Clinical Audiology Exam 1 UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
audiology - CORRECT ANSWER - a health profession concerned with the prevention,
identification and evaluation of hearing loss and hearing/balance disorders, the selection of
hearing aids, programming of cochlear implants, and the habilitation/rehabilitation of individuals
with hearing and balance disorders.
Divisions of audiology - CORRECT ANSWER - z Diagnostic Audiology
z (Re)habilitative Audiology
z Educational Audiology
z Pediatric Audiology
z Hearing Conservation
Hearing Screening - CORRECT ANSWER - Quick procedure to identify those in a
population who may have hearing loss
objective testing - CORRECT ANSWER - No patient participation
Subjective testing - CORRECT ANSWER - requires a response from the patient
Predictors of Hearing Loss - CORRECT ANSWER - Age is the strongest predictor
gender
Non-Hispanic white adults
Prevalence - CORRECT ANSWER - total number of people with a condition in a given
time period
Incidence - CORRECT ANSWER - The number of occurrences/new cases of a condition
in a given time period
, Why would it be important for a speech therapist to know about the prevalence of hearing loss? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Because children can't hear certain phonemes
ASHA - CORRECT ANSWER - American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
AAA - CORRECT ANSWER - American Academy of Audiology
Auditory Cortex - CORRECT ANSWER - the area of the temporal lobe responsible for
processing sound information located in Heschl's Gyrus. Once coding is complete, the
information is directed to Wernicke's area of the temporal lobe (receptive language area) where
language is understood and processed
What is Sound? - CORRECT ANSWER - a pressure disturbance that moves through a
medium in the form of waves.
Psychological phenomena - CORRECT ANSWER - Did anyone hear it
physical phenomena - CORRECT ANSWER - Disturbance of pressure
Sound is a type of _____ energy - CORRECT ANSWER - kinetic
Human Range of Heairng - CORRECT ANSWER - 20 - 20,000 Hz
Audiogram - CORRECT ANSWER - Hl y hz x
Sound can be measured in - CORRECT ANSWER - Power or pressure
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
audiology - CORRECT ANSWER - a health profession concerned with the prevention,
identification and evaluation of hearing loss and hearing/balance disorders, the selection of
hearing aids, programming of cochlear implants, and the habilitation/rehabilitation of individuals
with hearing and balance disorders.
Divisions of audiology - CORRECT ANSWER - z Diagnostic Audiology
z (Re)habilitative Audiology
z Educational Audiology
z Pediatric Audiology
z Hearing Conservation
Hearing Screening - CORRECT ANSWER - Quick procedure to identify those in a
population who may have hearing loss
objective testing - CORRECT ANSWER - No patient participation
Subjective testing - CORRECT ANSWER - requires a response from the patient
Predictors of Hearing Loss - CORRECT ANSWER - Age is the strongest predictor
gender
Non-Hispanic white adults
Prevalence - CORRECT ANSWER - total number of people with a condition in a given
time period
Incidence - CORRECT ANSWER - The number of occurrences/new cases of a condition
in a given time period
, Why would it be important for a speech therapist to know about the prevalence of hearing loss? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Because children can't hear certain phonemes
ASHA - CORRECT ANSWER - American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
AAA - CORRECT ANSWER - American Academy of Audiology
Auditory Cortex - CORRECT ANSWER - the area of the temporal lobe responsible for
processing sound information located in Heschl's Gyrus. Once coding is complete, the
information is directed to Wernicke's area of the temporal lobe (receptive language area) where
language is understood and processed
What is Sound? - CORRECT ANSWER - a pressure disturbance that moves through a
medium in the form of waves.
Psychological phenomena - CORRECT ANSWER - Did anyone hear it
physical phenomena - CORRECT ANSWER - Disturbance of pressure
Sound is a type of _____ energy - CORRECT ANSWER - kinetic
Human Range of Heairng - CORRECT ANSWER - 20 - 20,000 Hz
Audiogram - CORRECT ANSWER - Hl y hz x
Sound can be measured in - CORRECT ANSWER - Power or pressure
