Audiology Praxis UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is the FDA approved age for BAHA? - CORRECT ANSWER - 5 years old
In effort to reduce the adverse environmental noise, what adjustment can be made to hearing
aids? - CORRECT ANSWER - Enable expansion which reduces the low level ambient
noise
At what age is myelinazation of Wave V nerve complete? - CORRECT ANSWER - Up to
18 months of age
What frequency range is most affected in patient's with Meniere's disease? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Low frequencies- 250-2000Hz
A doubling of distance results in how much increase in dB? - CORRECT ANSWER - 6dB
At what age can you get reliable VRA results? - CORRECT ANSWER - 9 months
What is the optimal stimulation rate for a click ABR? - CORRECT ANSWER - 11.1 to
21.1 msec
Elicitation of an acoustic reflex at a hearing level better than obtained with voluntary behavioral
responses suggests the presence of - CORRECT ANSWER - Functional or nonorganic
hearing loss
What type of study looks at a single subject or case - CORRECT ANSWER - Case Study
What type of study is controlled so that the researcher manipulates one variable to determine it's
effect on other variables? - CORRECT ANSWER - Experimental Study
,What are variables you manipulate in order to affect the outcome of an experiment? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Independent variables (amount of salt added to plants water)
Variables that represent the outcome of the experiment - CORRECT ANSWER -
Dependent variable (any measurement of plant health/growth)
OSHA defined a threshold shift by 10dB at what frequencies to be signficant? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 2000, 3000, 4,000
What is the common vestibular complaint of a patient receiving cisplatin treatments? -
CORRECT ANSWER - ataxia of gait or stance
What reflects the compression parameters used with WDRC - CORRECT ANSWER -
Low compression threshold and low compression ratio- provides additional gain for low input
levels with low compression threshold and gradual increase in gain as input levels increase using
low compression ratios
Which of the following is the most valid method of monitoring a 5-year olds progress in aural
rehab? - CORRECT ANSWER - periodically administering probes of treatment targets in
naturalistic contexts
What is the AI-DI - CORRECT ANSWER - Ratio of microphone output for signals in
front vs. directional- the larger the number, the better the AI-DI
What would be an appropriate acoustic modification for an earmold when fitting a precipitously
sloping high frequency SNHL? - CORRECT ANSWER - 2mm sound bore, libby horn,
wide vent- emphasize high, reduce low
Which frequencies are generally correlated with click-evoked ABR thresholds? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 2000-4000Hz
, What is the functional gain of the hearing aid? - CORRECT ANSWER - Aided and
unaided soundfield testing- shows the amount of improvement the hearing aid brings
What type of communication uses formal signs, natural gestures, fingerspelling, body language,
listening, lipreading and speech - CORRECT ANSWER - Total communication
What communication method uses fingerspelling and oral language only - CORRECT
ANSWER - Rochester method
Which speech recognition materials are most useful to rule out a lesion affecting the VIIIth
nerve? - CORRECT ANSWER - Open-set, monosyllabic, phonetically balanced word lists
administered at several intensity levels
According to PL 99-457, a child under 2 years of age who has hearing loss is entitled to what? -
CORRECT ANSWER - A written Individualized Family Service Plan
What speech-recognition materials should be used in order to obtain the steepest possible
performance-intensity function? - CORRECT ANSWER - Synthetic sentences-
Performance intensity rises most steeply with small increases in intensity when the speech
sample is large and provides some context
Interaural time differences are best at which frequency level? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Low frequencies
What parameter is most affected when ABR tests are conducted using headphones rather than
inserts? - CORRECT ANSWER - Absolute latencies
Doubling the distance leads to a 6dB drop in sound intensity - CORRECT ANSWER -
Inverse Square Law
According to the articulation index, what area contains the most information? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1500-3000 Hz
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is the FDA approved age for BAHA? - CORRECT ANSWER - 5 years old
In effort to reduce the adverse environmental noise, what adjustment can be made to hearing
aids? - CORRECT ANSWER - Enable expansion which reduces the low level ambient
noise
At what age is myelinazation of Wave V nerve complete? - CORRECT ANSWER - Up to
18 months of age
What frequency range is most affected in patient's with Meniere's disease? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Low frequencies- 250-2000Hz
A doubling of distance results in how much increase in dB? - CORRECT ANSWER - 6dB
At what age can you get reliable VRA results? - CORRECT ANSWER - 9 months
What is the optimal stimulation rate for a click ABR? - CORRECT ANSWER - 11.1 to
21.1 msec
Elicitation of an acoustic reflex at a hearing level better than obtained with voluntary behavioral
responses suggests the presence of - CORRECT ANSWER - Functional or nonorganic
hearing loss
What type of study looks at a single subject or case - CORRECT ANSWER - Case Study
What type of study is controlled so that the researcher manipulates one variable to determine it's
effect on other variables? - CORRECT ANSWER - Experimental Study
,What are variables you manipulate in order to affect the outcome of an experiment? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Independent variables (amount of salt added to plants water)
Variables that represent the outcome of the experiment - CORRECT ANSWER -
Dependent variable (any measurement of plant health/growth)
OSHA defined a threshold shift by 10dB at what frequencies to be signficant? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 2000, 3000, 4,000
What is the common vestibular complaint of a patient receiving cisplatin treatments? -
CORRECT ANSWER - ataxia of gait or stance
What reflects the compression parameters used with WDRC - CORRECT ANSWER -
Low compression threshold and low compression ratio- provides additional gain for low input
levels with low compression threshold and gradual increase in gain as input levels increase using
low compression ratios
Which of the following is the most valid method of monitoring a 5-year olds progress in aural
rehab? - CORRECT ANSWER - periodically administering probes of treatment targets in
naturalistic contexts
What is the AI-DI - CORRECT ANSWER - Ratio of microphone output for signals in
front vs. directional- the larger the number, the better the AI-DI
What would be an appropriate acoustic modification for an earmold when fitting a precipitously
sloping high frequency SNHL? - CORRECT ANSWER - 2mm sound bore, libby horn,
wide vent- emphasize high, reduce low
Which frequencies are generally correlated with click-evoked ABR thresholds? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 2000-4000Hz
, What is the functional gain of the hearing aid? - CORRECT ANSWER - Aided and
unaided soundfield testing- shows the amount of improvement the hearing aid brings
What type of communication uses formal signs, natural gestures, fingerspelling, body language,
listening, lipreading and speech - CORRECT ANSWER - Total communication
What communication method uses fingerspelling and oral language only - CORRECT
ANSWER - Rochester method
Which speech recognition materials are most useful to rule out a lesion affecting the VIIIth
nerve? - CORRECT ANSWER - Open-set, monosyllabic, phonetically balanced word lists
administered at several intensity levels
According to PL 99-457, a child under 2 years of age who has hearing loss is entitled to what? -
CORRECT ANSWER - A written Individualized Family Service Plan
What speech-recognition materials should be used in order to obtain the steepest possible
performance-intensity function? - CORRECT ANSWER - Synthetic sentences-
Performance intensity rises most steeply with small increases in intensity when the speech
sample is large and provides some context
Interaural time differences are best at which frequency level? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Low frequencies
What parameter is most affected when ABR tests are conducted using headphones rather than
inserts? - CORRECT ANSWER - Absolute latencies
Doubling the distance leads to a 6dB drop in sound intensity - CORRECT ANSWER -
Inverse Square Law
According to the articulation index, what area contains the most information? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1500-3000 Hz
