Hearing Aid Dispenser Mock Exam 4
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER- a. Soft material with a long canal and no vent
Which is used with high frequency loss;
a. Small pressure vent
,b. Long canal
c. Small diameter sound channel
d. Large diameter sound channel - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER- a. Severe sensorineural loss
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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER- d. Non-occluding mold
with short canal
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 - CORRECT ANSWER- b. Non-occluding made of hard lucite
Which is a non-occluding earmold:
a. Free Field
b. Receiver
c. Shell
d. Soft - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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" - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER- a. Enhances low
frequencies
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER- a. Soft material with a long canal and no vent
Which is used with high frequency loss;
a. Small pressure vent
,b. Long canal
c. Small diameter sound channel
d. Large diameter sound channel - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER- a. Severe sensorineural loss
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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER- d. Non-occluding mold
with short canal
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 - CORRECT ANSWER- b. Non-occluding made of hard lucite
Which is a non-occluding earmold:
a. Free Field
b. Receiver
c. Shell
d. Soft - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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" - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER- a. Enhances low
frequencies
