SPAUD 344: Audiology Exam 1 well
answered to pass
1. what is audiology
2. what does it involve - correct answer ✔✔1. *the health profession responsible for caring for persons
with hearing loss and related problems
*audiologists evaluate, diagnose, treat, and manage hearing loss and balance disorders in adults and
children
*"audire" to hear and logos is study
2. *science of hearing
*study of processes involved in hearing
*assessment of hearing disorders
*habilitation (haven't gained skills yet) and rehabilitation (hearing loss)
audiology timeline - correct answer ✔✔*returning veterans with HL create impetus for military-based
aural rehabilitation centers
*services created through synergistic work between otology (diagnosis) and speech path (audiometric
techniques and rehab)
*success after war led to aural rehab centers
*1960s saw development of behavioral site of lesion
*1970 clinics moved to electroacoustic and electrophysiologic measures to differentiate sensory from
neural
*ASHA
*baylor college of medicine graduated first doctors of audiology in 1996
1. degrees
2. license
3. names - correct answer ✔✔1. *doctor of audiology
*PhD
,*can practice if had masters prior to aud starting
2. *need to have license but not certification
*ASHA vs American board of audiology certification is voluntary
3. *carhart- father of audiology
*downs- mother of pediatric audiology
*crandell (calvin lab named after)
*smaldino
1. What audiologists do
2. specialty areas of practice - correct answer ✔✔1. *identification
-hearing screening
-speech/language screening
*assessment and diagnosis
-hearing
-balance
*treatment
-cochlear implants
-hearing aids
-assistive technology (everything not HA or CI)
-tinnitus (ringing by external stimulus)
-vestibular function (balance)
-aural rehab
*hearing conservation- limit noise exposure through providing information or hearing conservation
testing
*intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring
*research
2. *medical audiology
*educational audiology
*pediatric audiology
, *rehabilitative aud
*industrial aud- hearing conservation (do annual hearing test to see if noise caused them to lose hearing
)
*recreational aud- also conserve hearing (guns)
*animal aud
1. Impact of HL on children
2. Impact of HL on adults - correct answer ✔✔1. *children with recurrent or persistent problems with
ear infections, the developmental impact is uncertain
*severe and permanent HL can impact developing speech and language and educational performance
as well as psychosocial dynamics
*total cost for treament of ear infection may be as high as $5 billion
*figure is a lot with permanent hl
2. *left untreated, hearing loss among adults can seriously erode relationships
*adult hl related to overall poor health, decreased physical activity, and depression
*progressive hl among older adults is associated with increased physical and psychosocial dysfunction
*lost income when hearing impairment truncate's one's earning potential
*most people with hl are in their prime
audiologist employment settings - correct answer ✔✔* medical (hospital/ physician offices)
*private practice
*military/ VA college/ corporate audiology group practices
(shortage in schools)
1. Hearing requires..
2. elasticity
3. Brownian Motion
4. types of waves
5. compression vs rarefaction
6. frequency
answered to pass
1. what is audiology
2. what does it involve - correct answer ✔✔1. *the health profession responsible for caring for persons
with hearing loss and related problems
*audiologists evaluate, diagnose, treat, and manage hearing loss and balance disorders in adults and
children
*"audire" to hear and logos is study
2. *science of hearing
*study of processes involved in hearing
*assessment of hearing disorders
*habilitation (haven't gained skills yet) and rehabilitation (hearing loss)
audiology timeline - correct answer ✔✔*returning veterans with HL create impetus for military-based
aural rehabilitation centers
*services created through synergistic work between otology (diagnosis) and speech path (audiometric
techniques and rehab)
*success after war led to aural rehab centers
*1960s saw development of behavioral site of lesion
*1970 clinics moved to electroacoustic and electrophysiologic measures to differentiate sensory from
neural
*ASHA
*baylor college of medicine graduated first doctors of audiology in 1996
1. degrees
2. license
3. names - correct answer ✔✔1. *doctor of audiology
*PhD
,*can practice if had masters prior to aud starting
2. *need to have license but not certification
*ASHA vs American board of audiology certification is voluntary
3. *carhart- father of audiology
*downs- mother of pediatric audiology
*crandell (calvin lab named after)
*smaldino
1. What audiologists do
2. specialty areas of practice - correct answer ✔✔1. *identification
-hearing screening
-speech/language screening
*assessment and diagnosis
-hearing
-balance
*treatment
-cochlear implants
-hearing aids
-assistive technology (everything not HA or CI)
-tinnitus (ringing by external stimulus)
-vestibular function (balance)
-aural rehab
*hearing conservation- limit noise exposure through providing information or hearing conservation
testing
*intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring
*research
2. *medical audiology
*educational audiology
*pediatric audiology
, *rehabilitative aud
*industrial aud- hearing conservation (do annual hearing test to see if noise caused them to lose hearing
)
*recreational aud- also conserve hearing (guns)
*animal aud
1. Impact of HL on children
2. Impact of HL on adults - correct answer ✔✔1. *children with recurrent or persistent problems with
ear infections, the developmental impact is uncertain
*severe and permanent HL can impact developing speech and language and educational performance
as well as psychosocial dynamics
*total cost for treament of ear infection may be as high as $5 billion
*figure is a lot with permanent hl
2. *left untreated, hearing loss among adults can seriously erode relationships
*adult hl related to overall poor health, decreased physical activity, and depression
*progressive hl among older adults is associated with increased physical and psychosocial dysfunction
*lost income when hearing impairment truncate's one's earning potential
*most people with hl are in their prime
audiologist employment settings - correct answer ✔✔* medical (hospital/ physician offices)
*private practice
*military/ VA college/ corporate audiology group practices
(shortage in schools)
1. Hearing requires..
2. elasticity
3. Brownian Motion
4. types of waves
5. compression vs rarefaction
6. frequency
