Audiology Test 1 ACTUAL UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
-ology - CORRECT ANSWER - study of
audio - CORRECT ANSWER - sound
Aural rehabilitation - CORRECT ANSWER - services provided after language is
developed to help preserve and restore communication skills
Speech chain - CORRECT ANSWER - model of spoken communication from speaker
thoughts to listener understanding
Process of speech - CORRECT ANSWER - ○ Production
○ Transmission
○ Perception
○ Understanding
Scope of practice - CORRECT ANSWER - the procedures a healthcare practitioner is
permitted to undertake
Aural habilitation - CORRECT ANSWER - services provided to children born with
hearing loss in an effort to facilitate speech and language skills
deaf (lowercase d) - CORRECT ANSWER - term for individuals who have very severe
hearing loss, essentially no hearing
Deaf (capital D) - CORRECT ANSWER - term for adults and children who communicate
with ASL and share the common values of the Deaf culture.
,Holistic care - CORRECT ANSWER - treating the patient as a whole person instead of
focusing on one illness or symptom
Transducer - CORRECT ANSWER - changes energy from one form to another
Acoustic energy - CORRECT ANSWER - to Mechanical energy
Mechanical energy - CORRECT ANSWER - to Electrical energy
Acoustic energy = - CORRECT ANSWER - sound waves
Mechanical energy = - CORRECT ANSWER - vibration of the physical structures of the
ear
Electrical energy = - CORRECT ANSWER - nerve impulses
Peripheral auditory system (PAS) - CORRECT ANSWER - ○ Outer ear
○ Middle ear
○ Inner ear
Central auditory nervous system (CANS) - CORRECT ANSWER - ○ Auditory nerve
○ Auditory brainstem
○ Auditory cortex
Pathway of Sound Through the Auditory System - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Sound
waves arrive at the outer ear
, 2. Sound waves are funneled into the ear canal
3. Sound waves vibrate the eardrum
4. 3 tiny bones (ossicles) behind eardrum vibrate
5. A wave is set into motion in the inner ear (cochlea)
6. Information about pitch and loudness is encoded
7. Information is sent through the auditory nerve, auditory brainstem, to the auditory cortex
8. Meaning is assigned
Outer Ear - CORRECT ANSWER - pinna and auditory canal
Pinna - CORRECT ANSWER - collect and funnel sound into the ear canal
EAC - CORRECT ANSWER - S-shaped
Outer ⅔ of the canal is cartilage
Inner ⅓ is bone- temporal bone of the skull
Funneling of sound into ME
Ear canal - CORRECT ANSWER - 2500 to 3000 Hz range
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
-ology - CORRECT ANSWER - study of
audio - CORRECT ANSWER - sound
Aural rehabilitation - CORRECT ANSWER - services provided after language is
developed to help preserve and restore communication skills
Speech chain - CORRECT ANSWER - model of spoken communication from speaker
thoughts to listener understanding
Process of speech - CORRECT ANSWER - ○ Production
○ Transmission
○ Perception
○ Understanding
Scope of practice - CORRECT ANSWER - the procedures a healthcare practitioner is
permitted to undertake
Aural habilitation - CORRECT ANSWER - services provided to children born with
hearing loss in an effort to facilitate speech and language skills
deaf (lowercase d) - CORRECT ANSWER - term for individuals who have very severe
hearing loss, essentially no hearing
Deaf (capital D) - CORRECT ANSWER - term for adults and children who communicate
with ASL and share the common values of the Deaf culture.
,Holistic care - CORRECT ANSWER - treating the patient as a whole person instead of
focusing on one illness or symptom
Transducer - CORRECT ANSWER - changes energy from one form to another
Acoustic energy - CORRECT ANSWER - to Mechanical energy
Mechanical energy - CORRECT ANSWER - to Electrical energy
Acoustic energy = - CORRECT ANSWER - sound waves
Mechanical energy = - CORRECT ANSWER - vibration of the physical structures of the
ear
Electrical energy = - CORRECT ANSWER - nerve impulses
Peripheral auditory system (PAS) - CORRECT ANSWER - ○ Outer ear
○ Middle ear
○ Inner ear
Central auditory nervous system (CANS) - CORRECT ANSWER - ○ Auditory nerve
○ Auditory brainstem
○ Auditory cortex
Pathway of Sound Through the Auditory System - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Sound
waves arrive at the outer ear
, 2. Sound waves are funneled into the ear canal
3. Sound waves vibrate the eardrum
4. 3 tiny bones (ossicles) behind eardrum vibrate
5. A wave is set into motion in the inner ear (cochlea)
6. Information about pitch and loudness is encoded
7. Information is sent through the auditory nerve, auditory brainstem, to the auditory cortex
8. Meaning is assigned
Outer Ear - CORRECT ANSWER - pinna and auditory canal
Pinna - CORRECT ANSWER - collect and funnel sound into the ear canal
EAC - CORRECT ANSWER - S-shaped
Outer ⅔ of the canal is cartilage
Inner ⅓ is bone- temporal bone of the skull
Funneling of sound into ME
Ear canal - CORRECT ANSWER - 2500 to 3000 Hz range
