Audiology Final ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

Audiology Final ACTUAL Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Type B, small ECV - CORRECT ANSWER - refer (prob wax)



Type A - CORRECT ANSWER - normal



Type A, normal ECV, PE tube - CORRECT ANSWER - refer



Type B, large ECV, no PE tube - CORRECT ANSWER - refer (perforation)



type B, normal ECV - CORRECT ANSWER - rescreen (fluid)



type B, normal ECV, PE tube - CORRECT ANSWER - refer (something clogging tube)



type B, large ECV, PE tube - CORRECT ANSWER - pass


ear drainage, impacted cerumen, foreign bodies, blood, drainage, perforation - CORRECT
ANSWER - refer



Type As - CORRECT ANSWER - rescreen (indicates fluid)



Type B, normal ECV - CORRECT ANSWER - rescreen



Type A, extra wide gradient - CORRECT ANSWER - rescreen (stiff eardrum)



Type C - CORRECT ANSWER - pass

, flat Type B, ECV is WNL, EAC is clear...what could this be due to? - CORRECT
ANSWER - fluid



flat type B, ECV high - CORRECT ANSWER - refer



flat type B, ECV high, PE tubes - CORRECT ANSWER - pass



flat type B, low ECV...what could this be due to? - CORRECT ANSWER - wax (refer)



flat type B, low ECV, EAC is clear...what could this be due to? - CORRECT ANSWER -
probe positioned incorrectly (take out and retry)


type A, low peak...what could this be due to? - CORRECT ANSWER - stiffness (otitis
media, rescreen)


type A, high peak...what could this be due to? - CORRECT ANSWER - floppy TM



What could be the cause of conductive hearing loss? - CORRECT ANSWER - wax, fluid
(otitis media)


What could be the cause of mixed hearing loss? - CORRECT ANSWER - wax, fluid,
noise


What could be the cause of gently sloping sensorinural hearing loss? - CORRECT
ANSWER - presbycusis



What could be the cause of rising hearing loss without an ABG? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Meniere's disease