ANSWER - b. Long canal
