Hearing Aid Dispenser: Mock Exam #4 questions with
verified answers
40 dB is:
a. acceptable ambient noise level by ANSI
b. maximum level you can mask with white noise
c. only level that can be used when doing speech exams
d. level that TD exam is normally started Ans✓✓✓ a. acceptable ambient noise
level by ANSI
A condition that could create a hearing problem by restricting the conversion of
acoustical mechanical energy could be:
1. acoustic neuroma
2. cholesteatoma
3. otosclerosis
4. labyrinthitis
a. 1, 2, and 3
b. 2 and 3
c. 4
d. 1, 2, 3, and 4 Ans✓✓✓ b. 2 and 3
-cholesteatoma
-otosclerosis
A hearing loss that is hereditary in origin would be:
a. always sensorineural
b. congenital
,c. always post-natal
d. always mixed Ans✓✓✓ b. congenital
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 Ans✓✓✓ a. Enhances low
frequencies
A new patient calls your office to set an appointment. During the conversations
they let you know they have a hepatitis infection. Your best means to protect
yourself would be:
a. wash hands before and after
b. disposable gloves
c. well ventilated office space
d. using surgical mask only Ans✓✓✓ b. disposable gloves
A patient experiencing vertigo accompanied by nausea may be experiencing:
1. issues in their vestibula system
2. Meniere's syndrome
3. Endolymphatic or Para lymphatic hydrops
4. labyrinthitis
a. 1, 2, and 3
b. 1 and 3
, c. 2 and 4
d. 1, 2, 3, and 4 Ans✓✓✓ d. 1, 2, 3, and 4
Acoustic neuroma maybe found by which exams:
a. pure tone bone
b. pure tone air
c. tone decay
d. SRT Ans✓✓✓ c. tone decay
Bill comes into your office complaining about not being able to hear at the table
during dinner, but can hear people across the room. He also complains his voice
sounds like it's in a barrel:
1. shorten canal
2. add more gain at peak frequency
3. raise knee point and give less compression
4. lengthen canal
a. 1, 2, and 3
b. 1 and 3
c. 2 and 4
d. 1, 2, 3, and 4 Ans✓✓✓ b. 1 and 3
Bob a long time patient walks into your office. He has been wearing the same
body aid for the last 15 years. He tells you that he has been having trouble with
intermittency and with a cackling noise. What would you look for first:
a. bad microphone
verified answers
40 dB is:
a. acceptable ambient noise level by ANSI
b. maximum level you can mask with white noise
c. only level that can be used when doing speech exams
d. level that TD exam is normally started Ans✓✓✓ a. acceptable ambient noise
level by ANSI
A condition that could create a hearing problem by restricting the conversion of
acoustical mechanical energy could be:
1. acoustic neuroma
2. cholesteatoma
3. otosclerosis
4. labyrinthitis
a. 1, 2, and 3
b. 2 and 3
c. 4
d. 1, 2, 3, and 4 Ans✓✓✓ b. 2 and 3
-cholesteatoma
-otosclerosis
A hearing loss that is hereditary in origin would be:
a. always sensorineural
b. congenital
,c. always post-natal
d. always mixed Ans✓✓✓ b. congenital
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 Ans✓✓✓ a. Enhances low
frequencies
A new patient calls your office to set an appointment. During the conversations
they let you know they have a hepatitis infection. Your best means to protect
yourself would be:
a. wash hands before and after
b. disposable gloves
c. well ventilated office space
d. using surgical mask only Ans✓✓✓ b. disposable gloves
A patient experiencing vertigo accompanied by nausea may be experiencing:
1. issues in their vestibula system
2. Meniere's syndrome
3. Endolymphatic or Para lymphatic hydrops
4. labyrinthitis
a. 1, 2, and 3
b. 1 and 3
, c. 2 and 4
d. 1, 2, 3, and 4 Ans✓✓✓ d. 1, 2, 3, and 4
Acoustic neuroma maybe found by which exams:
a. pure tone bone
b. pure tone air
c. tone decay
d. SRT Ans✓✓✓ c. tone decay
Bill comes into your office complaining about not being able to hear at the table
during dinner, but can hear people across the room. He also complains his voice
sounds like it's in a barrel:
1. shorten canal
2. add more gain at peak frequency
3. raise knee point and give less compression
4. lengthen canal
a. 1, 2, and 3
b. 1 and 3
c. 2 and 4
d. 1, 2, 3, and 4 Ans✓✓✓ b. 1 and 3
Bob a long time patient walks into your office. He has been wearing the same
body aid for the last 15 years. He tells you that he has been having trouble with
intermittency and with a cackling noise. What would you look for first:
a. bad microphone
