Hearing Aid Dispenser UPDATED
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Acquired Congenital Hearing Loss - CORRECT ANSWER - Loss present at birth that has
progressed over time.
Acute Suppurative Otitis Media - CORRECT ANSWER - Middle Ear infection more
severe shorter duration.
Type B Tymp
Aero Otitis Media - Barotrauma - CORRECT ANSWER - Injury resulting from changes in
ambient air pressure between outer and middle ear.
Malfunctioning Eustachian Tube
Alaising - CORRECT ANSWER - an effect that causes different signals to become
indistinguishable (or aliases of one another) when sampled.
Aphasia - CORRECT ANSWER - Communication problems with both receptive and
expressive
Articulation Curve - CORRECT ANSWER - Correct percentage of words a listener can
identify as the words are presented-also called the speech audiogram.
Asymmetrical Hearing Loss - CORRECT ANSWER - Loss in both ears but one is worse
than the other
Atresia - CORRECT ANSWER - Closed Ear Canal
, Auditory Deprivation - CORRECT ANSWER - The longer we go with a hearing
impairment, without getting that information to where it belongs the more prone we become to
permanently loose our ability to discriminate certain speech cues.
Causes of tinnitus - CORRECT ANSWER - Sudden exposure to loud noise, long time
exposure to loud noise, physical trama to head or neck, Hypertension, Acoustic Neroma, thyroid
disease, vacular disorder, TMJ disorder, Ear infection, impacted cerumen, Nutricianal dificiency,
Aneurysm, MS, prescription drugs
Central Deafness - CORRECT ANSWER - hearing loss or impairment resulting from
defects in the central nervous system (as in the auditory cortex) rather than in the ear itself or the
auditory nerve—compare conduction deafness, nerve deafness. Damage or disorder within brain
stem, tumor or abscess
Central Masking - CORRECT ANSWER - When masking is presented to the non-test ear
(NTE) it may cause a shift in the test ear. What is that called?
Cerumen - CORRECT ANSWER - Ear wax
Cholesteatoma - CORRECT ANSWER - Tumor in Middle Ear. May perforate TM into
External Ear Canal
Chronic Otitis Externa - CORRECT ANSWER - Chronic Infection with swelling &
secretion from Yellow to Green
Complex Sound - CORRECT ANSWER - a sound composed of a number of sounds of
different frequencies.
Conductive Hearing loss - CORRECT ANSWER - Obstruction or breakdown in Outer
and/0r Middle Ear.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Acquired Congenital Hearing Loss - CORRECT ANSWER - Loss present at birth that has
progressed over time.
Acute Suppurative Otitis Media - CORRECT ANSWER - Middle Ear infection more
severe shorter duration.
Type B Tymp
Aero Otitis Media - Barotrauma - CORRECT ANSWER - Injury resulting from changes in
ambient air pressure between outer and middle ear.
Malfunctioning Eustachian Tube
Alaising - CORRECT ANSWER - an effect that causes different signals to become
indistinguishable (or aliases of one another) when sampled.
Aphasia - CORRECT ANSWER - Communication problems with both receptive and
expressive
Articulation Curve - CORRECT ANSWER - Correct percentage of words a listener can
identify as the words are presented-also called the speech audiogram.
Asymmetrical Hearing Loss - CORRECT ANSWER - Loss in both ears but one is worse
than the other
Atresia - CORRECT ANSWER - Closed Ear Canal
, Auditory Deprivation - CORRECT ANSWER - The longer we go with a hearing
impairment, without getting that information to where it belongs the more prone we become to
permanently loose our ability to discriminate certain speech cues.
Causes of tinnitus - CORRECT ANSWER - Sudden exposure to loud noise, long time
exposure to loud noise, physical trama to head or neck, Hypertension, Acoustic Neroma, thyroid
disease, vacular disorder, TMJ disorder, Ear infection, impacted cerumen, Nutricianal dificiency,
Aneurysm, MS, prescription drugs
Central Deafness - CORRECT ANSWER - hearing loss or impairment resulting from
defects in the central nervous system (as in the auditory cortex) rather than in the ear itself or the
auditory nerve—compare conduction deafness, nerve deafness. Damage or disorder within brain
stem, tumor or abscess
Central Masking - CORRECT ANSWER - When masking is presented to the non-test ear
(NTE) it may cause a shift in the test ear. What is that called?
Cerumen - CORRECT ANSWER - Ear wax
Cholesteatoma - CORRECT ANSWER - Tumor in Middle Ear. May perforate TM into
External Ear Canal
Chronic Otitis Externa - CORRECT ANSWER - Chronic Infection with swelling &
secretion from Yellow to Green
Complex Sound - CORRECT ANSWER - a sound composed of a number of sounds of
different frequencies.
Conductive Hearing loss - CORRECT ANSWER - Obstruction or breakdown in Outer
and/0r Middle Ear.
