Hearing Aid Dispenser Mock Exam #1
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
8. Pure tone scores are as follows, in both ears. 500 Hz = 20dB, 1000 = 50dB, 1500 Hz = 55dB,
2000 Hz = 70dB, 4000 Hz = 75dB. The PTA is closest to ______?
a. 35dB
b. 42dB
c. 47dB
d. 52dB - CORRECT ANSWER - C. 47dB
9. Your client purchased two hearing aids 6 months ago from another HIS. The client is not
satisfied with the hearing aids performance and does not want to return to that specialist. You
should _____?
a. Encourage him to go back to the original specialist anyway
b. Return the hearing aids as soon as possible
c. Re-Test and evauate for fitting
d. Re-test and fit with other hearing aids - CORRECT ANSWER - C. Re-test and evauate
for fitting
10. The type of tympanogram that has no identifiable peak is the ______?
a. Type A
b. Type B
c. Type C
d. Type Ad - CORRECT ANSWER - B. Type B
11. The two forces being measured on a tympanogram represent ____?
a. Compliance and decibels
b. Compliance and pressure
,c. Pressure and Hertz
d. Decibels adn Hertz - CORRECT ANSWER - B. Compliance and pressure
12. You would expect which diagnosis to produce a type A tympanogram _____?
a. 2 & 3 are correct
b. 1, 2, & 3 are correct
c. 1, 2, 3, & 4 are correct
d. 2 is correct
1. Normal hearing
2. Presbycusis
3. Noise induced hearing loss
4. Otitus Media - CORRECT ANSWER - B. 1, 2, & 3 are correct
13. If real ear aided gain is 25dB, real ear unaided gain is 5dB, then 20dB is the _____?
a. Real ear functional gain
b. Real ear insertion response
c. Real ear insertion gain
d. Rear ear occluded gain - CORRECT ANSWER - c. Real ear insertion gain
14. You would expect which of the following to produce a Type B tympanogram ____?
a. 1 & 2 are correct
b. 2 & 3 are correct
c. 1 is correct
d. All are correct
1. Normal hearing
2. Otitus Media
3. TM perforation
4. Eustachian tude dysfunction - CORRECT ANSWER - b. 2 & 3 are correct
, 21. A similar term for balance system is __?
a. Retrocochlear
b. Ossicular chain
c. Vestibular system
d. Horizontal, lateral and urtical canals - CORRECT ANSWER - c. Vestibular system
27. For this client, you are most likely to be initially concerned about counselingfor ____?
a. Encouraging acceptance of the hearing aids
b. Ability to insert batteries and earmolds
c. Wearing schedule
d. Realistic expectations - CORRECT ANSWER - b. Ability to insert batteries and
earmolds
28. The human ear can respond to approximately what frequency range ___?
a. 500-3000 Hz
b. 1-24,000 Hz
c. 25-25,000 Hz
d. 20-20,000 Hz - CORRECT ANSWER - d. 20-20,000 Hz
29. When sound consists of only one frequency it is called ___?
a. Noise
b. Puretone
c. Tone
d. Rarefaction - CORRECT ANSWER - b. Puretone
30. The psychological correlate of frequency is ____?
a. Loudness
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
8. Pure tone scores are as follows, in both ears. 500 Hz = 20dB, 1000 = 50dB, 1500 Hz = 55dB,
2000 Hz = 70dB, 4000 Hz = 75dB. The PTA is closest to ______?
a. 35dB
b. 42dB
c. 47dB
d. 52dB - CORRECT ANSWER - C. 47dB
9. Your client purchased two hearing aids 6 months ago from another HIS. The client is not
satisfied with the hearing aids performance and does not want to return to that specialist. You
should _____?
a. Encourage him to go back to the original specialist anyway
b. Return the hearing aids as soon as possible
c. Re-Test and evauate for fitting
d. Re-test and fit with other hearing aids - CORRECT ANSWER - C. Re-test and evauate
for fitting
10. The type of tympanogram that has no identifiable peak is the ______?
a. Type A
b. Type B
c. Type C
d. Type Ad - CORRECT ANSWER - B. Type B
11. The two forces being measured on a tympanogram represent ____?
a. Compliance and decibels
b. Compliance and pressure
,c. Pressure and Hertz
d. Decibels adn Hertz - CORRECT ANSWER - B. Compliance and pressure
12. You would expect which diagnosis to produce a type A tympanogram _____?
a. 2 & 3 are correct
b. 1, 2, & 3 are correct
c. 1, 2, 3, & 4 are correct
d. 2 is correct
1. Normal hearing
2. Presbycusis
3. Noise induced hearing loss
4. Otitus Media - CORRECT ANSWER - B. 1, 2, & 3 are correct
13. If real ear aided gain is 25dB, real ear unaided gain is 5dB, then 20dB is the _____?
a. Real ear functional gain
b. Real ear insertion response
c. Real ear insertion gain
d. Rear ear occluded gain - CORRECT ANSWER - c. Real ear insertion gain
14. You would expect which of the following to produce a Type B tympanogram ____?
a. 1 & 2 are correct
b. 2 & 3 are correct
c. 1 is correct
d. All are correct
1. Normal hearing
2. Otitus Media
3. TM perforation
4. Eustachian tude dysfunction - CORRECT ANSWER - b. 2 & 3 are correct
, 21. A similar term for balance system is __?
a. Retrocochlear
b. Ossicular chain
c. Vestibular system
d. Horizontal, lateral and urtical canals - CORRECT ANSWER - c. Vestibular system
27. For this client, you are most likely to be initially concerned about counselingfor ____?
a. Encouraging acceptance of the hearing aids
b. Ability to insert batteries and earmolds
c. Wearing schedule
d. Realistic expectations - CORRECT ANSWER - b. Ability to insert batteries and
earmolds
28. The human ear can respond to approximately what frequency range ___?
a. 500-3000 Hz
b. 1-24,000 Hz
c. 25-25,000 Hz
d. 20-20,000 Hz - CORRECT ANSWER - d. 20-20,000 Hz
29. When sound consists of only one frequency it is called ___?
a. Noise
b. Puretone
c. Tone
d. Rarefaction - CORRECT ANSWER - b. Puretone
30. The psychological correlate of frequency is ____?
a. Loudness
