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ILE PREP FINAL EXAM 2025\ 2026
BRAND NEW QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS| ACE YOUR GRADES!
What programming adjustment would be made if a newspaper
makes a sound that is too loud and bothersome for a client?
a. Reduce the low frequency gain
b. Reduce the mid frequency gain
c. Reduce the high frequency gain
d. Reduce gain for all frequencies - correct answer -c
Which speech test utilizes phonetically balanced words?
a. WRS
b. SRT
c. SAT
d. MCL - correct answer -a
Which of the following PTA is considered a mild hearing loss?
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a. 65 dB
b. 45 dB
c. 35 dB
d. 15 dB - correct answer -c
How would you typically explain audiometric results?
a. You should not explain audiometric results because the
member may misinterpret what you are saying
b. With technical language
c. By going into great detail because the member needs all the
information he or she can get
d. In non-technical language - correct answer -d
What is the type of word used for speech testing that contains two
syllables and is used to obtain threshold for speech?
a. Spondaic
b. PB
c. Cold running speech
d. None of the above - correct answer -a
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What frequencies are the consonants "z" and "v" located?
a. 4-8K Hz
b. 1-3K Hz
c. 250-500 Hz
d. The consonants can be found at any of the above frequencies -
correct answer -c
In a moderate sensorineural loss:
a. Bone conduction and air conduction scores are within 20 dB
and the PTA is between 45-70 dB
b. Bone conduction and air conduction scores are within 10 dB
and the PTA is between 25-40 dB
c. Bone conduction and air conduction scores are within 10 dB
and the PTA is between 45-70 dB
d. All of the above indicate a moderate sensorineural loss -
correct answer -c
In a conductive hearing loss which is true?
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a. An air-bone gap of more than 10 dB exists and the bone
conduction thresholds can be in mild or moderate loss range
b. Air conduction thresholds are 40 dB or more and match the
bone thresholds
c. Air conduction and bone conduction thresholds are all within
normal limits.
d. An air-bone gap of more than 10 dB exists and the bone
conduction thresholds are within normal limits - correct answer -d
Your patient/client has a perforation in the tympanic membrane of
the left ear. What type of tympanogram would you expect for that
ear?
a. Normal ear canal volume and normal compliance
b. Normal ear canal volume and reduced compliance
c. Abnormal ear canal volume
d. Normal ear canal volume - correct answer -c
What is the interaural attenuation level used when conducting
audiometric testing for bone conduction?
a. 5 dB
ILE PREP FINAL EXAM 2025\ 2026
BRAND NEW QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS| ACE YOUR GRADES!
What programming adjustment would be made if a newspaper
makes a sound that is too loud and bothersome for a client?
a. Reduce the low frequency gain
b. Reduce the mid frequency gain
c. Reduce the high frequency gain
d. Reduce gain for all frequencies - correct answer -c
Which speech test utilizes phonetically balanced words?
a. WRS
b. SRT
c. SAT
d. MCL - correct answer -a
Which of the following PTA is considered a mild hearing loss?
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a. 65 dB
b. 45 dB
c. 35 dB
d. 15 dB - correct answer -c
How would you typically explain audiometric results?
a. You should not explain audiometric results because the
member may misinterpret what you are saying
b. With technical language
c. By going into great detail because the member needs all the
information he or she can get
d. In non-technical language - correct answer -d
What is the type of word used for speech testing that contains two
syllables and is used to obtain threshold for speech?
a. Spondaic
b. PB
c. Cold running speech
d. None of the above - correct answer -a
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What frequencies are the consonants "z" and "v" located?
a. 4-8K Hz
b. 1-3K Hz
c. 250-500 Hz
d. The consonants can be found at any of the above frequencies -
correct answer -c
In a moderate sensorineural loss:
a. Bone conduction and air conduction scores are within 20 dB
and the PTA is between 45-70 dB
b. Bone conduction and air conduction scores are within 10 dB
and the PTA is between 25-40 dB
c. Bone conduction and air conduction scores are within 10 dB
and the PTA is between 45-70 dB
d. All of the above indicate a moderate sensorineural loss -
correct answer -c
In a conductive hearing loss which is true?
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a. An air-bone gap of more than 10 dB exists and the bone
conduction thresholds can be in mild or moderate loss range
b. Air conduction thresholds are 40 dB or more and match the
bone thresholds
c. Air conduction and bone conduction thresholds are all within
normal limits.
d. An air-bone gap of more than 10 dB exists and the bone
conduction thresholds are within normal limits - correct answer -d
Your patient/client has a perforation in the tympanic membrane of
the left ear. What type of tympanogram would you expect for that
ear?
a. Normal ear canal volume and normal compliance
b. Normal ear canal volume and reduced compliance
c. Abnormal ear canal volume
d. Normal ear canal volume - correct answer -c
What is the interaural attenuation level used when conducting
audiometric testing for bone conduction?
a. 5 dB
