Hearing Aid Dispenser UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
Loss present at birth that has progressed over
time.
Acquired Congenital Hearing Loss
, Middle Ear infection more severe shorter duration.
Type B Tymp
Acute Suppurative Otitis Media
Injury resulting from changes in ambient air
pressure between outer and middle ear.
Aero Otitis Media - Barotrauma
Malfunctioning Eustachian Tube
an effect that causes different signals to become
indistinguishable (or aliases of one another) when
Alaising
sampled.
Communication problems with both receptive and
expressive
Aphasia
Correct percentage of words a listener can
identify as the words are presented-also called the
Articulation Curve
speech audiogram.
Loss in both ears but one is worse than the other
Asymmetrical Hearing Loss
Closed Ear Canal
Atresia
The longer we go with a hearing impairment,
without getting that information to where it
Auditory Deprivation belongs the more prone we become to
permanently loose our ability to discriminate
certain speech cues.
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
Causes of tinnitus
disorder, Ear infection, impacted cerumen, Nutricianal dificiency, Aneurysm, MS,
prescription drugs
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
Central Deafness
nerve—compare conduction deafness, nerve
deafness. Damage or disorder within brain stem,
tumor or abscess
When masking is presented to the non-test ear
(NTE) it may cause a shift in the test ear. What is
Central Masking
that called?
Cerumen Ear wax
Loss present at birth that has progressed over
time.
Acquired Congenital Hearing Loss
, Middle Ear infection more severe shorter duration.
Type B Tymp
Acute Suppurative Otitis Media
Injury resulting from changes in ambient air
pressure between outer and middle ear.
Aero Otitis Media - Barotrauma
Malfunctioning Eustachian Tube
an effect that causes different signals to become
indistinguishable (or aliases of one another) when
Alaising
sampled.
Communication problems with both receptive and
expressive
Aphasia
Correct percentage of words a listener can
identify as the words are presented-also called the
Articulation Curve
speech audiogram.
Loss in both ears but one is worse than the other
Asymmetrical Hearing Loss
Closed Ear Canal
Atresia
The longer we go with a hearing impairment,
without getting that information to where it
Auditory Deprivation belongs the more prone we become to
permanently loose our ability to discriminate
certain speech cues.
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
Causes of tinnitus
disorder, Ear infection, impacted cerumen, Nutricianal dificiency, Aneurysm, MS,
prescription drugs
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
Central Deafness
nerve—compare conduction deafness, nerve
deafness. Damage or disorder within brain stem,
tumor or abscess
When masking is presented to the non-test ear
(NTE) it may cause a shift in the test ear. What is
Central Masking
that called?
Cerumen Ear wax
